About Me widget vs Rich Showcase for Google Reviews

Since I don’t consider my blog anonymous or ‘seekrit’ I grabbed a text widget and started adding an “About Me” to my sidebar. After trying to get things aligned, formatted, and adding a few links I started thinking a widget might be nice for this. Et voila. This was my first-ever widget, so I appreciate your patience ;’) Now, with over 8000 downloads I am releasing what I hope to be a more friendly widget. The biggest issues previously were related to path(s), layout and alignment. This left me wanting to re-design the configuration interface, keeping in mind a lot of users know little about HTML/CSS and validity issues, yet allowing the geekier to get into details/code if so desired. After a lot of hours designing, testing and uttering quite a few curses, my head finally popped out of my sphincter and I decided to use what WordPress uses: TinyMCE. WordPress users are at least somewhat familiar with it, it’s already ‘built-in’ (no extra libraries/scripts) and I soon discovered it was easily configurable. Actually it’s easily configurable AFTER you’ve learned how. Before, it’s a bitch. So here it is. The New King Hell Deluxe About Me Widget Supreme (ymmv) !!Note!! This version is not backwards compatible with versions of wordpress older than 3.1 If you are upgrading to version 2.0 from an older version be sure to copy the old about me text out before upgrading, as the new API creates new values for the title and text in the wordpress database. Feedback http://samdevol.com/about-me-widget-for-wordpress/ Support Forum http://www.samdevol.com/wp-content/myforums/viewforum.php?id=3

This plugin allows you to display up to 10 Google Business reviews and immediately show them on your WordPress website. The setup process is extremely simple and takes less than a minute. There are no limits on how many Google business locations you can connect, and you can create as many widgets or shortcodes as needed to place reviews across your site. The plugin is easy to use and helps build trust with your visitors by displaying real Google reviews and your overall rating. It’s already trusted by over a thousand WordPress users who use it daily to show their best customer feedback. Want to see how it works? Watch the short demo below to see how quickly you can get started – or simply try it in the Live Preview. ⚡ Plugin highlights No limits on created widgets or shortcodes Show up to 10 Google reviews on initial setup Connect multiple Google business places Fully GDPR-compliant — no external requests, all data loads from your own website Automatically updates reviews and ratings (when using your own API key) Option to hide reviews without text Responsive layouts: Slider, Grid, List, and Rating ‘review us on Google‘ button to collect new reviews Choose which reviews to display or hide Display reviews using shortcode, widget, block, or page builders (Elementor, Gutenberg, etc.) Upload a custom business photo Trim long reviews with a “read more” link Pagination support for List and Grid layouts Optimized for performance: small CSS/JS files and lazy loading UI options to customize star, text, rating, and review colors Additional styling with your own CSS Supports multiple languages Works with dark themes ⭐ Live demo Support If you have any questions or need help using the plugin, we recommend the following steps: Check the plugin’s support page in your WordPress admin under “Google Reviews / Support”. Visit the Support Forum to browse existing topics or ask a new question. Email support in English is also available on weekdays: [email protected] Roadmap New feature: minimal rating layout (rating, stars and total reviews) New feature: possibility to hide (or delete) the connected place to exclude from Overview page Improve: adapt review connection modal for mobile devices Improve: New option Style Options / Review photos max lines