Reviews module

Google reviews on your site — with no API key.

Build a styled Google-reviews widget in a live-preview builder and embed it anywhere with a shortcode. Connect a business by name, pick from a library of ready-made widgets — walls, sliders, sidebars, badges, buttons, floating pills and click-to-open popups — apply one of nine style presets, and skip Google Cloud entirely. Every call is proxied through the WPStack hub, so there’s no API key, no billing and no setup on your site.

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Included in every plan No API key

No API key needed

Cached on the hub

No Google API keyNo Cloud project, no billing on your site

Live Google reviewsConnect a business by name in seconds

Cached on the hub24-hour cache and a daily refresh

Everything a review widget needs

From a full review wall to a compact badge

One builder turns a business’s Google reviews into exactly the widget your page needs — with the layouts, styling and zero-setup Google access that usually mean a paid third-party service.

No API key on your site

Every Google request is proxied through the WPStack hub, where the vendor key is stored AES-encrypted. Zero Google Cloud setup, no API key, no billing — the widget just works.

Connect by business name

Type a business name, pick it from the autocomplete list, and its reviews load. No pasting Google URLs, no place IDs to hunt down.

Eight layout families

Grid, Slider, Sidebar, List, Masonry, Badge, Button and Floating — the same reviews rendered the way your page needs them, from a full review wall to a one-line pill.

Nine slider variants

The carousel expands into nine looks — classic, centered, speech-bubble, quote, minimal, Google header bar, left summary, avatar-on-top and centered header.

45+ ready-made widgets

Fifteen review badges (Top Rated, HTML and Company), thirteen review buttons, floating pills and click-to-open popups — every look pre-designed, just click to select.

Nine style presets

Light, Light border, Drop shadow, Minimal, Soft, Cream, Contrast, Dark and Minimal dark — same reviews, a different look, one click to apply. Then fine-tune every detail.

Live-preview builder

A four-step wizard — Source, Layout, Style, Settings — with a live preview that updates as you click, so you build exactly what you ship.

Fast by design

Responses are cached for 24 hours on the hub with a daily cron refresh, so far fewer paid Google calls — and the front end never live-fetches.

One shortcode

Build a widget once, then embed it anywhere with [stack_reviews id="N"] — a page, a builder, a template or a widget area.

No keys, no cost, no upkeep

Google access, handled for you

The hard part of Google reviews — the API key, the billing, the caching — is done on the hub, so your site stays clean and fast.

Keyless, through the hub

The hub holds one AES-encrypted vendor key and relays every call over the Places API (New). Your site needs no Google Cloud account and never sees a key.

Cached & refreshed

Place details are cached for 24 hours on the hub and topped up by a daily cron. The front end reads the cache, so pages stay quick and Google calls stay low.

More providers coming

Google is live today. Facebook is next — the admin already shows a Facebook tab — with more review sources slotting in the same way.

How it works

Live in minutes

Connect a business, design the widget, and embed it — no Google Cloud account and no third-party subscription.

Connect a business

On the Source step, type the business name, pick it from the suggestions, and its real Google reviews load into the preview.

Design the widget

Choose a layout and a slider variant, apply a style preset, then set elements, filters and SEO — all with a live preview.

Embed it anywhere

Copy the widget’s shortcode and drop [stack_reviews id="N"] onto any page, builder or template.

The builder

Four steps, one live preview

The wizard walks you through Source, Layout, Style and Settings — and a live preview updates as you click, so what you see is exactly what visitors get. Save is reachable on every step.

Source — connect a Google business by name
Layout — pick a layout and slider variant
Style — apply a preset, then fine-tune
Settings — elements, filters and SEO schema

WPStackWidget builder4

1 · SourceConnected

2 · LayoutSlider · variant VI

3 · StylePreset · Soft

4 · SettingsSchema · on

Connect Google

Find a business by name

Type the business name and pick it from the autocomplete list — its real reviews load into the preview right away. No URLs to paste, no place IDs, no API key. All of it runs through the hub’s Google Places relay.

Name autocomplete — no URLs or place IDs
Real reviews load into the live preview
Proxied through the hub — no key on your site
Powered by the Places API (New)

WPStackSource

SearchYour business…

Your business4.9 · 214 reviews

Pick

Your other location4.7 · 88 reviews

Pick

No API key — relayed by the hub

Layouts & variants

One set of reviews, many shapes

Eight families cover every placement — Grid, Slider, Sidebar, List, Masonry, Badge, Button and Floating — with 9 slider variants, 4 sidebars, 15 badges and 13 buttons. Pick one from a two-up gallery of real previews; the picker shows structure only, so colours never distract from the shape.

