Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews vs Smart Showcase for Google Reviews

Promote your Google reviews and rating from your Google Business Profile listing, formerly Google My Business – with current customer reviews and the overall rating loading from within your website This plugin will collect your location’s data using Google’s Place ID; transforming this information into a well-formatted list or blocks of reviews. You’ll be able to add links to the Google reviews, your Google Maps listing, plus direct your customers to post their reviews and ratings with Google. Don’t worry: there are no restrictions to the reviews collection and plenty of options to display it perfectly on your website. Easy and secure integration direct from Google Show your Google reviews and overall rating on your own website, fully formatted and ready to match your design. Setup is straightforward: connect your listing through Google’s Places (New) API and your ratings and reviews appear on your site. A fully automated process keeps the overall rating accurate and builds the catalog of reviews over time. Highly customizable with an extensive selection of designs Whether you prefer lists, carousels, columns or tiles, it’s all covered: currently 250 design variations with light and dark versions and 14 color schemes. All aspects of the summary can be selected as with each review item. There’s even the author’s name and date formatting for good measure! You can choose from an extensive range of templates to display your reviews and ratings in a way that fits your website design. The styling has a light touch so you can also customize the templates to match your brand style and preferences. Unconstrained filtering of reviews The plugin also allows businesses to sort and filter reviews by all elements of the review including its star rating. Star rating filtering means a business can choose to display only its most positive reviews or, for a transparent approach, all reviews, regardless of their rating. Apply your desire for similar-length reviews, include or exclude reviews by their word content, cached shuffled reviews and more – everything you’ll need, it’s all there. A fully responsive design The design is fully responsive, so your reviews read well at any screen size. That keeps them accessible to every visitor and helps meet the highest SEO demands. Regularly updated and feedback-driven development This plugin is updated regularly to keep pace with new WordPress releases and supported PHP versions. I respond quickly to any issue raised in the support forum, and user suggestions genuinely shape the plugin. A good deal of what it does today started as a request from someone using it. Free, powerful and reliable This plugin gives you a powerful and versatile way to show your Google reviews: easy integration with the Places (New) API, 250 customizable designs, extensive sorting and filtering, comprehensive Shortcode support, a responsive layout and Structured Data for search engines. It is free to use and actively maintained. People love this plugin: This. Plugin. Is. OUTSTANDING This is easily the best plugin out there for showing Google reviews on a WordPress site. I’ve tried everything, and nothing out there provides the flexibility that this one’s shortcode system uses. All in an easy-to-use package. Very impressed! ★★★★★ – npierno, Feb 2021 This Is The Best Google Business Reviews Plugin Out There I’ve used all the Google Business Reviews plugins out there and this is the best. … Love the presentation of the reviews. … The plugin author is VERY responsive. Answers all questions and quickly. ★★★★★ – minks32578, Jan 2020 Excellent Plugin Very impressed with the functionality of this plugin. Manual HTML import worked smooth and took less than a minute. … This is an amazing plugin. Looking forward to seeing what else this rockstar dev releases. ★★★★★ – sterlingokura, Nov 2019 Features: Shortcode, Widget and Block for customer reviews on Google Very high level of customization with more added on request Insert a list of customers’ reviews with rating range, review length range, offset, [unrestricted] limit, sorting, language and individual review(s) selection Fully responsive design with light styling to allow for your customizations; show/hide any element using Shortcode parameters Customize appearance with columns, customize order within review items, hide or overwrite avatars, date formatting, name formatting and much more Designed with SVG vector graphics for a crisp appearance across all devices 250 designs/themes including: support for light/dark backgrounds, fonts similar to those used by Google, badge themes with standard and small versions, bubble themes, outlined and filled, tile themes, responsive 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 columns layouts for wider spaces, a center-aligned version, a narrow version for smaller spaces, 14 additional color schemes, plus options to load compressed CSS or remove it entirely Carousel/Slider capabilities Specify slides with one or more reviews Set the number of loops or iterations Swipe gestures and clever keyboard navigation Transitions will pause on mouse hover Customizable navigation bullets Works with all themes containing a list of reviews Additional Shortcodes for: Link to reviews and current rating on Google, with an optional Google icon Link for customers to leave their rating and write a review on Google, with an optional Google icon Link to the business place/location with Google Maps, with an optional Google icon Display the current rating as a number Display the total number of reviews Right To Left (RTL) language support Live preview in Dashboard→Settings Light and dark mode for the dashboard, following your operating system unless you choose otherwise Select your choice icon to replace Google’s generic icons Structured Data (Schema.org) support to present clear business information and review data to search engines which assists with SEO Demo mode to help create your website before it goes live; without requiring Google API credentials Manage all retrieved reviews and selectively hide reviews See the latest formatted JSON data from Google’s API Retrieves reviews in the background, collecting more through Google’s