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Reviews and Rating · Version history

Reviews and Rating changelog and version history

Latest version
6.1
Sep 1, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
142
since 2019
In the last year
2
about one every 5 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 201935 releases
  • 202041 releases
  • 202122 releases
  • 202214 releases
  • 202312 releases
  • 202415 releases
  • 20251 release
  • 20262 releases

20262 releases

  1. Reviews and Rating 6.1Latest

    • Added filters to set Shortcode parameters and Structured Data programmatically
    • Added language and translated attributes to each review, for styling by language
    • Fixed the More link not expanding the full review (Thanks to Miikka)
    • Fixed the animate parameter switching animation off instead of on

  2. Reviews and Rating 6.0

    • Fixed a security issue allowing unsafe HTML tags through a shortcode parameter (Thanks to Muhammad Yudha, Wordfence)
    • Added nonce verification to dashboard actions and switched to parameterized database queries
    • Strengthened custom CSS validation to block external imports and HTML tag injection
    • Added support for Google’s Places (New) API
    • Added a Gutenberg block, mirroring Widget functionality
    • Added Arrange by relevance in Reviews, ordering every review by length and how recent it is
    • Added an HTML Import option to store Google’s own order as relevance
    • Added a dashboard color scheme setting with System, Light and Dark options, remembered per user
    • Added a dashboard that remembers your last-used section, per user
    • Added a list of recent retrievals with new review counts
    • Added accessibility support throughout: reduced motion, high contrast and screen reader labels
    • Added a language label to reviews when a specific language is chosen
    • Added Arabic and Chinese language support for relative times
    • Added a Bluesky link in the About section
    • Fixed duplicate entries appearing when a reviewer edited their review
    • Fixed a fatal error when adding a location on PHP 8
    • Fixed saving of the Google API Key
    • Fixed the synchronization frequency being ignored with multiple locations
    • Fixed the review count when filtering by both location and review status
    • Fixed duplicate entries in the Structured Data output
    • Fixed the language of imported translations not being detected
    • Fixed icon text appearing in imported reviewer names
    • Fixed relative review times ignoring an installed translation
    • Fixed the welcome screen not appearing for some new installations
    • Fixed the widget’s theme names not being translatable
    • Improved the Widget for current WordPress versions
    • Improved the language parameter to match a review on either its translated or original text
    • Improved Structured Data for search engines
    • Improved front-end performance by removing the jQuery dependency
    • Rebuilt the plugin’s internal structure for greater reliability and easier maintenance

20251 release

  1. Reviews and Rating 5.10

    • Added missing values for name_format parameter
    • Improved HTML Import to find more author URLs and improve identification of ratings
    • Improved HTML Import to ignore service scores within reviews

202415 releases

  1. Reviews and Rating 5.9

    • Fixed CSS Shortcode parameter value for star and star_gray

  2. Reviews and Rating 5.8

    • Improved support for relative times (Thanks to @ziegel)
    • Fixed parameter for stars to allow color strings (Thanks to @ziegel)

  3. Reviews and Rating 5.7

    • Added Croatian and Serbian language support for relative times (Thanks to Chaky)
    • Fixed _load_textdomain_just_in_time warning
    • Tested with WordPress 6.7.1

  4. Reviews and Rating 5.6

    • Added immediate start parameter for stars animation
    • Extended HTML Import to accept Google My Business version
    • Tested with WordPress 6.6.2

  5. Reviews and Rating 5.5

    • Added support for inline SVG stars
    • Added Hungarian and Japanese language support for relative times (Thanks to Örs and Kevin)
    • Improved rating star animation: initiating when in view
    • Restricted effect of avatar dimension variables in CSS
    • Tested with WordPress 6.6.1

  6. Reviews and Rating 5.4

    • Fixed color replacement for 90% star (Thanks to @kennypurnomo)
    • Added sticky table headers throughout plugin’s settings

  7. Reviews and Rating 5.3

    • Added file selection support for WEBP images
    • Removed support for uploading unsanitized SVG (Thanks to Tiffany Tyson, Wordfence)

  8. Reviews and Rating 5.2

    • Added an option to store avatars locally

  9. Reviews and Rating 5.1

    • Added individual place deletion
    • Fixed review counter animation in Reviews section
    • Adjusted base64 strings in CSS

  10. Reviews and Rating 5.0

    • Altered the name of the plugin
    • Refreshed design of plugin’s settings
    • Improved navigation within sections
    • Improved check for maybe_serialize() issue
    • Added keyboard navigation between sections
    • Added a more informative place listing for more than one
    • Added instant review list filtering in the Dashboard
    • Added instant filtering by rating in the Dashboard
    • Added a hidden option to include Structured Data on all pages
    • Added administrator notifications
    • Added reset for additional places
    • Added reset for administrator notifications
    • Added editor permission toggle to Advanced section
    • Added work-around for PHP 8.3.2 bug concerning instable arrays to Widget class
    • Fixed warning returned by sorting null values
    • Fixed fwrite warning from a null value
    • Added support for WordPress Playground
    • Tested with WordPress 6.5

  11. Reviews and Rating 4.30

    • Extended HTML Import to support several versions of Google Maps (Thanks to @nielsgww)

  12. Reviews and Rating 4.29

    • Added a warning for HTML Import using HTML from Google search results
    • Extended HTML Import to support Google Maps version

  13. Reviews and Rating 4.28

    • Added work-around for PHP 8.3.2 bug concerning instable arrays (Thanks to @navmansolutionsgmailcom)

  14. Reviews and Rating 4.27

    • Added new parameters for Structured Data Shortcode: html_tag and outer_html (Thanks to @louisgcom)
    • Updated diagrams for HTML Import

  15. Reviews and Rating 4.26

    • Improved input sanitization
    • Improved clarity and readability of text strings
    • Fixed the style sheet check in the theme selection

202312 releases

  1. Reviews and Rating 4.25

    • Updated design of Shortcode examples
    • Fixed HTML validity in Dashboard→Settings
    • Tested with WordPress 6.4

  2. Reviews and Rating 4.24

    • Fixed warning caused by missing avatars in the meta box

  3. Reviews and Rating 4.23

    • Fixed carousel activity at short intervals

  4. Reviews and Rating 4.22

    • Improved HTML Import

  5. Reviews and Rating 4.21

    • Added option to disable editor capabilities (Thanks to @lion73)
    • Improved HTML Import diagram layout
    • Tested with WordPress 6.3

  6. Reviews and Rating 4.20

    • Improved tab navigation for editors
    • Corrected reviews link in widget for editors
    • Fixed review text issue in HTML Import (Thanks to @arielhc)

  7. Reviews and Rating 4.19

    • Added editor capabilities to review management (Thanks to @desclosf)
    • Fixed theme disabled toggle when style sheet option is altered

  8. Reviews and Rating 4.18

  9. Reviews and Rating 4.17

  10. Reviews and Rating 4.16

  11. Reviews and Rating 4.15

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202214 releases

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202122 releases

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201935 releases

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Questions about Reviews and Rating’s releases

What is the latest version of Reviews and Rating?

6.1, released on Sep 1, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Reviews and Rating updated?

2 releases in the last year, about one every 5 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from July 2019.

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