Gutenberg
“Gutenberg” is a codename for a whole new paradigm for creating with WordPress, that aims to revolutionize the entire publishing experience as much as Johannes Gutenberg did the printed word. The project is following a four-phase process that will touch major pieces of WordPress — Editing, Customization, Collaboration, and Multilingual. Following the introduction of post block editing in December 2018, Gutenberg later introduced full site editing (FSE) in 2021, which shipped with WordPress 5.9 in early 2022. What Does Gutenberg Do? Gutenberg is WordPress’s “block editor”, and introduces a modular approach to modifying your entire site. Edit individual content blocks on posts or pages. Add and adjust widgets. Even design your site headers, footers, and navigation with full site editing support. Each piece of content in the editor, from a paragraph to an image gallery to a headline, is its own block. And just like physical blocks, WordPress blocks can be added, arranged, and rearranged, allowing users to create media-rich content and site layouts in a visually intuitive way — and without workarounds like shortcodes or custom HTML and PHP. We’re always hard at work refining the experience, creating more and better blocks, and laying the groundwork for future phases of work. Each WordPress release includes stable features from the Gutenberg plugin, so you don’t need to install the plugin to benefit from the work being done here. Early Access Are you a tech-savvy early adopter who likes testing bleeding-edge and experimental features, and isn’t afraid to tinker with features that are still in active development? If so, this beta plugin gives you access to the latest Gutenberg features for block and full site editing, as well as a peek into what’s to come. Contributors Wanted For the adventurous and tech-savvy, the Gutenberg plugin gives you the latest and greatest feature set, so you can join us in testing and developing bleeding-edge features, playing around with blocks, and maybe get inspired to contribute or build your own blocks. Discover More User Documentation: Review the WordPress Editor documentation for detailed instructions on using the editor as an author to create posts, pages, and more. Developer Documentation: Explore the Developer Documentation for extensive tutorials, documentation, and API references on how to extend the editor. Contributors: Gutenberg is an open-source project and welcomes all contributors from code to design, from documentation to triage. See the Contributor’s Handbook for all the details on how you can help. The development hub for the Gutenberg project can be found at https://github.com/wordpress/gutenberg. Discussions for the project are on the Make Core Blog and in the #core-editor channel in Slack, including weekly meetings. If you don’t have a Slack account, you can sign up here.
Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More
Display Yelp and Google business reviews on your site, either in the same single feed or in multiple different ones. Provide social proof through real customer testimonials that will turn site visitors into paying customers. If a Google business listing has a physical location, you can display your latest reviews for it in an attractive feed. You can also enter the website address of any Yelp business and instantly create a feed of your Yelp reviews as well. Business ratings are an important part of social proof to increase customer confidence in your online business. Website visitors will instantly increase their trust in your business if they can see real customer reviews from real customers. Showing Google rating and Yelp reviews on your website is one of the best ways to convince site visitors to do business with you and boost your conversions. Customer testimonials are crucial to building positive brand trust for online businesses. Our plugin makes it easy to set up an automatically updating feed of Yelp and Google reviews. After installing the plugin, create a feed by visiting the Reviews Feed menu item that appears in your dashboard. Configure a source of reviews for your feed, customize the look and feel, then use a shortcode to display your reviews feed anywhere on your site. It takes less than a minute to get started. In our free version, an API key is required only if you would like ongoing updates to your reviews feed. If you don’t have an API key, you can still display up to 10 of the latest reviews for a single business without needing an API key. Simply verify your email address to unlock this feature! Features Super simple to set up Display reviews from multiple Google and Yelp accounts in the same feed or in separate feeds Completely responsive and mobile ready – layout looks great on any screen size and in any container width Completely customizable – Customize the width, height, number of reviews, number of columns, text size, background color, review spacing and more! Display multiple reviews feeds on the same page or on different pages throughout your site Customize the length of the review text with the ability to show the entire text with a click Choose to show your Google reviews translated in many supported languages or show them without translation Display the reviewer’s name, date and start rating of each Google review or Yelp review Show the overall star rating of your Google or Yelp listing in a customizable header at the top of the feed Prompt site visitors to leave a review on Google or Yelp with a button in the header Display your Yelp and Google reviews in chronological order or reverse chronological order. Automatically show new reviews, collected daily when you enter