If your business website is built on Wordpress, you can install our Review Stream Wordpress plugin for easy integration. Your reviews are displayed with SEO-friendly markup.
FYI:
The default embeddable "Review Stream" widget is a Javascript widget loaded asynchronously. It is not indexed and has no SEO impact. If you use our Wordpress plugin the content is presented in structured data markup and is indexed by Google. Our Wordpress plugin complies with Google's August 2016 schema markup guideline updates.
In this Article:
- Set up Wordpress Review Stream Plugin
- Available attributes for Wordpress Review Stream Plugin
- Fully White-labeling the Wordpress Review Stream Plugin
Set up Wordpress Review Stream Plugin
Once you've received your API token, you can install the Review Stream plugin directly within the Wordpress dashboard by clicking Plugins > Add New.
You can either search the plugin directory for "Review Stream" or download the plugin directly, save the .zip file to your computer, and choose the Upload Plugin option.
If you're uploading the plugin, select the .zip file you've just downloaded, then click Install Now.
On the Installed Plugins page, find your Review Stream plugin and click Settings.
Select your entity and the schema you'd like to use for rich-snippet markup, or No Schema to turn off schema markup entirely.
If you want to exercise extra caution in regards to Google's August 2016 schema markup guidelines, check the Use schema only on reviews collected directly? box. This will only display the aggregated rating for reviews collected directly through the platform in your search results and remove any third-party ratings from your search results.
Add your API token, URL shortname, desired default review count, and what you'd like to show.
Be sure to save your changes. Now you can add your review stream into your desired location on your website using the shortcode
[reviewstream]
Use the
[path]
attribute if you want to place the review stream from another landing page on the same website as your default stream.
Available attributes for Wordpress Review Stream Plugin
Use any of the below attributes alone or in combination to override your default plugin settings. To add the review stream to your WordPress page or post with your default settings, simply type
[reviewstream]
where you would like the stream to appear.
count
Use this attribute to change the number of reviews displayed. The default count is 5. Here's an example shortcode to display 3 reviews:
[reviewstream count=3]
display
This attribute will display your review stream in "carousel" format (i.e. one review displayed at a time, changing every few seconds). The shortcode would look like this:
[reviewstream display=carousel]
path
Use this attribute to display a review stream from a different profile in your account than the one you have set as the default. For example, if your default path is "profile-a" but you want to show the stream for "profile-b", your shortcode would be:
[reviewstream path=profile-b]
show_aggregate_rating
Setting this attribute to "true" will display your business' aggregate rating (the average rating across all monitored reviews). Setting it to "false" will remove it. Here's an example shortcode to display the aggregate rating
[reviewstream show_aggregate_rating=true]
show_reviews
Setting this attribute to "true" will display your reviews. Setting it to "false" will remove the reviews. This attribute is intended for use when you only want to show the aggregate rating - you will typically have the aggregate rating toggled on in your default plugin settings. Here's an example shortcode for exactly that scenario:
[reviewstream show_reviews=false]
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