You might have noticed those eye-catchy star ratings on Google search. Sites like Amazon, Yelp, Tripadvisor, etc has been showing those ratings for years.
And these sites are getting massive traffic by grabbing searchers’ attention.
You can also drive huge traffic by showing star ratings in Google search. It makes your listings attractive on Google.
The idea is to show the review ratings for a product/service in the search results. The ratings can be based on visitors responses or determined by the author of the post.
Well, with WordPress, you can do this easily with the help of a star rating plugin. Here I’ll be sharing a list of 10 best star rating WordPress plugins.
Best Star Rating WordPress Plugins
Even if you have star ratings on your post/page, it’s up to Google if it will show star rating in search results or not. All you can do is, using a star rating plugin with Google Rich Snippets.
To help you to find the right plugin, I’ve compiled a list of 10 Best ‘Star Rating’ WordPress Plugins.
- All In One Schema Rich Snippet
- WP Review Pro
- Schema Pro
- Review Block by Ultimate Blocks
- WP SEO Structured Data Schema
- SNIP: Structured Data Plugin for WordPress
- WP Product Review
- Rating-Widget: Star Review System
- Yasr – Yet Another Stars Rating
- Like Button Rating
Also Read: 10 Best Table Of Contents WordPress Plugins
Now let’s get started with the first plugin.
1. All In One Schema Rich Snippet
This free plugin lets you display all types rich snippets in the Google search results. In case you don’t know what a rich snippet is, here’s a quick definition –
A rich snippet is a short description of your page on the search result page. Rich snippets can be in the form of images, price, author name, star ratings, and more.
All In One Rich Snippets supports the following types of content formats:
- Review
- Event
- Product
- People
- Recipe
- Video
- Articles
- Software Application
This is one of the simplest solutions out there to display star ratings for your article on the search result. All you have to do is to select the type of post in your WordPress post editor and you’re all set!
The plugin is available for free and is definitely one of the best star rating plugin for WordPress.
Things To Know Before Choosing This Plugin
- It’s a all in one solution for showing rich snippets in the Google search results.
- It’s free and you can download it from WordPress repository.
2. WP Review Pro
WP Review Pro is a powerful star rating plugin that supports 14 different types of rich snippets.
Apart from displaying just a star rating in the search results, you can display beautiful review boxes in your article. You can customize the design of these boxes and align it with your brand design and colors.
Another great feature of this plugin is that you’re not just bound to star rating. You can display ratings in multiple formats such as percentage, point, circle, and more.
The plugin also has a user comment and rating feature so that your readers can share their own thoughts and ratings about the product/service.
You can also create comparison tables with the plugin allowing you to compare multiple products.
The plugin is responsive, optimized for speed, and secure. The list of features of this plugin is too long. So, here’s an overview of the features available in this plugin:
- 14 Types of Rich Snippets.
- 16 Predefined Designs.
- Multiple Rating Systems.
- User Commenting and Rating.
- Google Places Reviews Integrated.
- Yelp Reviews Integrated.
- Facebook Reviews Integrated.
- Comparison Table.
- Popup and Notification Bar.
- WooCommerce Integration.
- Mobile Friendly.
- Blazing Fast.
- Translation Ready.
- 10 Custom Widgets.
A Typical Review Box Created With ‘WP Review Pro’ Looks Like…
Things To Know Before Choosing This Plugin
- It offers 14 types of rich snippets with 16 predefined design templates.
- It has both free and premium version. The premium version starts at $67.
3. Schema Pro
This plugin is by the developer of All In One Rich Snippets. You can call this plugin as its upgrade.
Schema Pro supports the following types of rich snippets:
- Review
- Local Business
- Article
- Service
- Product
- Course
- Recipe
- Person
- Job Postings
- Software Application
- Book
- Event
- Video Object
Just like All In One Rich Snippets, the plugin is very easy to use. You just have to select your post type and choose your target.
Things To Know Before Choosing This Plugin
- It’s automate the schema markup process.
- It’s a premium plugin starts at $79.
4. Review Block by Ultimate Blocks
Ultimate Blocks is the only Gutenberg Blocks plugin that offers ‘Schema-Enabled’ Review Block. This block lets you add a review box in your blog post. It allows you to add rows of review criteria and the cumulative star ratings will be calculated automatically.
You can edit the review title, author name, review summary and call to action button. You can also change the star color, star hover color, button color, button URL and text.
The best part of the block is, you can edit the block inside the Gutenberg editor. It’s truly ‘what you see is what you get.
Currently, the block only allows the author to add reviews. The readers cannot submit their reviews.
Ultimate Blocks
Things To Know Before Choosing This Plugin
- It’s not a dedicated plugin for star rating. Rather it offers a handful number of Gutenberg blocks to create better and engaging content.
- It’s completely free.
5. WP SEO Structured Data Schema
Another plugin in t