you own API keys (free and easy to get) New! Display up to 10 of the latest free Google reviews or free Yelp reviews for a single business without needing an API key. Simply verify your email address to unlock this feature! Handy block for easily adding your reviews feed to posts and pages using the block editor Benefits Build Brand Trust – Customer reviews are essential to building trust with customers Social Proof – Real customer reviews, proven to increase sales. Display Your Reviews Your Way – Customize your Google review and Yelp review feeds to look exactly the way you want, so that they blend seamlessly into your site or pop out at your visitors! Keep Your Site Looking Fresh – Show your latest Yelp and Google reviews and Yelp reviews updated automatically every day. Super Simple to Set Up – Once installed, you can be displaying your Yelp and Google reviews within a minute! No confusing steps or special account needed. Pro Version In order to maintain the free version of the plugin on an ongoing basis, and to provide quick and effective support for free, we offer a Pro version of the plugin. The Pro version allows you to: * Include Trustpilot, TripAdvisor, WordPress.org and Facebook reviews in your feed * Filter reviews by star rating * Create and add reviews manually to feeds * Create custom collections of specific reviews to display anywhere * Show reviews in a carousel slider * Show images from Yelp reviews that open in a large popup lightbox * Show avatar images for all reviewers * Filter customer reviews by keyword or phrase * Moderate your review feeds with a visual moderation mode, select specific reviews to display in the feed * Choose from several attractive preconfigured templates * Highlight a specific Google review or Yelp review * Even more advanced customization options than the free version * Block reviews by specific users * Integrate with WPML (WordPress Multilingual) to show translated Google reviews in the chosen site language * Unlock more reviews and automatic updates without API keys! The Pro version allows you to display up to 50 initial reviews from Google and Yelp and receive weekly automatic updates from multiple sources – all without needing to add an API key. * Collect and display user-submitted reviews! Seamlessly integrate with WPForms and Formidable Forms to collect customer reviews directly through your forms and display them in your review feeds. * NEW! Display WooCommerce product reviews! Showcase reviews from your WooCommerce store by selecting individual products, categories, or tags. Find out more about the Pro version. Featured Reviews from Smash Balloon Products “The plugins created by Smash Balloon are absolutely solid! I’ve used them all on various websites. But recently, there was a code conflict caused by another plugin. I reached to Smash Balloon’s customer support, and they went over and beyond to help me resolve the issue.” – walterhnry “The guys @smashballoon are the bomb! thank you! I’ve been looking for an Instagram plugin like yours forever! Thank you Thank you Thank you!” – ApisCera Feedback or Support We’re dedicated to providing the most customizable, robust and well supported Yelp and Google reviews feed plugin in the world, so if you have an issue or have any feedback on how to improve the plugin, then please open a ticket in the Support forum. For advanced review moderation by star rating or curated list, to display Yelp review images, display reviews in a carousel slider + more, check out the Pro version. Build positive brand trust in your Google business or Yelp listing with real Yelp and Google reviews on your website. Super simple to set up and tons of customization options to seamlessly match the look and feel of your site. Why do I need this? Boost Social Proof Showing real customer reviews on your checkout page, pricing page, and in other places on your website has been shown to increase conversions and boost sales of your Google business or Yelp store. Save Time Don’t have time to update the reviews on your site? Save time and increase efficiency by setting up a feed once and having the latest reviews show up automatically on your website. Display Your Reviews Your Way Customize your review feeds to look exactly the way you want, so that they blend seamlessly into your site or pop out at your visitors! No Coding Required Choose from tons of built-in Reviews Feed customization options to create a truly unique feed of your Yelp and Google reviews. Super simple to set up Once installed, you can be displaying your Yelp and Google reviews in under a minute! No confusing steps or registration needed. Mind-blowing Customer Support We understand that sometimes you need help, have issues or just have questions. We love our users and strive to provide the best support experience in the business. We’re experts in the Yelp and Google reviews API and can provide unparalleled service and expertise. If you need support then just let us know and we’ll get back to you right away. What can it do? Display reviews from any physical Google business or Yelp business listing. Completely responsive and mobile ready –your reviews feed layout looks great on any screen size and in any container width Display multiple reviews feeds on the same page or on different pages throughout your site by creating multiple feeds in our customizer Choose a language for your Google reviews content to display in or leave reviews untranslated. Collect and permanently store new Yelp and Google reviews over time. Use our feature to load more reviews on the page. Encourage visitors to leave their own reviews with a link to Google or Yelp to rate your business.