Grid, Slider, Sidebar, List, Masonry — walls & feeds
15 badges — Top Rated, HTML & Company
13 buttons + floating pills that link to Google
Popups: dropdown, centered modal & slide-in drawer

WPStackLayouts8

Grid · Sidebar · List · MasonryWalls & feeds · columns 1–4

Slider9 variants · carousel

Badges & buttons15 badges · 13 buttons

Style presets

Same reviews, a different look

Nine presets restyle the whole widget in a click — light and dark, bordered, soft, cream or high-contrast. Want more control? Open the fine-tune panel for colours, border, radius, shadow, padding, stars and type.

Light, Soft, Cream, Contrast, Dark & more
Presets apply to every layout and variant
Fine-tune colours, border, radius & shadow
Star colour and size, type and alignment

WPStackStyle9

PresetSoftCreamDark

Stars

Radius · Shadow14pxSoft

The hub relay

Fast pages, few Google calls

The hub caches each business’s reviews for 24 hours and refreshes them with a daily cron. Your front end reads that cache and never live-fetches Google, so pages stay quick and paid API calls stay low — and the vendor key stays AES-encrypted on the hub.

Responses cached 24h on the hub
A daily cron keeps reviews fresh
The front end never live-fetches
Vendor key stays AES-encrypted on the hub

WPStackHub relay

Cache24 hours

RefreshDaily cron

API keyOn the hub

Front end reads the cache — no live fetch

Embed it anywhere

One shortcode, every page

Build a widget once and place it with its ID — in a page, a page builder, a widget area, or straight from a theme template.

Embed a widget

Render a saved reviews widget by its ID — anywhere a shortcode works, from Gutenberg to Elementor to a widget area.

[stack_reviews id="12"]

In a template

Output the same widget straight from a theme template with WordPress’ do_shortcode().

<?php echo do_shortcode( '[stack_reviews id="12"]' ); ?>

Layouts & variantsGrids, sliders, sidebars, 15 badges, 13 buttons, floating pills & popups.

Schema JSON-LDOptional aggregate-rating structured data.

WidgetsBuild and manage them under WPStack → Reviews.

Works with the stack

Better with the rest of WPStack

Reviews plugs into the tools you already run, so your Google reputation shows up exactly where you need it.

GoogleLive now via the hub’s Google Places relay — connect by name, no key, no billing on your site.

Any page builderThe shortcode drops into Gutenberg, Elementor, the classic editor or a widget area — no add-on needed.

Any themeEach widget is themed by inline CSS variables, so it matches any site out of the box.

The WPStack hubProxies Google, keeps the key AES-encrypted, and caches responses so pages stay fast.

WordPress6.0+ (6.5+ recommended)

PHP7.4+ (8.1+ recommended)

Widgets8 families · 45+ pre-designed looks

Google API keyNone — proxied by the hub

Google is live today via the WPStack hub relay — no API key or billing on your site. Facebook and more providers are on the way.

FAQ

Reviews, answered

No. Every Google request is proxied through the WPStack hub, which holds the vendor’s key AES-encrypted and calls the Places API (New) for you. Your site needs no Google Cloud project, no API key and no billing — nothing to set up.

On the builder’s Source step, type the business name. Autocomplete suggests matches — pick one and its real Google reviews load straight into the live preview. There are no URLs to paste and no place IDs to find.

No — Reviews is display-only. It shows a business’s existing Google reviews as a styled widget; it doesn’t gather or submit new reviews from visitors.

Eight families: Grid, Slider, Sidebar, List, Masonry, Badge, Button and Floating. The Slider has 9 variants and Sidebar 4; there are 15 badges (Top Rated, HTML, Company) and 13 buttons, plus click-to-open popups — a dropdown, a centered modal and a slide-in drawer.

Yes. Apply one of nine style presets — Light, Light border, Drop shadow, Minimal, Soft, Cream, Contrast, Dark and Minimal dark — with a single click, then fine-tune colours, border, radius, shadow, padding, stars and type. The same reviews take on any look.

Build it once, then embed it with the shortcode shown in the builder: [stack_reviews id="N"]. It works on any page, in any builder, or from a theme template with do_shortcode().

No. Responses are cached for 24 hours on the hub and topped up by a daily cron, so paid Google calls stay low. The front end reads the cache and never live-fetches, so your pages stay quick.

Yes — an optional toggle emits Schema.org JSON-LD with an aggregate rating. You also get per-view responsive carousels, autoplay, arrows and dots, read-more truncation and a Google “G” per review.

Google is live now. Facebook is next — the admin already shows a Facebook “coming soon” tab — and more review sources will slot in the same way.

Yes — like every WPStack module, Reviews is included in every plan. Switch it on per project from the modules panel whenever you need it.

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