tracksies

<p>Trustie brings reviews, testimonials, and Google Business reviews to any WordPress site. Use it standalone for testimonials and Google reviews, or pair it with WooCommerce for product reviews, star ratings, and review request emails.</p>
<h4>Works Without WooCommerce</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Google Reviews</strong> — Display your Google Business reviews with star ratings, author names, and a “View on Google” link. Outputs JSON-LD schema for search engine rich results.</li>
<li><strong>Testimonials</strong> — Collect customer testimonials through a customizable form. Display them in grid, list, masonry, or slider layouts. Auto-approve above a rating threshold or moderate manually.</li>
<li><strong>Floating Widget</strong> — A slide-out panel that shows your latest reviews from all sources on every page.</li>
<li><strong>Reviews Page</strong> — A dedicated <code>/reviews/</code> page with tabs, filtering, and pagination. Works automatically — no WooCommerce needed.</li>
<li><strong>Visual Designer</strong> — Customize colors, star styles, and branding from Trustie > Designer.</li>
</ul>
<h4>With WooCommerce</h4>
<p>Everything above, plus:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Product Reviews</strong> — Replace WooCommerce’s default reviews with better-looking cards, star summaries, and rating breakdowns.</li>
<li><strong>Star Ratings</strong> — Display average ratings anywhere with shortcodes. Lightweight loop stars for product archives.</li>
<li><strong>Review Request Emails</strong> — Automatically email customers after purchase asking for a review.</li>
<li><strong>Convert Comments to Reviews</strong> — Turn existing WordPress product comments into star-rated WooCommerce reviews with a configurable default rating.</li>
<li><strong>Sync Product Ratings</strong> — Recalculate average ratings and review counts across all products.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Import Tools</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Import Testimonials</strong> — Automatically detects and imports testimonials from Strong Testimonials, Easy Testimonials, and Starter Templates. Originals can be kept or removed.</li>
<li><strong>Convert Product Comments</strong> — If you have product comments from before WooCommerce reviews were enabled, convert them to proper reviews with star ratings in one click.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Accessibility</h4>
<p>Trustie meets WCAG 2.1 AA standards: keyboard navigation, visible focus indicators, screen reader announcements for form submissions and content loading, and descriptive labels on all interactive controls.</p>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<p><strong>Google Reviews</strong> (no WooCommerce needed)</p>
<pre><code>[trustie_google_reviews] — Display your Google Business reviews with aggregate rating and schema markup. Requires a Google API key and Place ID (Settings > Google Reviews).
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Testimonials</strong> (no WooCommerce needed)</p>
<pre><code>[trustie_testimonials] — Display testimonials in grid, list, or masonry layout.
[trustie_testimonial_form] — Customer testimonial submission form.
[trustie_testimonial_slider] — Auto-advancing testimonial carousel.
[trustie_testimonial_grid] — Convenience grid layout wrapper.
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Product Reviews</strong> (WooCommerce required)</p>
<pre><code>[trustie_reviews] — Reviews for a specific product with optional form and summary.
[trustie_all_reviews] — Reviews from all products in a grid.
[trustie_reviews_page] — Full reviews page with pagination.
[trustie_review_form] — Standalone review submission form.
[trustie_rating] — Average star rating for a product.
[trustie_rating_badge] — Compact rating badge (stars + count in one line).
[trustie_loop_stars] — Lightweight stars optimized for product archives.
</code></pre>
<p>Every shortcode accepts optional attributes for customization. See the <a href="https://doc.tracksies.com/docs/trustie-free/shortcode-reference/" rel="nofollow ugc">shortcode reference</a> for full details.</p>
<h4>Premium Add-ons</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Trustie Pro</strong> — Photo reviews, custom review forms, advanced filtering, enhanced widget controls.</li>
<li><strong>Tracksies HQ</strong> — Customer intelligence, order management, badges, email templates.</li>
</ul>
<p>Visit <a href="https://tracksies.com" rel="nofollow ugc">tracksies.com</a> to learn more.</p>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>Trustie uses <a href="https://appsero.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero</a> SDK to collect some telemetry data upon user’s confirmation. This helps us to troubleshoot problems faster & make product improvements.</p>
<p>Appsero SDK <strong>does not gather any data by default.</strong> The SDK only starts gathering basic telemetry data <strong>when a user allows it via the admin notice</strong>. We collect the data to ensure a great user experience for all our users.</p>
<p>Integrating Appsero SDK <strong>DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY</strong> start gathering data, <strong>without confirmation from users in any case.</strong></p>
<p>Learn more about how <a href="https://appsero.com/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero collects and uses this data</a>.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the following external services:</p>
<h4>Google Places API</h4>
<p>Trustie uses the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Places API</a> to retrieve your Google Business reviews for display on your site.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>What data is sent:</strong> Your Google API key and Place ID (both configured by you in plugin settings).</li>
<li><strong>When:</strong> When a page containing the <code>[trustie_google_reviews]</code> shortcode is loaded, or when you test the connection from Settings > Google Reviews. Results are cached for 24 hours to minimize requests.</li>
<li><strong>No visitor data is sent to Google</strong> — only your business credentials are used to fetch your own reviews.</li>
<li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Appsero</h4>
<p>Trustie uses the <a href="https://appsero.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero</a> SDK for optional, opt-in diagnostic data collection. This helps us troubleshoot issues and improve the plugin.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tracking is disabled by default.</strong> Data is only collected after you explicitly allow it via the admin notice shown on plugin activation.</li>
<li><strong>What data is sent (when opted in):</strong> Site URL, admin email, WordPress version, PHP version, server environment details, active plugin/theme information, and plugin version.</li>
<li><strong>When:</strong> Once per week via a scheduled event, only if you have opted in.</li>
<li><strong>You can opt out at any time</strong> from the admin notice or plugin settings.</li>
<li><a href="https://appsero.com/terms-conditions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://appsero.com/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>icanhazip.com (Cloudflare)</h4>
<p>When you opt in to Appsero diagnostic tracking (see above), Trustie uses <a href="https://icanhazip.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">icanhazip.com</a> to determine your server’s public IP address for environment diagnostics. This service is operated by <a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare, Inc.</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>What data is sent:</strong> A simple HTTP GET request with no payload.</li>
<li><strong>When:</strong> Only when you have opted into Appsero tracking. Not called if tracking is disabled (the default).</li>
<li><strong>What is returned:</strong> Your server’s public IP address, which is included in the Appsero diagnostic data.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare Terms of Use</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>


