Description
ReputationRiser Review Widget is a lightweight plugin that lets WordPress users manually add selected customer reviews and display them on their website using a simple shortcode.
The plugin is designed for small businesses, local businesses, service providers, agencies, and website owners who want a simple way to display customer reviews, testimonials, or selected 5-star feedback on a WordPress website.
This plugin does not connect to Google, scrape Google reviews, use the Google Places API, or automatically sync reviews. Reviews are manually added by the site owner or WordPress admin.
Features:
- Add up to 10 manual customer reviews
- Display reviews using the [reputationriser_review_widget] shortcode
- Show reviews in a clean responsive card layout
- Choose how many reviews to display
- Choose between 1 and 4 columns
- Add reviewer name, review text, rating, date, and source
- Optional credit link setting, disabled by default
- No Google API required
- No external scripts
- No tracking
- No scraping
- No remote calls
Shortcode examples:
[reputationriser_review_widget]
[reputationriser_review_widget count=”6″ columns=”3″]
[reputationriser_review_widget count=”10″ columns=”4″]
Default shortcode behavior:
[reputationriser_review_widget] displays 3 reviews in 3 columns by default.
Important limitations:
- The free plugin supports up to 10 saved reviews.
- Columns can be set from 1 to 4.
- This is a manual review display plugin.
- This plugin does not automatically pull Google reviews.
Upgrade note:
For businesses that want verified 5-star Google reviews to update automatically, ReputationRiser helps businesses display verified 5-star Google reviews on their websites through a mobile-friendly widget with built-in CTA buttons.
Learn more:
https://reputationriser.com/
Plugin documentation:
https://learn.reputationriser.com/free-review-widget-for-wordpress/
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/reputationriser-review-widget/ directory, or install the plugin through the Plugins screen.
- Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen.
- Go to Review Widget in the admin menu.
- Add your customer reviews manually.
- Add the [reputationriser_review_widget] shortcode to any page, post, or widget area that supports shortcodes.
FAQ
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Is ReputationRiser Review Widget free?
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Yes. ReputationRiser Review Widget is a free plugin for manually adding and displaying selected customer reviews on a WordPress website.
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Does this plugin automatically pull Google reviews?
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No. This plugin does not connect to Google, scrape Google reviews, or use the Google Places API. Reviews are added manually by the WordPress site owner or admin.
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How many reviews can I add?
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The free plugin supports up to 10 saved reviews.
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Can I control how many reviews appear?
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Yes. You can use the count shortcode attribute. For example, [reputationriser_review_widget count=”6″] displays 6 reviews.
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Can I control the number of columns?
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Yes. You can use the columns shortcode attribute. Columns can be set from 1 to 4.
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Does the plugin add a credit link?
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The plugin includes an optional credit link setting. The credit link is not shown by default and only appears if the site owner chooses to enable it.
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What is the difference between this plugin and ReputationRiser?
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ReputationRiser Review Widget is a manual review display plugin. ReputationRiser is an automatic 5-star Google review widget that displays verified 5-star Google reviews on a business website and can include CTA buttons such as click-to-call or click-to-book.
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Contributors & Developers
“ReputationRiser Review Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial public release.
- Added manual customer review entry.
- Added responsive review card display.
- Added [reputationriser_review_widget] shortcode.
- Added count and columns shortcode attributes.
- Added 10-review maximum.
- Added optional credit link setting, disabled by default.
- Added admin-only ReputationRiser upgrade box.