WPSSO Ratings and Reviews Free

Extends the WordPress comment system with ratings and reviews:

• Star ratings can be enabled/disabled by post type or individual post.

• A rating value can be required (or not) before reviews are accepted.

• The review form is correctly labeled as a "Review".

• The review reply form is correctly labeled as a "Reply".

• The color of star ratings can be customized from the settings page.

Does not conflict with WooCommerce ratings and reviews:

The WooCommerce plugin settings are checked, and if WooCommerce product reviews are enabled (or the Yotpo Reviews for Woocommerce plugin is active), the original WooCommerce product review feature is left as-is.

Provides Schema Aggregate Rating meta tags and JSON-LD markup:

Google reads aggregate rating meta tags (or the optional Schema JSON-LD markup) to add star ratings to search results (WPSSO JSON Pro add-on required for JSON-LD markup). WooCommerce product ratings and reviews are also included in the aggregate rating meta tags and JSON-LD markup.

Includes complete Schema Review as optional JSON-LD markup:

Including information about the review (author name, creation time, excerpt, rating), along with the threaded replies / comments for each review (WPSSO JSON Pro add-on required for JSON-LD markup).

No templates to modify or update!

Simply activate / deactivate the plugin to enable / disable the addition of ratings and reviews.

WPSSO Core Plugin Prerequisite

WPSSO Ratings and Reviews (aka WPSSO RAR) is an add-on for the WPSSO Core Plugin (Free or Pro version).

Install and Uninstall

• Install the WPSSO RAR Add-on
• Uninstall the WPSSO RAR Add-on

Frequently Asked Questions

• None.

Advanced Documentation and Notes

• Developer Resources
  • Get Average Rating

1. 

   WPSSO RAR settings page to enable ratings by post type, optionally force star ratings for reviews, and select colors for the star ratings.

2. 

   WPSSO RAR editing page showing an option to enable / disable ratings per post, reviews with star ratings, and a reply to a review (no star rating).

3. 

   WPSSO RAR showing the submission of a review — note the themed labels (Your Rating, Your Review, etc.) and the customized star colors.

Version Numbering

Version components: {major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]

• {major} = Major structural code changes / re-writes or incompatible API changes.
• {minor} = New functionality was added or improved in a backwards-compatible manner.
• {bugfix} = Backwards-compatible bug fixes or small improvements.
• {stage}.{level} = Pre-production release: dev < a (alpha) < b (beta) < rc (release candidate).

Free / Standard Version Repositories

• GitHub
• WordPress.org

Changelog / Release Notes

Version 1.5.1 (2019/01/31)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Maintenance release for WPSSO Core v4.22.0.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Updated the required minimum PHP version from 5.4 to 5.5.

Version 1.5.0 (2018/10/20)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added extra filters for a custom theme comment field and/or submit button.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Added hooks for the 'comment_form_field_comment' and 'comment_form_submit_button' filters.