Reviews sell. But for most small businesses they are scattered across Google, Facebook, Checkatrade, Trustpilot, emails and thank-you cards, and the website shows none of them. NR Reviews brings them all into one tidy place inside WordPress and shows them beautifully on your site.
Add reviews by hand in seconds, import hundreds from a spreadsheet, or put the review form on a page and send the link to happy customers. New reviews wait for your approval and you get an email for each one. Spam protection is built in and needs no outside service or annoying puzzles: a hidden trap field, a check that refuses forms sent too fast, and an hourly limit per visitor. A consent box with UK GDPR wording is included.
Show them anywhere with the NR Reviews block or a shortcode: a grid, a smooth slider, a simple list, or a rating badge with your average and number of reviews (perfect next to your phone number). Choose the source, lowest star rating, how many and the order. Everything uses your theme’s fonts, with simple colour and style options.
If you want, connect your own free Google key and your Google rating and Google reviews update every day by themselves. You don’t need it: everything else works without any key or account.
NR Reviews also does review stars the right way. Many plugins add markup that breaks Google’s rules and can earn a penalty. NR Reviews never marks up “self-serving” reviews of your own business or reviews copied from other sites, and explains the rules in plain English on the Settings screen.
It is fast and private: nothing loads on pages without reviews, no jQuery, no tracking, and reviewer emails are deleted automatically.
Made by Nomad Robin, with a plain-English “How to use” screen built in.
Key features
- Reviews kept as a private post type, never as public pages
- Fields for name, star rating, review, date, source, town or job, photo and link to the original
- Sources: Direct, Google, Facebook, Checkatrade, Trustpilot, Yell and Other
- Add reviews by hand with a simple form
- Import reviews from a CSV spreadsheet (Excel or Google Sheets)
- Reads UK dates (day/month/year), semicolon and tab files, and Excel encodings
- Duplicate reviews skipped automatically on import
- Optional reviewer photos imported from web addresses
- Export all reviews to CSV as a backup, without email addresses
- Review collection form block and shortcode
- Approval queue: new reviews wait until you approve them
- One-click "Approve and show" and bulk approve
- Email notification for every new review
- Spam protection with a hidden honeypot, a time trap and an hourly limit, no reCAPTCHA needed
- Required consent box with editable UK GDPR wording
- Accessible star picker that works with the keyboard
- Grid layout with 1 to 4 columns
- Slider in plain JavaScript with keyboard support and a pause button
- Slider pauses on hover and focus and respects reduced-motion settings
- List layout
- Rating badge showing the average and number of reviews, with an optional link
- Badge can show your full Google rating and total
- Filter by source, lowest rating, number and order (newest, oldest, highest, lowest, random)
- NR Reviews block with all options in the sidebar and a live preview
- Shortcode builder with a copy button
- "Read more" for long reviews
- Card styles: white, dark or plain
- Star colour, accent colour and corner roundness options
- Show or hide photos/initials, dates and sources
- Uses your theme's fonts
- Optional Google reviews import with your own free Google Places API key
- Google rating and reviews refreshed automatically every day
- Built-in "Find my Place ID" search
- Google reviews labelled and linked to Google as Google requires
- Google profile photos off by default for privacy
- Review schema that follows Google's rules (Direct reviews only, for a product or service you name)
- Never adds self-serving review markup for your own business
- Plain-English explanation of Google's review rules on the Settings screen
- Dashboard with average rating, reviews waiting, Google rating and reviews by source
- Nothing loads on pages without reviews, no jQuery, no outside scripts or fonts
- No tracking and no phoning home
- Reviewer emails deleted automatically after a number of days you choose
- Works with WordPress personal data export and erase tools
- Suggested privacy policy text
- Editors can manage reviews; only Administrators change settings
- Keeps your reviews when uninstalled unless you choose otherwise
- Translation-ready
- Built-in "How to use" tab in plain English
- Version number shown on the plugin's screen
- Works on phones and tablets
- One price: use it on as many sites as you like
Screenshots
Details and requirements
| Version | 1.0.0 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | 27 October 2026 |
| Download size | 76 KB |
| Licence | GPL v2 or later (code) |
Changelog
- 1.0.0 27 Oct 2026 — First release
Questions
How do I get the plugin after paying?
Straight away: there's a download button on the thank-you page, and you'll get an email with your personal download link and licence key.
How do updates work?
Your download link always gives you the latest release of version 1: fixes, security updates and small improvements are included. A future version 2 would be a separate purchase, and you never have to upgrade.
Can I use it on more than one site?
Yes. One price, and you can use it on as many sites as you like.
Is support included?
No. Help, set-up and customisation aren't included in the price. If something doesn't work as described, report it through the support page and I'll put it right. Your legal rights are not affected.
Can I get a refund?
Your legal rights apply if the product is faulty or not as described, and if it doesn't work as described and I can't fix it, I'll refund you. Because it's a download, the usual 14-day change-of-mind right ends once you start the download. Full details are in the Digital Products Terms.
Prices in pounds. I'm not VAT registered, so no VAT is added. Digital Products Terms