Google/Facebook Reviews Widget

[JoshuaMackens]

Hey guys,

I was looking for a nice Wordpress widget to show and rotate Google reviews and then I stumbled upon RichPlugins — Perfect WordPress plugins.

The only thing I don't like is that it only shows the first 5 Google reviews if I am reading it correctly.

Has anyone used these guys?

Does anyone have another, better alternative?

 

[djbaxter]

Thanks for posting this - I wasn't aware of it previously but I'll give it a test run.

According to the site, it's not the first 5 Google reviews but the "5 most helpful reviews" - not sure how they determine that.

 

[JoshuaMackens]

Thanks for posting this - I wasn't aware of it previously but I'll give it a test run.

According to the site, it's not the first 5 Google reviews but the "5 most helpful reviews" - not sure how they determine that.

I think it's determined by Google. By default they show the "5 most helpful reviews" on a Google listing.

It also looks like the plugin will pull the reviews in and store them in a database so as you get more reviews and the "5 most helpful reviews" change, you'll add more and more reviews to your database, allowing you to have more than 5.

I emailed just to make sure.

 

[Linda Buquet]

Great share! Thanks Joshua!

 

[PaulSteinbrueck]

Thanks for sharing this. I'm definitely going to do some more research on this.

 

[JoshuaMackens]

I got a reply back and it was as I expected. They pull the 5 "most helpful" reviews and then store them in a database so as your review collection grows, so will your database of reviews as Google switches in and out the reviews.

No one has an alternative by the way?

 

[BWrightTLM]

Good find. I have been connecting clients with Podium for the last couple years and they give us a "recent reviews" embed code.

This might be a good solution on how to showcase plugins for clients not using Podium.

Do you have any website examples where you've been using it? Would like to see how it looks.

 

[JoshuaMackens]

I don't yet. I'm on the fence about purchasing because I definitely want to check out alternatives first.

I'll check out Podium for sure.