How Are Reviews Stored?

  • westhillsweb

    (@westhillsweb)


    4 years ago

    This is a pre-sale question…

    I saw this question in the FAQ…
    What happens to the already available reviews if I activate your plugin?
    All the already available reviews of the system are easily convertible in the YITH WooCommerce Advanced Reviews format with the specific feature.

    You said the reviews are “convertible”…but that implies that they are stored differently than regular reviews, and it makes me think that we can’t switch to a different plugin at a later date if this plugin doesn’t work for us, unless the other plugin converts FROM Yith’s format…and that is unlikely.
    Is this is the case?
    Are you storing the reviews in your own tables or in the standard WooCommerce tables?
    Thanks.
    -Mark

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  • Plugin Author YITHEMES

    (@yithemes)

    Hello Mark,

    hope you are doing well ??

    The reviews in the plugin are stored in the wp_posts table in the database (as every post) but using a custom post type called ywar_reviews. When converting reviews with our plugin, a new ywar_reviews post is created, recovering the data from the previous reviews or comments existing on your site.

    Let us know any news, please.

    Have a nice day!

    Thread Starter westhillsweb

    (@westhillsweb)

    Thank you for your answer.
    So it seems that Yith Reviews will convert my existing reviews to your format. I’m very interested in trying your plugin, but what if I later decide that it doesn’t do what I need it to do, and I need to switch from Yith Reviews to some other plugin that uses “standard” format reviews. Do I lose all of the reviews that were left with your plugin?
    Thank you.
    -Mark

    Plugin Author YITHEMES

    (@yithemes)

    Hi Mark,

    You are welcome! ??

    No, you will not lose your previous reviews/comments. If you remove the YITH Reviews plugin, they will appear again as WordPress comments.

    If you have any doubt let us know and we will be happy to help you.

    Have a nice day!

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