Hide reviews not working

Hello @holmpc,

That is pretty odd. I presume you have the latest version?

I’ll investigate this further in the next day for you.

All the best,

Noah

Hi Noah

Yes, I only added yesterday. I have discovered that if I add the limit=0 param explicitly, it works, but not if I use “Hide reviews”

Matt

Hello @holmpc,

I found the issue with the Widget form – the minimum value for limit was mistakenly set as 1 when it should be 0 (which is valid).

I’ve improved the logic checks and made it more intuitive in the next version.

For the time-being, try setting the review limit to 1 and then deselecting “Display Reviews”. This should work.

The next version of the plugin has a lot more features and should be easier to use. When it comes out, I recommend upgrading to this.

All the best,

Noah

Thanks Noah. Much appreciated. However, I don’t see a checkbox for Display Reviews.

It’s ok, setting limit=0 in the shortcode works fine.

• This reply was modified 5 years ago by HolmPC.
• This reply was modified 5 years ago by HolmPC.

Hi @holmpc,

Not using the Widget. The functionality here is limited otherwise there would be too many options to show in the widget’s configuration. This may change in the future if there’s a demand, but at the moment I have no plans to replicate all the functionality in the Widget.

I would recommend using the shortcode. Add the shortcode to a HTML Widget with something like:

[reviews_rating limit=0 vicinity="Dorking, Surrey"]

In your footer space is limited; you may wish to set the CSS for your review count as follows:

.google-business-reviews-rating .rating .count {
    margin: 8px 0;
    font-size: 13px;
    display: block;
}

Perfect, thanks! I’d not realised you could use vicinity like that, thought it was just on or off. Much appreciated, excellent support!

Hi @holmpc,

I wrote the reply as you were editing yours.

Check the Parameters under the Shortcode tab. There are many customisation options listed here.

The next version of the plugin will have some significant improvements.

If you like the plugin, please leave your feedback. ??

Thanks,

Noah

Thanks @holmpc for the ★★★★★ review!

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A little about the theme compatibility – it will never be possible to just work with any given theme because there are many thousands out there, each with their own unique traits. I’ve tried to keep the styling light so website designers can apply their own styling that fits in their overall design. I’ve seen some plugins that force through their styling using !important values or inline styling to override the theme/other plugins, but I feel this is bad-practice and arrogant.

Anyway, you seem to have settled on a good appearance for the footer there. Nice one! ??

You’re welcome!

The theme incompatibility isn’t so much about colours and the functionality of your plugin itself, it specifically that when it’s activated, the wordpress pages for the scheme options don’t display properly so I can’t administer the site without deactivating first.

It’s not a problem, and as I say, much more likely to be the fault of the theme.

Sorted in version 2.0.