Smart Google Reviews
Overview
Description
Smart Google Reviews is a comprehensive WordPress plugin that enables businesses to effortlessly display customer reviews from Google on their websites. By syncing reviews directly from Google My Business, this plugin helps build trust and credibility with potential customers. With a range of display options including grids, lists, sliders, badges, and popups, you can showcase reviews in a format that best suits your site’s design.
Customize the look and feel with custom CSS, and place reviews anywhere on your site using shortcodes. The plugin also supports multiple languages and complies with GDPR, ensuring a seamless and secure user experience. Additionally, Smart Google Reviews offers admin management features, including form fields for review replies, filters for sorting reviews, and notification systems for new reviews and replies. Whether you’re using Elementor, WPBakery, or Divi, this plugin integrates smoothly with your page builder to enhance your site’s functionality and appearance.
Key Features
- Unlimited Reviews: Display an unlimited number of reviews within each widget.
- Multiple Widgets with Different Points: Create and customize multiple widgets, each with unique settings and display points. This allows for diverse presentation of reviews across various sections of your website.
- Responsive Layout - Works seamlessly on all devices.
- Dark Website Support - Seamless integration with dark-themed websites.
- Highlight Featured or Pinned Reviews - Highlight or pin important reviews at the top.
- Filters for Sorting - Sort reviews by ratings, keywords, review source, relevance, tags, or number of reviews.
Plugin's purpose and benefits
- Real-Time Syncing - Automatically sync Google reviews from Google My Business.
- Auto-Updating Reviews - Schedule updates daily, weekly, or monthly.
- Multiple Display Options - Grid, list, slider, sidebar, badge, popup.
- Review Widgets Placement - Display widgets in sidebars, footers, or anywhere on the site.
- 25+ Widget Design Layouts - Pre-designed layouts for quick customization.
- Review Widgets for Google Reviews - ‘Review us on G’ button for collecting new reviews.
- Shortcodes - Generate shortcodes to display reviews anywhere.
- Read More Functionality - Trim lengthy reviews with a “read more” link.
- Multi-Language Support - Display reviews in multiple languages.
- Custom CSS Support - Allows custom design tweaks and styling.
- Show/Hide Elements - Toggle visibility of widget elements.
- Rich Snippets Support - Display rich snippets for reviews in search engine results.
- Tag-Based Filtering - Filter reviews using tags.
- Spam Protection - Built-in Google reCAPTCHA to prevent spam submissions.
- WooCommerce Integration - Display Google reviews on WooCommerce product pages.
Get Started
Quick setup instructions
How To Use & Features
How to Configure the Smart Google Reviews Plugin
1. Install and Activate the Plugin
- Step 1: From your WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Add New.
- Step 2: Search for Smart Google Reviews.
- Step 3: Click Install Now, then Activate to activate the plug
For Smart Google Reviews > Connect with your Google
- After activating the plugin, you'll need to connect your Google Reviews business account to fetch and display reviews on your site.
- Click on the Connect with Google button to authorize the plugin with your Google account. You may be prompted to sign in to your Google account and grant the necessary permissions.
- Once connected, the plugin will be able to fetch reviews from your business profile.
For Smart Google Reviews > Smart Google Reviews
- This section provides an overview of your Google reviews and the following statistics
- Total Reviews: Displays the total number of reviews for your business.
- Average Review: Shows the average rating from all reviews.
- Statistics Chart: Visualizes your reviews, providing insights into the overall rating distribution.
- Rating Top Reviews: Highlights your highest-rated reviews for better engagement and social proof.
For Smart Google Reviews > Widgets
- In this section, you can configure the display settings for the Google Reviews widget on your site.
Configuration Steps
- Fetch Data:
Fetch the latest Google reviews from your business profile.
- Select Display Options:
Choose how the reviews will appear on your site. Available display options include:
- Slider: Show reviews in a scrolling slider format.
- Grid: Display reviews in a grid layout.
- List: Show reviews in a simple list format.
- Badge: Display a badge-style widget with reviews.
- Popup: Show reviews in a popup window.
- Slider: Show reviews in a scrolling slider format.
- Widget Settings:
- Filter Rating: Filter reviews based on a specific rating (e.g., 5-star reviews).
- Hide Element: Show or hide specific elements (e.g., reviewer name, rating, date, review content, reviewer photo, Google icon).
- Keywords: Filter reviews by entering keywords separated by commas.
- Review Us on Google: Enable or disable a call-to-action for visitors to leave a review.
- Trim Long Reviews: Set a character limit with a "Read More" link for longer reviews.
- Language: Choose the language for displaying reviews.
- Date Format: Select the preferred date format.
- Sort By: Sort reviews by Newest, Highest Rating, or Lowest Rating.
- Show Sort By Filter: Enable or disable the "Sort By" filter on the front end.
- Load More: Enable or disable the "Load More" button for additional reviews.
- Number of Reviews: Set the number of reviews to display.
- Custom CSS: Add custom CSS for further widget styling.
- Generated Shortcode:
Once the widget is configured, a shortcode will be generated. You can insert this shortcode into any page, post, or widget area to display the reviews.
For Smart Google Reviews > Reviews
- This section allows you to view and manage the reviews collected from Google. You can list all reviews and choose to show or hide specific reviews based on your preferences.
For Smart Google Reviews > settings
This section allows you to configure advanced settings for the plugin:
- Google Settings:Set your Google business account details and manage Google review settings.
- SEO & Notifications:
- Enable Admin Notifications: Enable email notifications to be sent to the admin when a new review is posted.
- Custom Email Addresses: Set custom email addresses for receiving notifications.
- Custom Email Subject: Customize the subject line for email notifications.
- Email Body: Customize the content of the notification email.
- Advanced:
- Sync Reviews: Choose whether to automatically or manually sync new reviews from Google.
- Google Analytics Tracking ID: Enter your Google Analytics Tracking ID for review tracking.
- SMTP Settings:
Configure SMTP for sending email notifications.
- From Email Address: Set the email address that will appear as the sender.
- From Name: Set the sender's name.
- SMTP Host: Specify the SMTP server host.
- Type of Encryption: Choose the type of encryption for your SMTP server (None, SSL, TLS).
- Port: Specify the SMTP server port.
- SMTP Authentication: Toggle on/off SMTP authentication. If enabled, provide the SMTP username and password.
- Test Mail:
Send a test email to verify the configuration.
- To Email: Enter the recipient's email address.
- Subject: Set the subject for the test email.
- Message: Enter a message to send in the test email.
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FAQs
Can I track the performance of the reviews using Google Analytics?
No, the plugin does not allows you to integrate with Google Analytics, we are in progress for Pro version for this feature include in that.
Does the plugin affect my website's SEO?
Yes, the Smart Google Review plugin supports rich snippets, which can help improve your site’s SEO. Reviews and ratings are displayed in search engine results, enhancing your site's visibility and credibility.
Is there any limit to the number of Google reviews that can be displayed in the widget?
No, there is no hard limit to the number of reviews displayed in the widget. However, you can configure the number of reviews shown, and even enable a "Load More" button to let visitors view additional reviews.
Can I display Google Reviews on multiple pages or posts?
Yes, you can display Google reviews on any page, post, or widget area of your site by using the shortcodes generated by the plugin. This allows you to place review widgets in multiple locations as needed.
Change log
1.0.0
- Initial release of plugin