Description
Easy Testimonial Blocks adds a ready-made testimonial block to the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg). Showcase your customers’ reviews, star ratings and photos in a clean, responsive testimonial grid — perfect for agency sites, business websites, landing pages and portfolios.
Why Easy Testimonial Blocks?
- Native Gutenberg block – built with the block editor, no page builder or shortcodes needed
- Customer reviews with star ratings – display ratings out of 5 with crisp SVG stars
- Responsive testimonial grid – set different columns for desktop, tablet and mobile
- Full design control – colors, typography, borders, border radius, padding and box shadow
- Quote icons – choose from four built-in quote icon styles
- Reviewer photos – custom photo size, border and border radius
- Fast and lightweight – zero JavaScript on the frontend, assets load only on pages that use the blocks
- Works with any theme – built on standard WordPress block APIs
Video Tutorial
Blocks
This plugin provides 2 blocks.
- Testimonial Grid A block that displays a grid of testimonials.
- Grid Item Acts as child block for grid.
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/easy-testimonial-blocksdirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- In the block editor, search for “Testimonial Grid” and insert the block.
- Add your testimonial items and customize the design from the block sidebar settings.
FAQ
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Will it slow down my website?
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No. The plugin is built with native Gutenberg components. There is no JavaScript on the frontend, and its styles are loaded only on pages where the testimonial blocks are used.
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Do I need to know how to code?
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No. Every setting — layout, colors, typography, borders, border radius and ratings — is available from the block editor sidebar.
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Can I change the number of testimonial columns?
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Yes. The grid supports separate column settings for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
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Can I show star ratings with the testimonials?
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Yes. Each testimonial supports a rating out of 5, including fractional values like 4.3, rendered as crisp SVG stars.
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Which WordPress version do I need?
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The plugin requires WordPress 6.5 or higher and PHP 7.0 or higher.
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Does it work with any WordPress theme?
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Yes. The blocks are built with standard WordPress block APIs and work with any properly coded theme.
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Contributors & Developers
“Easy Testimonial Blocks” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.1.1
* Hardened the grid block’s inline CSS generation with dedicated color, dimension and keyword sanitizers to prevent malicious block attribute values from injecting CSS
1.1.0
* Replaced styled-components with lightweight dynamic CSS in the editor (smaller bundle)
* Replaced react-rater with a native SVG star rating component in the editor and on the frontend
* Testimonial stars now render without jQuery on the frontend
* Sidebar settings reorganized into native Settings and Styles tabs
* Updated development dependencies
1.0.1
* Change the block title
* Add admin support page
1.0.0
* Initial release