Limited-Time Offer

Get Extra 20% off on FullCharge Yearly Plan — available for first 10 users only. Don’t miss out! 🚀

Real Testimonials · Version history

Real Testimonials changelog and version history

Latest version
4.1.1
Nov 3, 2026 (6 days ago)
Releases
85
since 2016
In the last year
10
about one every 39 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20162 releases
  • 20171 release
  • 20183 releases
  • 20194 releases
  • 202011 releases
  • 202117 releases
  • 202215 releases
  • 20238 releases
  • 20249 releases
  • 20257 releases
  • 20268 releases

20268 releases

  1. Real Testimonials 4.1.1Latest

    • Fixed: Security hardening for front-end testimonial submissions, reviewer photo uploads and testimonial output.
    • Improved: Stricter permission checks for testimonial, view, form and saved template content.
  2. Real Testimonials 4.1.0

    • New: Build with AI module turns a prompt into a ready Testimonial Carousel, Slider, Grid, List or Submission Form.
    • New: Refine with AI option to refine testimonial blocks smartly.
    • New: Testimonial List block.
    • New: AI Configuration settings tab for Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic and Groq, with key verification and a primary provider.
    • New: Testimonial Placements table on the Overview page showing where each block, view, form and saved template is used.
    • New: Contribute to Real Testimonials toggle under Settings → Advanced Controls.
    • New: All twelve navigation arrow styles are now available in the Testimonial Carousel block.
    • Improved: The Saved Templates page has been redesigned with search, pagination, block type and shortcode columns.
    • Improved: AI provider keys are masked on the settings page.
    • Improved: The Ready Patterns library now always shows its filter sidebar.
    • Fixed: Selecting specific testimonials ignored the block’s per-page and pagination settings.
    • Fixed: Submitted testimonials without a title showed the reviewer’s name as the title.
    • Fixed: Submit button alignment on the Testimonial Submission Form block.
    • Fixed: Block carousels broke layout on RTL sites and autoplay stopped after a swipe.
    • Fixed: Non-looping RTL autoplay carousels now start from the correct slide.
    • Fixed: Incorrect data in the Lite vs Pro comparison table.
    • Updated: Swiper library to version 12.2.0.
    • Tested: WordPress 7.1 compatibility.
  3. Real Testimonials 4.0.0

    • New: Testimonial Slider block
    • New: Testimonial Carousel block
    • New: Testimonial Grid block
    • New: Testimonial Group block
    • New: Testimonial Submission Form block (AJAX submit, photo upload, moderation)
    • New: AJAX Pagination block
    • New: Completely redesigned React-powered dashboard with a new Quick Start page, personalized welcome screen, and Ready Patterns library.
    • New: Block visibility manager with parent/child grouping.
    • New: Saved Templates feature to use blocks anywhere on the website using a shortcode.
    • New: 225+ (Free + Pro) Ready Patterns library for testimonial showcases and forms.
    • New: Page builder integrations for Divi 5, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Bricks, Oxygen, and WPBakery.
    • New: SEO Schema Markup module.
    • Improved: Both classic shortcode blocks enhanced.
    • Improved: Demos, documentation, and footer links updated
    • Improved: Export/import feature moved to the Dashboard Tools page.
    • Improved: Custom CSS/JS editor switched from Monaco to CodeMirror.
    • Updated: Plugin minimum required WP version set to 6.3.
    • Updated: Plugin minimum required PHP version set to 7.4.
    • Updated: Language (.pot) file
    • Tested: WordPress 7.1 compatibility
  4. Real Testimonials 3.1.17

    • Fixed: The testimonial blocks not working in the WordPress 7.1 iframed editor canvas.
    • Improved: Block asset loading for iframe canvas compatibility.
    • Improved: Block initialization for cross-window execution context.
    • Tested: WordPress 7.1 compatibility.
  5. Real Testimonials 3.1.16

    • Improved: Enhanced security for unserialization, disallowing any classes.
    • Improved: Hardened plugin security with proper capability checks.
    • Improved: Code readability has been improved.
  6. Real Testimonials 3.1.15

    • Improved: The focus style for plugin option.
    • Fix: Few WPCS-related warnings.
  7. Real Testimonials 3.1.14

    • Improved: Admin UI styling has been improved.
    • Improved: Code maintainability has been improved.
    • Tested: WordPress 7.0 compatibility.
  8. Real Testimonials 3.1.13

    • Improved: Plugin detection logic optimized.
    • Improved: Code maintainability improved.
    • Tested: WordPress 6.9.4 compatibility.