API over time with a snapshot of valid data for stability Clear cache, reset retrieved reviews and overall reset to clear all plugin data Advanced capability to import all review data from Google’s review popup HTML, Google My Business reviews or consolidated reviews HTML (inspecting the live HTML) A comprehensive and free plugin with no upgrades for additional functionality Demonstration: We have a comprehensive showcase of the Shortcode’s design and functionality on our Demonstration Website. Basic Shortcode Standard appearance in French Bubbles, outlined Bubbles, centered and filled Tile effect Columns and colors Review item order and design Carousel/Slider Selection of badges Buttons and links Requirements: A free Google API Key and a Place ID. Specific locations are supported; coverage areas are no longer offering data through the API. A Google Billing Account to receive your substantial and free API Request allocation. Recommendations: Please set your business in Google and find your Business’ Place ID before using this plugin. For peace of mind, please set Google Places (New) API Quotas to keep requests below the billable threshold. The recommended value for requests is 100 per day. This is my first public plugin, so all comments are very welcome. I would also like to see your usage so I can introduce new themes. There is a sister plugin: We’re Open! which retrieves current opening hours from Google My Business. Getting started with Google API In order to run this plugin, you will need a Google API Key and to locate your Place ID Google API Key Guidelines or view our visual guide for the Google API Key setup Place ID Finder

Smart Showcase for 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, ensuring a seamless and secure user experience. Additionally, Smart Showcase for 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. Features of Smart Showcase for Google Reviews Syncing of Google reviews from Google My Business Cron Job has Option daily, weekly, monthly Filters for sorting reviews by Rating, Keywords Display Option Grid, List, Slider, Badge, Popup Custom CSS support for design tweaks Generate Shortcodes for embedding reviews anywhere on the site with attributes Number of reviews displayed Rating filters Location wise Customize number of reviews displayed 5+ Widget Design layouts Compatibility with standard page builders like elementor, WPBakery, and Divi Load more review and Limit Functionality Trim long reviews with “read more” link Responsive Slider, Grid, and List layouts Notify admins of new reviews – with selection admin or other Send notification emails to users after submitting reply to reviews Keep all reviews in a WordPress database (CPT) Multi-language support Multilingual support with automatic translation options for user-submitted reviews Create and display review widgets in sidebars and footers, showing the latest reviews and average star ratings. ‘Review us on G’ button to collect new Google Reviews Show/hide any elements (business photo, name, rating, reviews, avatars, names, time and etc) Demo for Smart Showcase for Google Reviews Features of Smart Showcase for Google Reviews Pro Dashboard for review statistics Total reviews Average rating Top reviews Date range filter Color Selection Multi-location support to pull reviews from multiple Google Business listings Structured data support for products, services, and local businesses Upload your own Google business photo Option to export/import reviews in CSV format Integration with WooCommerce to display reviews on product pages – Aligned with filter option Options to highlight featured reviews or pin important reviews at the top Customizable templates for automatic replies to approved reviews Advanced spam detection using AI or machine learning algorithms like adult content etc Automatic replies to users based on their star rating (positive or negative) (Using AI) Integration with Google Analytics to track user interaction with reviews Get more information of Pro version here Demo for Smart Showcase for Google Reviews Pro Background Processing This plugin utilizes the WP Background Processing library by Delicious Brains to efficiently handle background tasks without affecting the user experience or website performance. The library enables asynchronous processing of large datasets and operations by leveraging the WordPress Cron system. This ensures that critical tasks such as API data fetching, batch processing, or heavy computations are handled smoothly and reliably. We extend and integrate this library to manage the background processing of: Fetching accounts, locations, and reviews in batches. Importing large datasets into WordPress. Performing other time-intensive operations. For more information on this library, visit its GitHub repository. Use of External Services Google My Business API Purpose The plugin uses the Google My Business API to fetch Google My Business account-related locations and reviews, as well as to manage review replies. This includes adding, updating, editing, and deleting review replies. Data Sent Upon user authorization, the plugin collects and sends a refresh token to enable API interactions for retrieving location and review data, as well as for managing review replies. Conditions This data is only transmitted after explicit user consent during the “Connect with Google” process. No other personal or business information is shared or used. Terms and Privacy – Google Terms of Service – Google Privacy Policy ZealousWeb Third-Party API Service (https://sgr.zealousweb.com/) Purpose The plugin saves the Google My Business API refresh token in a secure third-party API service to generate temporary access tokens. These tokens are provided to the user’s site, which uses them to securely fetch data from Google My Business and perform operations such as retrieving locations, reviews, and managing review replies. Data Sent The Google My Business refresh token is stored securely in the third-party service solely to facilitate access token generation. No additional personal or business information is shared. Conditions The data is transmitted only after user consent and is used exclusively for enabling the plugin’s functionality. 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