Title: Nearby Now Reviews and Audio Testimonials Author: Billy Coover Published: February 1, 2012 Last modified: October 15, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/nearby-now/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2232825) # Nearby Now Reviews and Audio Testimonials By [Billy Coover](https://profiles.wordpress.org/azcoov/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/nearby-now.3.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nearby-now/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nearby-now/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nearby-now/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nearby-now/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nearby-now/) ## Description [Nearby Now](https://www.nearbynow.co) for WordPress is an awesome way to add your real-time Nearby Now reviews and checkins, along with an eye-catching interactive service area heat-map to your website. Here’s a quickstart guide: ### Heatmap Our most powerful shortcode, the heatmap includes. 1. A large interactive service area heat-map combined with interactive review markers. 2. A wide column of your reviews, properly coded so that search engines recognize them as reviews of your business. 3. A narrow column of your check-ins, along with related comments and photos. 4. A masonry tiled layout option for an even more modern look. 5. The option to paginate the results. Place the heatmap on city-specific pages to provide for unique, rich, dynamic, and schema formatted content that is specific to that city in order to bolster rankings for each city your business services. Please login to the admin portal and view the knowledgebase for a list of all available options with the heatmap short-code, as well as additional short code options. If you have any questions or need any assistance with the plugins, you can email us at `support@nearbynow.co`. ## Screenshots * [[ * [[ ## Installation 1. Install the plugin from the [WordPress Plugin Directory](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nearby-now/) 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Add your API token in the settings page – Login to admin.nearbynow.co and click the API tab to get your API Access Token 4. Place the heatmap short-code on a page or blog post: `[heatmap city="Dallas" state ="TX"]` 5. Login to the admin portal and visit the knowledgebase to view the full short-code documentation ## FAQ ### How do I find my API token? Login to admin.nearbynow.co and click the API tab to get your API Access Token. Email us at support@nearbynow.co if you are having trouble and we’ll help you out. ### Which short-code should I use? Use the Heatmap short-code, it is the most powerful way to display your checkins and reviews on your site. ### Can I use multiple short-codes on a single page? No, this is not supported. Use the Heatmap short-code, it has everything you need to display your service-area heat-map, reviews, and Google reviews. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c5debc287c39574307d9282c8b29a58caa8bc18884dd1a1161ff03dfcb437ae4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[SUBSCRIPTION NEEDED](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscription-needed/)󠁿 [Stonehenge Creations](https://profiles.wordpress.org/duisterdenhaag/) September 3, 2016 THIS IS NOT A FREE PLUG-IN! It does NOT belong in the repository! You need a $39 monthly subscription to get it to function. What a scam!!!! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9c1d3a0a896c7ebf2a5cc0c250737de06bfc91ea9c4a680990a57cf71825d3c6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[API Access Token](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-access-token/)󠁿 [Den999](https://profiles.wordpress.org/den999/) February 7, 2017 for controling [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nearby-now/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Nearby Now Reviews and Audio Testimonials” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Billy Coover ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/azcoov/) [Translate “Nearby Now Reviews and Audio Testimonials” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/nearby-now) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nearby-now/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/nearby-now/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/nearby-now/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/nearby-now/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.0.0 * Paging is now supported! It is handeled automatically but can also be configured via the short-code. #### 2.0.4 * Version Bump for WP 6.8 #### 2.0.3 * Filter checkin content by image labels * Version Bump for WP 6.5 #### 2.0.1 * Heatmap Enhancements * Version Bump for WP 6.4 #### 2.0.1 Version 2.0 released! All new short-code named heatmap with even more powerful interactive display and a modern look and feel #### 1.16.2 * Bug Fixes * Version Bump for WP 6.1 #### 1.16.1 * Bug Fixes #### 1.16.0 * Bug Fixes #### 1.15.0 * Added Google Reviews Shortcode #### 1.14.0 * Version Bump for WP 6.0 * Added Tags param for checkin/review/photogallery shortcodes #### 1.13.0 * Version Bump for WP 5.6 #### 1.12.0 * New FAQ shortcode #### 1.11.2 * Fix asset directory #### 1.11.0 * Bug fixes #### 1.10.2 * Removing Open graph registration which is not required for the Nearby Now version #### 1.10.1 * Big fixes #### 1.10.0 * Added shortcode for regional and nationwide maps * Version Bump for WP 5.1 #### 1.9.0 * Added shortcode for regional and nationwide maps * Version Bump for WP 4.9 #### 1.8.8 * Update to API v3 (Map Theme Support) #### 1.8.6 * Added ability to hide the mini-map on reviews * Added ability to hide checkin photos #### 1.8.0 * Version Bump for WP 4.4 #### 1.7.1 * Version Bump for WP 4.2 #### 1.7.0 * Auto detection of Google Maps API * Deferred loading of Google Maps API and Heatmap * Encoded Polygons for faster service area loading and rendering #### 1.6.0 * Added ability to filter multiple cities for a single hyperlocal page * Added ability to name the service area – used when multiple cities are specified #### 1.5.0 * Version Bump for WP 4.0 * Bug fixes and general code improvements #### 1.4.5 * Increase timeout threshold on plugin API calls #### 1.4.4 * API improvements #### 1.4.3 * Adjustment to the API endpoint #### 1.4.2 * API Modifications #### 1.4.1 * Version Bump for WP 3.9 #### 1.4.0 * New Photo Gallery Plugin #### 1.3.5 * Improved Script Loading * Scripts are now loaded in the footer * Both scripts & styles are only loaded on pages that have the Nearby Now short- code #### 1.3.4 * WordPress compatibility version bump to 3.8 #### 1.3.3 * Fix for Review City URL’s #### 1.3.2 * Trimming all whitespace on the API key which fix some 400 erros; common when copy/pasting the API key from email or the web #### 1.3.1 * Audio Testimonial ShortCode name correction #### 1.3.0 * Added Audio Testimonial ShortCode * Added technician email as a param to the combo ShortCode #### 1.2.0 * Removed our version of jQuery in favor the version that WordPress automatically loads * WordPress compatibility version bump to 3.6 #### 1.1.1 * Version 1.1.1 is a compatibility version bump #### 1.1.0 * Version 1.1.0 adds the powerful service area and review combination map, and several new parameters for all short codes #### 1.0.3 * Version 1.0.3 fixes a bug with the count parameter and also adds two new parameters. 1) Show Map and 2) Show Favorites Show Map allows you to control the visibility of the map. Show Favorites allows you to display only reviews that you’ve specifically marked as a favorite from the admin site #### 1.0.2 * Version 1.0.2 ads better documentation and an updated settings admin page #### 1.0.1 * Version 1.0.1 fixes a bug in the order that the plugin content is rendered to the browser #### 1.0 * Version 1.0 released! ## Meta * Version **3.0.0** * Last updated **6 months ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 2.0.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Tags * [check-ins](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/check-ins/)[location](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/location/) [reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reviews/)[servicepro](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/servicepro/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nearby-now/advanced/) ## Ratings 2.6 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nearby-now/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nearby-now/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nearby-now/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nearby-now/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 3 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nearby-now/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nearby-now/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nearby-now/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Billy Coover ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/azcoov/) ## Support Got something to say? 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