by Noah Hearle 4.9 (184 reviews)

Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews

Name: Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews
Rating: 4.9 (184 reviews)
Author: Noah Hearle

Completely restriction-free Google reviews and rating as Block or Shortcode. Extensive display options; delicious themes; includes Structured Data.

Reviews and Rating ranks #1,322 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, is #22 of 1,201 in the Ratings & Reviews category, a 4.9/5 rating from 184 reviews, and was last updated Sep 1, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v6.1 Current Version v6.1

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 01 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#22 of 1,201 in Ratings & Reviews Top 5% by installs Downloads -87.4% this week Actively maintained

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

May 24, 2024

Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews [g-business-reviews-rating] < 5.3

CVE-2024-5218 · Fixed in v5.3
May 24, 2024 UNPATCHED

Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews [g-business-reviews-rating] <= 5.10 (unfixed)

CVE-2026-2388 · No fix released
Jan 20, 2023

Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews [g-business-reviews-rating] < 4.15

CVE-2023-23986 · Fixed in v4.15

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Plugin Details

Version: 6.1
Last Updated: Sep 01, 2026
Requires WP: 5.3+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Noah Hearle

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 184
Support Threads: 7
Resolved: 86%

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for business owners who want to display their Google reviews and rating on their WordPress website. It solves this by pulling review data via Google's Places API using a Place ID and rendering it as customizable shortcode or widget displays.

Shortcode and Widget support
150 design/theme variations
14 color schemes
Carousel/Slider display
Filter reviews by rating
Structured Data (Schema.org) support
RTL language support
Demo mode without API credentials

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews

No. Add the Reviews and Rating block in the editor, or the widget to a sidebar. Both cover the usual choices: location, theme, language, how many reviews and what to show. Use the Shortcode when you need an option they don’t offer.

All the details for collecting your Google API Key can be found at our visual guide to creating a Google API Key. Once your Project is set, you will need a new API Key with access to the Places (New) API. As a restriction, set your host’s IP Address (not your website’s URL). Details of this value are listed on the Settings→Reviews and Rating page. The Google API is required for this plugin to load the data from the Google API.

You can locate your unique Place ID using Google’s: Place ID Finder

The Google API only offers a maximum of 5 reviews at a time, and which 5 it returns varies between requests. Fortunately, this plugin will collect more reviews over time giving you more options to display your selection of reviews from a larger pool. If you feel comfortable with the HTML Inspector in your browser, you can import all the reviews showing in the Google reviews popup.

Only on the older Places API. Google’s Places (New) API has no equivalent, so the Review Retrieval setting appears only if you are still using the older API. On Places (New) you order reviews yourself: use Arrange by relevance in the Reviews section to sort every review by length and how recent it is, then adjust from there.

Your first place to check is the Retrieved Data section in Dashboard→Settings. If there is an error here, follow the advice offered by the Google API. If you can see some reviews listed, check for restrictions in your settings or Shortcode that may limit the results. You can use the parameter: errors=1 to report back potential issues in the front-end.

To use this plugin over time, you’ll need multiple requests to the Place API. Accounts without billing details have a tiny initial allocation. So, please enable billing to receive your substantial and free API request allocation.

The link to a Google Billing Account is Google’s way of preventing overuse of its APIs – prolific users will be billed according. Fortunately, this plugin will use a tiny fraction of your inclusive free allowance; so it is free to use.

This plugin will only use a fraction of your free allowance. However, for peace of mind, you can limit the request to ensure it stays within your free allowance. Just go to Google Maps Platform: Quotas; select Places (New) API from the dropdown at the top; in the first Requests section, set the “Requests per day” to 100 and click Save.

This is possible; however it would involve sharing your data with a third-party provider. We believe that it is much better to source your reviews direct from Google. Additionally, relying on anyone other than Google will result in slower updates and/or fewer reviews with the possibility of being cut-off their service goes down or if they decide to limit their service to reduce costs.