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Widgets for Google Reviews
Local businesses can showcase their glory without the API headache.
DecliningReview burst
69/100
The plugin offers a useful free tier without API headaches despite many hollow reviews.
Active installs
~950,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 900k+
Rating
4.9★
2,560 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-17%
Declining
5,231 → 4,349 installs/day
Warnings
- Reviews concentrated in a single month — usually a marketing push or paid wave.
What to watch out for
- MAJOR39% of reviews in one month (2026-06-04)
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 · -17% in the last year
5,231/day a year ago→4,349/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWidgets for Google Reviews is well-regarded as a straightforward, lightweight plugin for displaying Google reviews on WordPress, with no notable recurring complaints surfaced in the available reviews.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and get running quickly×4
- +Does not require a Google Places API key
- +Lightweight and does not slow down the site
- +Offers sufficient customization to match site design
- +Considered better than competing plugins×2
Common complaints
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.94★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 20%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 39% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2026-04-052026-05-052026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 2,560 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-04★★★★★Nice looks and feelhaiyaswanth
- 2026-06-04★★★★★Excelente pluginsebasgb
- 2026-06-04★★★★★Wonderful!GeoffBel
- 2026-06-04★★★★★Goodmaurocf1-shot
- 2026-06-04★★★★★Todo bienjmmpsicologia
- 2026-06-04★★★★★Nice pluginsoundx
- 2026-06-03★★★★★i created a wordpress.org account for this reviewmiked851-shot
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Very very good!JoePepe
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Funciona genialRedCoop
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Tutto perfettolukaos717
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
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.
3,992
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
3,644
Prior 7-day baseline
2,612
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
13,523
Mean release-day peak (30d)
3,992
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+9.5%
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.
39%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.12
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
98%
5★ share in analyzed sample
20%
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