Version Information
- Plugin Name: WPSSO Ratings and Reviews
- Stable Version: 2.18.0
- Author: JS Morisset
- Description: Ratings and Reviews for WordPress Comments with Schema Aggregate Rating and Schema Review Markup.
- License: GPLv3
- Requires PHP: 7.2 or newer
- Requires WordPress: 5.2 or newer
- Tested Up To WordPress: 5.9.0
- Tested Up To WooCommerce: 6.1.1
- Last Updated: 12 hours ago
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The WPSSO Ratings and Reviews add-on extends the WordPress comment system:
- The star ratings can be enabled/disabled by post type or individual post.
- A rating value can be optional, or required before reviews are accepted.
- The color of star ratings can be customized from the add-on settings page.
- The theme template review form is correctly labeled as a "Review".
- The theme template review reply form is correctly labeled as a "Reply".
Compatible with WooCommerce product ratings.
Provides Schema Aggregate Rating markup.
Provides Schema Review markup, including information about the review (author name, creation time, excerpt, rating) and threaded replies / comments for each review.
No templates to modify or update!
Simply activate the plugin to enable the addition of ratings and reviews.
WPSSO Core Required
WPSSO Ratings and Reviews (WPSSO RAR) is an add-on for the WPSSO Core plugin.
Install and Uninstall
The WPSSO RAR settings page to enable ratings by post type and select colors for the star ratings.
The WPSSO RAR review submission - note the customized labels (Your Rating, Your Review, etc.).
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).
Standard Edition Repositories
Development Version Updates
WPSSO Core Premium customers have access to development, alpha, beta, and release candidate version updates:
Under the SSO > Update Manager settings page, select the "Development and Up" (for example) version filter for the WPSSO Core plugin and/or its add-ons. Save the plugin settings and click the "Check for Plugin Updates" button to fetch the latest version information. When new development versions are available, they will automatically appear under your WordPress Dashboard > Updates page. You can always reselect the "Stable / Production" version filter at any time to reinstall the latest stable version.
Changelog / Release Notes
Version 2.18.0 (2022/01/19)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- None.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- Renamed the lib/abstracts/ folder to lib/abstract/.
- Renamed the
SucomAddOnclass toSucomAbstractAddOn. - Renamed the
WpssoAddOnclass toWpssoAbstractAddOn. - Renamed the
WpssoWpMetaclass toWpssoAbstractWpMeta.
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.2.
- WordPress v5.2.
- WPSSO Core v9.14.0.
Version 2.17.0 (2021/12/16)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- None.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- Replaced a call to
WpssoUtil->add_post_type_names()with a new 'wpsso_add_custom_post_type_options' filter hook. - Replaced a call to
WpssoUtil->add_taxonomy_names()with a new 'wpsso_add_custom_taxonomy_options' filter hook. - Moved the
WpssoAdmin->filter_get_sortable_columns()filter hook to theWpssoFiltersclass. - Moved the
WpssoAdmin->post_callback_rating_enabled()callback method to theWpssoFiltersclass. - Renamed disabled option key suffix from
":is" = "disabled"to":disabled" = true.
- Replaced a call to
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.2.
- WordPress v5.2.
- WPSSO Core v9.12.0.
Version 2.16.0 (2021/12/08)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- Improved the post meta cache update methods for new / changed comments.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- Replaced the 'wp_update_comment_count' action hook with 'comment_post' and 'transition_comment_status' to clear the comment rating metadata cache.
- Replaced the
WpssoRarComment::clear_rating_post_meta()method by:WpssoRarComment::update_cache_comment_post()WpssoRarComment::update_cache_transition_comment_status()WpssoRarComment::update_cache_post_meta()
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.2.
- WordPress v5.2.
- WPSSO Core v9.11.0.
Version 2.15.3 (2021/11/16)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- None.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- Refactored the
SucomAddOn->get_missing_requirements()method.
- Refactored the
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.2.
- WordPress v5.2.
- WPSSO Core v9.8.0.
Version 2.15.2 (2021/10/18)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- None.
- Bugfixes
- Fixed an extra newline character, that was converted to a line-break, in comment text.
- Developer Notes
- None.
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.0.
- WordPress v5.0.
- WPSSO Core v9.2.0.
Version 2.15.1 (2021/10/06)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- None.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- Standardized
get_table_rows()calls and filters in 'submenu' and 'sitesubmenu' classes.
- Standardized
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.0.
- WordPress v5.0.
- WPSSO Core v9.1.0.
Version 2.15.0 (2021/09/24)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- None.
- Bugfixes
- Fixed saving star rating colors in the SSO > Ratings / Reviews settings page.
- Developer Notes
- Updated the 'wpsso_og_add_mt_reviews' default value for WPSSO Core v9.0.0.
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.0.
- WordPress v5.0.
- WPSSO Core v9.0.0.
Version 2.14.2 (2021/06/27)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- Added a conflict check for the new "Ratings and Reviews Service" option in WPSSO Core v8.33.0.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- None.
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.0.
- WordPress v5.0.
- WPSSO Core v8.34.0.
Version 2.14.1 (2021/06/18)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- None.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- Updated the 'wpsso-rar-script' localized variable names.
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.0.
- WordPress v4.5.
- WPSSO Core v8.31.0.
Version 2.14.0 (2021/06/08)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- None.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- Updated the 'wpsso_get_sortable_columns' filter for WPSSO Core v8.30.0.
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.0.
- WordPress v4.5.
- WPSSO Core v8.30.0.
Version 2.13.1 (2021/02/25)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- Updated the banners and icons of WPSSO Core and its add-ons.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- None.
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.0.
- WordPress v4.5.
- WPSSO Core v8.25.2.
Version 2.13.0 (2021/01/21)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- None.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- Changed
jQuery( document ).on( 'ready' )event handlers tojQuery()for jQuery v3.0. - Renamed 'get_og_type_reviews()' to 'get_mt_reviews()' for WPSSO v8.20.0.
- Changed
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.0.
- WordPress v4.5.
- WPSSO Core v8.20.0.
Version 2.12.0 (2020/12/04)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- None.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- Included the
$addonargument for library class constructors.
- Included the
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.0.
- WordPress v4.5.
- WPSSO Core v8.16.0.
Version 2.11.1 (2020/10/17)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- Refactored the add-on class to extend a new WpssoAddOn abstract class.
- Bugfixes
- Fixed backwards compatibility with older 'init_objects' and 'init_plugin' action arguments.
- Developer Notes
- Added a new WpssoAddOn class in lib/abstracts/add-on.php.
- Added a new SucomAddOn class in lib/abstracts/com/add-on.php.
- Requires At Least
- PHP v5.6.
- WordPress v4.4.
- WPSSO Core v8.13.0.