=== WP Customer Reviews ===
Contributors: bompus
Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=WWRLGGP9CE4LE
Tags: hcard, schema.org, hreview, reviews, testimonials
Requires at least: 3.0.0
Tested up to: 6.8
Stable tag: 3.7.4
License: MIT
License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

Allows your visitors to leave business / product reviews. Testimonials are in Microdata / Microformat and may display star ratings in search results.

== Description ==

There are many sites that are crawling for user-generated reviews now, including Google Places and Google Local Search. WP Customer Reviews allows you to setup a specific page on your blog to receive customer testimonials for your business/service OR to write reviews about a product.

* WP Multisite and Multiuser (WPMU / WPMS / Wordpress MU) compatible.
* All submissions are moderated, which means that YOU choose which reviews get shown.
* Reviews are displayed to visitors in a friendly format, but search engines see the Schema.org microformat.
* Multiple anti-spam measures to prevent automated spambots from submitting reviews.
* Completely customizable, including which fields to ask for, require, and show.
* Shortcodes available for inserting reviews and review form on any page or widget.
* Works with caching plugins and custom themes.
* Includes an external stylesheet so you can modify it to better fit your theme.
* Reviews can be edited by admin for content and date.
* Admin responses can be made and shown under each review.
* Support for adding your own custom fields.
* The plugin can be used on more than one page, and can be used on posts.
* Supports both `Business` and `Product` review types.
* Shows aggregate reviews microformat.
* Fast and lightweight, even including the star rating image. This plugin will not slow down your blog.
* Validates as valid XHTML 1.1 (W3C) and valid Microformats (Rich Snippets Testing Tool).
* And much more...

Almost every new feature that has been added was due to the generous support and suggestions of our users. If you have a suggestion or question, do not hesitate to ask in our forum.

More information at: [**WP Customer Reviews**](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-customer-reviews/)

== Installation ==

1. Upload contents of compressed file (wp-customer-reviews) to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 
2. Activate the plugin through the `Plugins` menu in WordPress admin.
3. Create a WordPress page to be used specifically for gathering reviews or testimonials.
4. Go into settings for WP Customer Reviews and configure the plugin.

== Screenshots ==

1. Front-end display
2. Submit a review (1)
3. Submit a review (2)
4. Admin moderation (1)
5. Admin moderation (2)
6. Plugin settings
7. Submit form settings
8. Display settings
9. Enabling a page for Business reviews
10. Enabling a page for Product reviews

== Frequently Asked Questions ==
* Bug Report / Feature Requests: **Submit from Plugin Settings page**
* [**Community Support Forum**](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-customer-reviews/)

== Changelog ==

= 3.7.4 =
* 08/18/2025
* [Update] Tested with WP 6.8

= 3.7.3 =
* 01/04/2025
* [Update] Tested with WP 6.7

= 3.7.2 =
* 04/04/2024
* [Update] Tested with WP 6.5

= 3.7.1 =
* 02/23/2024
* [Security] Security / hardening updates

= 3.7.0 =
* 11/03/2023
* [Fix] Plugin should be defaulted to OFF instead of ON for pages

= 3.6.9 =
* 11/01/2023
* [Update] Version update only

= 3.6.8 =
* 10/24/2023
* [Update] Compatibility with WP 6.4

= 3.6.7 =
* 09/12/2023
* [Update] Compatibility with WP 6.3
* [Security] Security / hardening updates

= 3.6.6 =
* 03/17/2023
* [Update] Compatibility with WP 6.2

= 3.6.5 =
* 11/01/2022
* [Update] Compatibility with WP 6.1
* [Bugfix] Prevent division by zero error.

= 3.6.4 =
* 09/27/2022
* [Update] Compatibility with WP 6.0

= 3.6.3 =
* 01/26/2022
* [Update] Compatibility with WP 5.9

= 3.6.2 =
* 10/25/2021
* [Bugfix] Fixed bug introduced in 3.6.0 which caused rounding down of aggregate review rating.

= 3.6.1 =
* 10/20/2021
* [Bugfix] Automatically refresh templates on plugin version update.

= 3.6.0 =
* 10/20/2021
* [Bugfix] Fixed validation error: Invalid object type for field "author".
* [Bugfix] Fixed validation error: Value in property "reviewCount" must be positive.
* [Bugfix] Fixed some invalid CSS.
* [Update] " on [Page Name]" will no longer be redundantly output when the review being shown is on the same page it is associated with.
* [Update] Updated schema itemtype URLs from http to https.
* [Update] Renamed CSS file from wp-customer-reviews-generated.css to wp-customer-reviews.css and simplified usage.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 3.0.0 =
A complete overhaul of the codebase and management interface
