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Plugin Description
This plugins allows you to bring Review Engine reviews into your WordPress site via shortcodes and widget.
You must have a Review Engine account to use this plugin.
Plugin Initialization
To enable the shortcodes and widgets, first go to the RBD Core menu item that’s in the left-hand admin menu. Place the URL of your Review Engine in the Review Engine URL text input, and then hit the Save Changes button.
Configuring the Review Engine Display Shortcode/Widget
Now go into any Page, Post, or Custom Post Type that has a content editor. You’ll now have an Add Review Engine Display button next to Add Media. Click on that to access the shortcode editing popup.
URL: Place the desired Review Engine URL here.
Threshold: Set this to 3, 4, or 5 stars to grab published reviews at and above that threshold.
Service: Choose which service category to grab reviews from, default “All”.
Staff: Query against reviews with this staff member, default “All”.
Location: Query against reviews from this location, default “All”.
Limit Characters: Choose how many characters will show before the Read More link appears (if above the character limit).
Reviews Per Page: Choose how many reviews show before the Show More Reviews button appears (if you have more reviews than are returned).
Max Columns: Determine how many columns of reviews there are.
Hide X: Choose to hide some Meta Data.
Disable 3d: Will disabled the 3d hover effects.
Click the Insert Into {Post Type} button and then click publish or update.
Configuring the Review Slider Widget
In your Appearance > Widgets page, there is a Review Slider widget. Drag that into the widget area you’d like to display the slider on. You may have more than one slider on a page if you wish.
Title: Give the widget an optional title.
Review Engine URL: Your Review Engine’s URL. Note: This is predefined, but can be changed.
Threshold: Set this to 3, 4, or 5 stars to grab published reviews at and above that threshold.
Review Count: Choose how many reviews will be in the slider.
Character Count: Choose how many characters will show before the Read More link appears (if above the character limit).
Service: Choose which service category to grab reviews from, default “All”.
Staff: Query against reviews with this staff member, default “All”.
Location: Query against reviews from this location, default “All”.
Hide X: Hide the relevant meta data
Slider Speed: Will adjust the slider’s speed, showing each slider for the desired amount of seconds.
Screenshots
Creating a Review Engine Shortcode for a page, post, or custom post type.
Using the Review Slider widget in a sidebar widget area.
