Needs A Shortcode Ability

Thanks for trying my plugin and also your suggestion!

By default, all the functions of the plugin are deactivated after initial installation. You need to go to WooCommerce Settings, choose Reviews tab, and enable functions of the plugin that you would like to use in your shop. I hope that it answers your question.

The problem with making a shortcode for displaying reviews is that usage of such a shortcode on product pages (where reviews are shown by default) will lead to duplication of reviews. Reviews will be shown two times: one by the shortcode and one by your theme in the default reviews location. The shortcode won’t be able to tell your theme not to show the reviews. If you have ideas about how this can be implemented, please share them here and I will consider adding such a feature in one of next versions of the plugin.

That’s not true. If you shut tabs off you can use shortcode. I just completed everything now and it’s working perfectly.

Also, your one custom heading input doesn’t change when rewritten. It still says coupon despite me writing promo code.

Thanks

So, is your proposal to check if reviews are disabled for a particular product and render the shortcode only when they are disabled?

Can you please tell me exactly which custom heading doesn’t change? If it is a bug, I’d like to fix it. A screenshot illustrating the problem will be helpful.

The heading changed in live site. It didn’t in staged site. So that was odd. Maybe a staging issue with WPE. All set there.

My suggestion is to create the ability to have the user, me in this case, be able to use a shortcode if they’d like to place comments in a different location. Like we do on Shopify. We have a client that uses an accordion to display info, their last one is reviews. You can’t do that unfortunately with Woocommerce but we are using Visual Composer and your plugin. In order for them to use the Accordion to display reviews I have to shut off the tab to the default area for Woo Reviews and then use another plugin just to make comments enabled as a shortcode.

It would be better suited if I didn’t have to use so many plugins to get one thing. Know what I mean?

I’m using 3 plugins to get where I want to go and it works beautifully. Your plugin is amazing in that it creates a promo code and throws those into coupons. I love that. Now it would be even more amazing if you gave the user the ability to use a shortcode.

You could even set a shut off for woo default reviews, I code them out though. Most themes have a shut off already so that’s not a big deal. Creating a shortcode would be amazing.

I was trying to send a screenshot but WP won’t let me

• This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by stefsternyc.

OK, thank you for the explanation. Now, I understand your proposal better. Can you please tell me which plugin you are currently using to output comments via a shortcode?

Hey Ivole, it’s this one. Comment Form Shortcode unfortunately it’s old but man it’s working perfectly. And we’ve had over 40 comments alone in less than 2 hours all good comments, no spam. I have the theme setup to only allow real customers to comment and only those who are logged in.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by stefsternyc.

I’ve added a shortcode similar to the one provided by the plugin you mentioned. It will be available in the new version of the plugin. I plan to release the new version this weekend or next week. I’d appreciate your help with testing the shortcode.

Sounds good. Just let me know. I’ll be happy to help.

Hey Ivole, not sure if I missed something but all these autogenerated coupons aren’t working. Is there a time delay or something before they’re useable or perhaps I missed a setting somewhere? Customers are complaining they’re getting an error that says this coupon is no good.

Thanks

The plugin generates standard WooCommerce coupons. There is no delay before they are usable.

Please ask your customers for an example of a coupon that doesn’t work, then go to WooCommerce -> Coupons, find this coupon and check parameters of the coupon. You should be able to understand why it is not getting applied. It is most likely that there is some restriction like minimum spend amount that you specified in the settings of my plugin that prevents your customers from using this coupon.

I figured it out but it was weird. It was something we selected in the settings. I shut it off for now. Neither of the products were sale items or in the categories we don’t want folks to use and it blocked her from using the coupon. I’ve since shut those off so they’re work now but I need to go thru 90 coupons and edit their settings. LOL

So, just to confirm. Is there any problem with the plugin or it works fine?

Works like a charm. No issue. Sorry, I should have said that.

Thanks for letting me know! I hope the plugin also helps you receive more authentic reviews for products in your shop.