20257 releases

  1. Real Testimonials 3.1.12

    • Improved: Standardized singleton instance property naming.
    • Improved: Code readability and maintainability improved.
    • Improved: Plugin detection logic optimized for better clarity and reliability.
  2. Real Testimonials 3.1.11

    • Tested: WordPress 6.9 compatibility.
  3. Real Testimonials 3.1.10

    • New: A New Testimonial Theme added.
    • New: The Slider Navigation: Top Right option.
    • New: The Slider Pagination: Dynamic option.
    • New: A new rating icon has been added.
    • Improved: The plugin’s options are enhanced to make it more user-friendly.
  4. Real Testimonials 3.1.9

    • Improved: The plugin setting page tab icons.
    • Updated: The language(.pot) file.
    • Fix: The warning was found rarely in the testimonial grid pagination section.
    • Tested: WordPress 6.8.1 compatibility.
  5. Real Testimonials 3.1.8

    • Fix: The mismatched text domain issue.
    • Fix: The help page recommended plugins logo URL not found issue.
    • Tested: WordPress 6.8 compatibility.
  6. Real Testimonials 3.1.7

    • Improved: The plugin security has improved.
    • Fix: The shortcode select option gap issue was found in the gutenberg block.
  7. Real Testimonials 3.1.6

    • Improved: The grid number pagination has been improved.
    • Fix: The schema warning was found when the limited testimonials were shown in the show.
    • Fix: The 404 issue for the recommended plugin’s logo URL.
    • Tested: WordPress 6.7.1 compatibility.

20249 releases

  1. Real Testimonials 3.1.5

    • Fix: The plugin style issue for RTL sites.
  2. Real Testimonials 3.1.4

    • Tested: WordPress 6.7 compatibility.
  3. Real Testimonials 3.1.3

    • Fix: A few strings were not translatable.
    • Fix: The PHP 7.2 compatibility issue.
    • Fix: The Elementor swiper CSS conflict issue.
    • Updated: The language (.pot) file.
    • Tested: WordPress 6.6.2 compatibility.
  4. Real Testimonials 3.1.2

    • New: The Rating Star Fill Color and Empty Color option.
    • New: The Gap between Rating Stars option.
    • New: The Rating Star Font Size option.
    • Improved: The plugin backend options have been enhanced.
    • Improved: The Layout Preset option was placed at the top of the manage view page.
    • Improved: The Carousel Style was placed after the Layout Preset option.
    • Improved: The How To Use Shortcode section moved to the right side of the page.
    • Improved: The rating options were moved to a sub-section called Star Rating.
    • Improved: The Swipe to Slide option was renamed to the MouseWheel option.
    • Fix: The testimonial date issue in the case of export-import testimonials.
    • Fix: The grid layout item padding issue when the border is used.
  5. Real Testimonials 3.1.1

    • New: Testimonial Form Block feature.
    • Updated: The language (.pot) file.
    • Tested: WordPress 6.6.1 compatibility.
  6. Real Testimonials 3.1.0

    • New: The CSV import and export feature to import or export testimonials.
    • New: The Form Live Preview feature to check the testimonial form design before using it on any pages or posts.
    • New: The Form Width option to increase or decrease the width of the testimonial form.
    • Improved: The style of Testimonial Form options and Testimonial View options.
    • Improved: The Testimonial Export Import feature.
    • Updated: The language (.pot) file.
    • Fix: When the admin selects based on star rating/auto publish status in the form settings, the submitted testimonial was not shown in the testimonial list.
    • Fix: The demo link issue.
    • Tested: WordPress 6.5.2 compatibility.
  7. Real Testimonials 3.0.0