Trustie

Reviews, testimonials, and Google reviews for WordPress. Works with or without WooCommerce.

Freemius

Chris J. Zähller

<p>Add accessible, attractive 5-star ratings anywhere on your site with a simple shortcode. The plugin uses Font Awesome icons via their SVG + JavaScript method.</p>
<h3>Acknowledgement</h3>
<p>This plugin is based on <a href="https://github.com/hlashbrooke/WordPress-Plugin-Template" rel="nofollow ugc">Hugh Lashbrooke’s Starter Plugin</a>, a robust and GPL-licensed code template for creating a standards-compliant WordPress plugin.</p>
<h3>PRO only features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Google Rich Snippets for Products, Restaurants, & Recipes</li>
<li>Custom icon sizes</li>
<li>Custom icon and text colors</li>
<li>Choice of HTML <code><i></code> or <code><span></code> elements in HTML output</li>
<li>Change maximum rating (from 3 – 10)</li>
<li>Change minimum rating (0.0, 0.5, or 1.0)</li>
<li>Shortcode generator</li>
<li>Show/hide numeric text</li>
<li>Locale aware decimal separator</li>
<li>Options reset button</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage Examples</h3>
<p>[rating stars="3.0"] (Displays 3 stars out of 5)<br />
[rating stars="2.5"] (Displays 2½ stars out of 5)<br />
[rating stars="4.0"] (Displays 4 stars out of 5)<br />
[rating stars="5.5"] (Incorrect usage but will display 5 stars out of 5)</p>
<p>In the 2nd example, the raw output will be like this before processing:</p>
<pre><code><span class="fsrs">
  <span class="fsrs-stars">
    <i class="fsrs-fas fa-fw fa-star"></i>
    <i class="fsrs-fas fa-fw fa-star"></i>
    <i class="fsrs-fas fa-fw fa-star-half-alt"></i>
    <i class="fsrs-far fa-fw fa-star"></i>
    <i class="fsrs-far fa-fw fa-star"></i>
  </span>
  <span class="hide fsrs-text fsrs-text__hidden" aria-hidden="false">2.5 out of 5</span>
  <span class="lining fsrs-text fsrs-text__visible" aria-hidden="true">2.5</span>
</span><h3>Translations</h3>
</code></pre>
<p>* English: Default language, always included</p>
<p>Would you like to help translate Five-Star Ratings Shortcode into your own language? <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/five-star-ratings-shortcode" rel="nofollow ugc">You can do that here!</a></p>
<h3>Dependencies</h3>
<p>This plugin includes these third-party libraries in its package.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome" rel="nofollow ugc">Font Awesome 5</a></li>
</ul>


Five-Star Ratings Shortcode

Simple lightweight shortcode to add 5-star ratings anywhere.

Trustie vs Five-Star Ratings Shortcode