Gratis Reviews

Overview

Gratis Reviews manages customer testimonials and star ratings, and outputs Schema.org Review structured data so ratings can be eligible to appear in search results. Testimonials are stored as their own content type and displayed with shortcodes — either as a grid of quotes or as a single inline star rating.

Managing testimonials

1. Open Testimonials in the admin sidebar and click Add Testimonial.
2. Write the quote in the editor, then complete the Testimonial Details meta box.

• Rating — a 1–5 star score for this testimonial.
• Author name — the person quoted; falls back to the post title if left blank.
• Author role / company — an optional line shown under the name, for example CEO, Acme.

Opening the settings screen

1. Go to Testimonials → Settings (URL: /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=gratis_testimonial&page=gratis-reviews-settings).
2. Adjust the defaults, then click Save settings.

Display settings

• Schema.org markup — when enabled, Review structured data is emitted on singular content that carries a rating, helping search engines understand the score. Leave it on unless another plugin already outputs review schema, to avoid duplicate markup.
• Default columns — how many columns the testimonial grid uses when a shortcode does not specify one. Accepts 1–6 (default 3).
• Default count — how many testimonials the grid shows by default. Accepts 1–50 (default 3).

Shortcodes

• Star rating — ★★★★☆ Excellent prints an inline star rating. value is the score, max the maximum (default 5) and label an optional caption beside the stars.
• Testimonial grid —

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  displays published testimonials in a grid. count and columns override the defaults above for that placement.

Recommended starting point

• Add a handful of testimonials, each with a Rating, Author name and role.
• Leave Schema.org markup enabled unless another SEO or review plugin already adds it.
• Place

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  Finally a cache plugin that just works. 17ms response times out of the box.

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  on a landing page and tune Default columns to fit the layout.