RevieWise

<p>Did you know that you have <strong>only 3 seconds to grab a website visitor’s attention</strong> before they either remain engaged or leave your website?</p>
<p>Transform your website into a beacon of trust and an instant attention-grabber with our Free review ratings widget, your ultimate tool for choosing and displaying your best review ratings from the most respected websites like <strong>Google reviews, Facebook, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and 397+ other review platforms</strong>, in beautiful, catchy review widgets!</p>
<p>Our widget seamlessly integrates into your site, <strong>auto-curating a personalized niche list</strong> of the best review platforms relevant to your brand for you to choose from. Imagine the impact of authentic, glowing review ratings, prominently placed for every visitor to see – the <strong>increase in engagement, the boost in credibility, and the leap in conversions</strong> – all within reach.</p>
<h3>Best Review Widget WordPress Plugin</h3>
<p>Featuring smart customizations to align with your brand image, website’s look and feel, and more:</p>
<ul>
<li>Multiple widget display positions.</li>
<li>Multiple widget display modes.</li>
<li>Multiple widget display styles.</li>
<li>Select your best review ratings from top auto-curated review platforms.</li>
<li>Display your best review ratings in a single widget.</li>
<li>Multiple filters control the pre-selection of top review platforms.</li>
<li>Multiple filters control the widget’s visibility in posts, pages and URLs.</li>
<li>Daily review ratings stats are automatically updated.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Display Best Review Ratings For Free</h3>
<p>Star Collector Review Widgets relies on <strong>Free SerpApi API Key</strong> to fetch the results of your business’s latest review ratings stats from Google search engine via SerpApi service, and display them within the widget to showcase your best customer review ratings on your website.</p>
<h3>Getting Started</h3>
<p><strong>Go to WP Dashboard > Star Collector Review Widgets > API Settings tab, then follow our simple guide to get started and learn how to get your Free SerpApi API Key.</strong></p>
<p>You can find more information about SerpApi here: https://serpapi.com<br />
SerpApi’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: https://serpapi.com/legal</p>


Star Collector Review Widgets

Showcase best review ratings widget from top auto-curated review platforms: Google reviews, Facebook, Yelp & 397+ other review platforms for any niche

Freemius

designplug

<p>ReviewStars displays a Google Places star rating and total review count via a shortcode: <code>[reviewstars]</code>.</p>
<p>It is built as a design tool: you can style the output in the admin and use Preview Mode to design without an API key or Place ID, which is useful for staging sites, page builders, and client approval.</p>
<h3>Free build features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Shortcode: <code>[reviewstars]</code></li>
<li>Google Places rating and review count using your own API key</li>
<li>Caching via WordPress transients</li>
<li>Configurable front-end auto-refresh</li>
<li>Preview Mode with custom preview rating and review count</li>
<li>On-click behavior: open your Google listing or “Write a review”</li>
<li>Optional language parameter for the Google Places API</li>
<li>Style controls for spacing, typography, review count background, Google icon placement, and separators</li>
</ul>
<p>The WordPress.org build includes only the free functionality listed here. Additional paid functionality is delivered in a separate plugin package outside WordPress.org and is not included in this package.</p>
<h4>Style editor</h4>
<p>Control spacing, typography and icon placement without custom CSS:</p>
<ul>
<li>Toggle: show/hide review count and review text</li>
<li>Stars font size</li>
<li>Review text font size and font weight</li>
<li>Optional review text color</li>
<li>Number spacing: padding, margin, and vertical adjustment</li>
<li>Number typography: font size, font weight, and optional color</li>
<li>Optional number background: solid or gradient background, padding, radius, and border width</li>
<li>Google icon: show/hide, position, gap, icon size, and separator styling</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the following third-party services:</p>
<p>1) <strong>Google Places API (Google Maps Platform)</strong><br />
Used to retrieve the rating and review count for the configured Place ID. Requests are made when the shortcode is rendered, when the admin “Test API settings” button is used, and when live refresh is enabled.<br />
Service: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/overview<br />
Terms: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms<br />
Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>
<p>2) <strong>Freemius SDK (optional)</strong><br />
The plugin bundles the Freemius SDK for optional account, opt-in, and commercial upgrade flows. The free plugin functionality works without opting in to Freemius. If you opt in or use Freemius account features, data may be processed by Freemius according to their policies.<br />
Privacy: https://freemius.com/privacy/<br />
Terms: https://freemius.com/terms/</p>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<pre><code>[reviewstars]
</code></pre>
<p>Optional attributes:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>refresh_ms="300000"</code> – override refresh interval in milliseconds</li>
<li><code>preview="1"</code> – force preview output without API calls</li>
<li><code>rating="4.8"</code> – preview rating</li>
<li><code>reviews="1250"</code> – preview review count</li>
</ul>


ReviewStars

Displays a modern Google Places rating badge with style controls, caching, auto refresh, and optional preview mode.

Star Collector Review Widgets vs ReviewStars