Description
Boost trust and conversions by showcasing your Google reviews directly on your WordPress website. Reviews Showcase for Google is a powerful and easy-to-use plugin that lets you display your Google Business reviews beautifully, without any complex setup. Leverage your hard-earned social proof to increase credibility and improve your local SEO.
Unlike other plugins, our solution is designed for simplicity. You don’t need to create your own Google API project. Simply enter your Google Place ID, and our secure proxy service fetches your reviews one time, ensuring your site remains fast and reliable.
Key Features:
Simple & Secure Setup: No need to create your own Google API project.
Floating Review Badge: Display a professional, floating badge in the corner of your site.
Easy Shortcode: Use [reviews_showcase_for_google] to display a full list of your latest reviews.
Powerful SEO Schema Markup: Automatically adds AggregateRating schema to your pages to help you get star ratings in search results.
User-Friendly & Compliant: Includes a close button on the badge and data privacy consent.
Manual Refresh: Instantly fetch your latest reviews with a single click.
External Services
This plugin connects to a secure API server provided by MediaOfficers (api.mediaofficers.com) to obtain Google review information. This is necessary for the plugin to function without requiring users to set up their own complex Google API project.
What data is sent: The plugin sends the user’s public Google Place ID to the server when reviews are fetched or refreshed.
Terms of Service: https://mediaofficers.com/terms-of-service
Privacy Policy: https://mediaofficers.com/privacy-policy
Installation
Upload the reviews-showcase-for-google folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Go to Settings > Review Showcase to configure the plugin.
FAQ
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How do I find my Google Place ID?
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You can use Google’s official Place ID Finder tool : https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/places-placeid-finder.
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Will this slow down my website?
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No. The plugin is highly optimized. It fetches your reviews once and saves them to your WordPress database, so it doesn’t have to contact Google on every page visit.
Reviews
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Contributors & Developers
“Reviews Showcase for Google” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
9.5.0
Fix: Correctly enqueue all scripts and styles per WordPress.org guidelines.
Update: Add “External Services” disclosure to readme.txt.
Update: Correct contributor username.
9.4.0
Fix: Minor security enhancements for escaping output.
Fix: Add translation text domain.
9.3.0
Update: Use local images for the badge icons.
9.1.0
Feature: Add manual “Refresh Reviews” button.
9.0.0
Feature: Add SEO Schema Markup (AggregateRating).
8.0.0
Initial stable and compliant version.