    • New: The Carousel Layout feature.
    • New: The Testimonial Form feature with fields for Full Name, Email Address, Designation, Testimonial Title, Content, Reviewer Photo, and Submit Button.
    • New: Three types of Testimonial Status of Form.
    • New: The Form Label Color, Input Fields Border, Background Color, and Border-Radius options.
    • New: Form Background Color and border options.
    • New: Testimonial Image Background option.
    • New: Testimonial Image Padding option.
    • New: Testimonial Image Border option.
    • New: Testimonial Image Box Shadow (Inset, Outset) option.
    • New: The Custom JS option.
    • New: A function ‘sp_testimonial( x )’ was added to show testimonials using template files.
    • Improved: The Image Settings tab and its options were moved inside the Display Settings Tab.
    • Improved: The Plugin UI and UX were hugely reorganized and optimized to make it more user-friendly.
    • Improved: The Space Between Testimonials option was moved to the General Settings Tab.
    • Improved: The Grid Pagination options are moved to the bottom of the General Settings tab.
    • Improved: The ‘Slider Controls’ tab was renamed ‘Slider Settings.’
    • Improved: The Display Setting tab options were reorganized into nested tabs.
    • Improved: The options for the Carousel Setting tab were reorganized into nested tabs.
    • Improved: The Hide on Mobile option for carousel/slider navigation and pagination was separated from the Navigation and Pagination options, respectively.
    • Improved: The Help Page has been redesigned to make it more user-friendly.
    • Updated: The language (.pot) file.
    • Fix: The grid limit issue when pagination was enabled.
  8. Real Testimonials 2.6.9

    • Fix: The warning was found when the plugin was activated via the WP-CLI command.
    • Tested: WordPress 6.5 compatibility.
  9. Real Testimonials 2.6.8

    • Fix: Few PHPCS warnings with PHP8.2.
    • Tested: WordPress 6.4.1 compatibility.

20238 releases

  1. Real Testimonials 2.6.7

    • Fix: Multiple p or br tags are not working in testimonial content.
    • Tested: WordPress 6.3 compatibility.
  2. Real Testimonials 2.6.6

  3. Real Testimonials 2.6.5

  4. Real Testimonials 2.6.4

  5. Real Testimonials 2.6.3

  6. Real Testimonials 2.6.2

  7. Real Testimonials 2.6.1

  8. Real Testimonials 2.6.0

202215 releases

  1. Real Testimonials 2.5.11

  2. Real Testimonials 2.5.10

  3. Real Testimonials 2.5.9

  4. Real Testimonials 2.5.8

  5. Real Testimonials 2.5.7

  6. Real Testimonials 2.5.6

  7. Real Testimonials 2.5.5

  8. Real Testimonials 2.5.4

  9. Real Testimonials 2.5.3

  10. Real Testimonials 2.5.2

  11. Real Testimonials 2.5.1

  12. Real Testimonials 2.5.0

  13. Real Testimonials 2.4.4

  14. Real Testimonials 2.4.3

  15. Real Testimonials 2.4.2

202117 releases

  1. Real Testimonials 2.4.1

  2. Real Testimonials 2.4.0

  3. Real Testimonials 2.3.2

  4. Real Testimonials 2.3.1

  5. Real Testimonials 2.3.0

  6. Real Testimonials 2.2.19

  7. Real Testimonials 2.2.18

  8. Real Testimonials 2.2.17

  9. Real Testimonials 2.2.16

  10. Real Testimonials 2.2.15

  11. Real Testimonials 2.2.14

  12. Real Testimonials 2.2.13

  13. Real Testimonials 2.2.12

  14. Real Testimonials 2.2.11

  15. Real Testimonials 2.2.10

  16. Real Testimonials 2.2.9

  17. Real Testimonials 2.2.8

202011 releases

  1. Real Testimonials 2.2.7

  2. Real Testimonials 2.2.6

  3. Real Testimonials 2.2.5

  4. Real Testimonials 2.2.4

  5. Real Testimonials 2.2.3

  6. Real Testimonials 2.2.2

  7. Real Testimonials 2.2.1

  8. Real Testimonials 2.2

  9. Real Testimonials 2.1.7

  10. Real Testimonials 2.1.6

  11. Real Testimonials 2.1.5

20194 releases

  1. Real Testimonials 2.1.4

  2. Real Testimonials 2.1.3

  3. Real Testimonials 2.1.2

  4. Real Testimonials 2.1.1

20183 releases

  1. Real Testimonials 2.1

  2. Real Testimonials 2.0

  3. Real Testimonials 1.4.2

20171 release

  1. Real Testimonials 1.4

20162 releases

  1. Real Testimonials 1.3

  2. Real Testimonials 1.2

Questions about Real Testimonials’s releases

What is the latest version of Real Testimonials?

4.1.1, released on Nov 3, 2026 (6 days ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Real Testimonials updated?

10 releases in the last year, about one every 39 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2016.

Know when your rivals ship

Track your plugin and its rivals: TrackWP sees each new release in the nightly snapshot and alerts you, with what it did to their rank.

Start free

Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Real Testimonials’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.