Grade D

Reviews Widgets for Google, Yelp & TripAdvisor

Name: Reviews Widgets for Google, Yelp & TripAdvisor
Rating: 4.9 (324 reviews)
Author: richplugins

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by richpluginsupdated 2026-02-02⚠️The Handle-With-Care

Pretty carousels that look great even if the reviews feel a bit suspicious.

Growing

69/100

Users enjoy the easy setup and attractive layouts despite some suspicious review patterns and a minor loading bug.

Loved30/40

Trustworthy10/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum9/12

Composite 78, adjusted to 69 (×0.88) for a low verified rating or signs of review manipulation.

Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

→ on track for 20k+in ~3.3 years

Rating

4.9★

324 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+9%

Growing

35 → 38 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing · +9% in the last year

35/day a year ago→38/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Reviews Widgets for Google, Yelp & TripAdvisor is generally praised for its easy setup, attractive carousel layout and reliable display of Google and Facebook reviews, but at least one user reports a spinner loading bug that hampers functionality.

What people like

+Attractive carousel layout with badge showing total number and rating plus recent reviews
+Easy setup
+Zero issues reported
+Works well with Google and Facebook reviews
+Allows showcasing reviews exactly as desired across multiple sites
+Works with minimal fuss and reliable performance

Common complaints

−Spinner loading bug on Google reviews; clicking adds additional spinners and UI stalls

Review trustMostly organic

4.94★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
27%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 29% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 324 total

5★

311

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 90 analyzed

2025-06-15★★★★★الجزيرة aljazeeramedicalceter1-shot
2025-06-14★★★★★didn't work sebnast
2024-09-18★★★★★Happy with it webncwebmaster
2024-09-08★★★★★great plugin kabir10081-shot
2024-06-17★★★★★Great plugin loser4fun
2024-04-09★★★★★Great review plugin goviral
2024-02-05★★★★★Works Great Sandy Price
2024-02-04★★★★★really valueble charuzzz
2024-01-25★★★★★Super RMANCIL
2024-01-25★★★★★Love it cfwd

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-02-02v2.7.3
2026-01-15v2.7
2026-01-15v2.7.1
2026-01-15v2.7.2
2025-12-01v2.6
2025-11-10v2.5
2025-03-06v2.4
2024-07-26v2.3

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+8.6%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

29%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.00

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

98%

5★ share in analyzed sample

27%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.94 → 4.94★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered