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WP Google Review Slider
Shiny sliders that look great until the free tier limits hit you.
HealthyDeclining
69/100
The plugin is easy to use and looks great. Users feel misled by the actual free tier limits.
Active installs
~105,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.8★
364 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-43%
Declining fast
175 → 100 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 43% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -43% in the last year
175/day a year ago→100/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Google Review Slider is well-regarded as a straightforward, good-looking plugin for displaying Google reviews on WordPress sites, though its free tier is criticized for misleading review count limits.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and configure×7
- +Supports multiple Google business profiles/locations
- +Ability to filter out unwanted reviews
- +Customizable colors and design to match website style×2
- +Privacy-compliant integration of Google reviews
- +Responsive and helpful developer support
Common complaints
- −Free version limits the number of reviews available, and the advertised limit (40) is inaccurate — only 20 reviews are actually accessible
- −Limiting data rather than features in the free tier is seen as a poor freemium practice
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.84★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 23%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 364 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-25★★★★★Easy to set up and great support.akh48006
- 2026-05-17★★★★★Plugin excelenteJuanferpt
- 2026-04-29★★★★★Great Google Review Plugintarponman
- 2026-04-10★★★★★Yet another predatory pluginPrzemek
- 2026-04-02★★★★★Na první pohled velmi uspokojivé!kosikradosti1-shot
- 2026-02-07★★★★★Super easymauvan
- 2026-01-27★★★★★Looks sharp!John Meng-Frecker
- 2026-01-07★★★★★Easy&working solution!plastikwombat
- 2026-01-07★★★★★Best Plugin – Highly Recommendedxpress towing
- 2025-12-30★★★★★Awesome Pluginjosephtcb1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WP Google Review Slider
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload 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.
90
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
102
Prior 7-day baseline
90
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
10,841
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,007
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-11.8%
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.
7%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.61
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
23%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-31%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.88 → 4.84★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered