by Tim Eckel 4.3 (11 reviews)

Manually Approved Reviews for WooCommerce

Name: Manually Approved Reviews for WooCommerce
Rating: 4.3 (11 reviews)
Author: Tim Eckel

Force WooCommerce product reviews to be manually approved.

Manually Approved Reviews for WooCommerce ranks #8,201 among WordPress.org plugins with 600+ active installations, is #286 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.3/5 rating from 11 reviews, and was last updated Jan 30, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1.4)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 9 months ago Last Update on 30 Jan, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#286 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs Downloads -6.9% this week

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#8,201

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Active Installs

600+

-13.4%

KW Avg Position

126.3

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Downloads

8.8K

+4 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (11 reviews)

Next Milestone 700

Total Progress 79%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3

11 reviews

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Jan 30, 2026
Requires WP: 2.1.0+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Tim Eckel

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 11
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WooCommerce store owners who want control over product reviews before they go live. It forces newly submitted product reviews into a pending status requiring manual approval, since WooCommerce normally publishes reviews immediately and ignores WordPress's built-in comment moderation setting.

Holds new reviews pending
Requires manual review approval
Overrides WooCommerce auto-publish behavior

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Manually Approved Reviews for WooCommerce

No. All you need to do is install and activate the plugin and new product reviews will require approval. To turn it off, simply deactivate the plugin.

The plugin creates a hook that is triggered whenever someone writes a product review. It then changes the review to a pending (hold) status which requires the review to be manually reviewed and approved (or deleted).

Nope. New product reviews are immediately available for anyone to read, which is why this plugin exists.

In the WordPress admin area under Comments.