Title: Qaiyo Testimonials
Author: qaiyo
Published: <strong>June 23, 2026</strong>
Last modified: June 23, 2026

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# Qaiyo Testimonials

 By [qaiyo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/qaiyo/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/qaiyo-testimonials.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/qaiyo-testimonials/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/qaiyo-testimonials/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/qaiyo-testimonials/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/qaiyo-testimonials/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/qaiyo-testimonials/)

## Description

Qaiyo Testimonials provides a flexible custom post type with categorisation and 
six built-in frontend layouts, each fully configurable through a visual Display 
Builder, shortcode attributes and a settings page.

#### Free layouts

 * **V1** — One or two rows, horizontal scroll, optional alternating direction, 
   fading edges.
 * **V2** — Two or three vertical columns scrolling up/down, optional alternating
   direction per column.
 * **V3** — Single-row carousel with a circular customer avatar on top of each card.
 * **V4** — Bento grid layout that adapts to the testimonial count, with per-item
   highlight box & custom color.
 * **V5** — Avatar grid (max 29) where clicking a face reveals the matching testimonial
   below; auto-rotates.
 * **V6** — Photo hero card: large image on top, dark content section with a quote
   marker below.

#### More layouts with Pro

Six additional layouts (V7–V12) — pastel tilted cards, split-panel hero, masonry
wall, featured + grid, spotlight + list, and an editorial big-quote — are previewed
inside the admin and unlocked by the optional **Qaiyo Testimonials Pro** add-on,
which also adds star ratings, a front-end submission form, video testimonials and
more.

#### Per-testimonial fields

Customer name (title), photo (JPG/PNG/WebP, max 1 MB), position, company, optional
heading, quote/description, plus card-color controls (used by V4 highlight and V7
background).

#### Shortcode

    ```
    [qaiyo_testimonials version="v1" category="clients" speed="40"]
    ```

See the Settings page for every available attribute.

#### Multilingual

Ships with translations for English, Hungarian, German, French, Spanish, Japanese,
Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Italian, Russian, Turkish and Polish, with locale
variant fallback (e.g. de_AT  de_DE). Compatible with Polylang, WPML, TranslatePress
and Loco Translate.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   Qaiyo Testimonials Insert a saved Qaiyo Testimonials Display, or render a layout
   directly with attributes.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu.
 3. Add testimonials under Testimonials in the admin menu.
 4. Place the shortcode `[qaiyo_testimonials version="v1"]` on any page.

## FAQ

### Can I change colors per shortcode instance?

Yes — every appearance setting on the Settings page can be overridden via shortcode
attributes.

### Does V5 support more than 29 testimonials?

No, V5 is limited to the first 29 to keep the avatar grid manageable. Use V1/V2/
V3 for larger sets.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Qaiyo Testimonials” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ qaiyo ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/qaiyo/)

“Qaiyo Testimonials” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/qaiyo-testimonials/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Qaiyo Testimonials” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/qaiyo-testimonials)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/qaiyo-testimonials/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/qaiyo-testimonials/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/qaiyo-testimonials/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/qaiyo-testimonials/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

First public release.

**Six built-in layouts**

 * V1 — Horizontal rows: 1 or 2 rows scrolling left/right, optional alternating 
   direction, fading edges.
 * V2 — Vertical columns: 2 or 3 columns scrolling up/down, optional alternating
   direction per column, fading edges.
 * V3 — Photo carousel: single row with circular avatars and a handwritten name 
   signature.
 * V4 — Bento grid: asymmetric static grid with a per-testimonial highlight box (
   custom background + text color).
 * V5 — Avatar switcher: clickable photo grid (max 29), auto-rotating featured quote
   panel.
 * V6 — Photo hero card: large image on top, dark content section with a quote-circle
   marker. 1-4 columns.

Six more layouts (V7-V12: pastel tilted, split-panel hero, masonry wall, featured
+ grid, spotlight + list, editorial big quote) are previewed in the admin and unlocked
by the optional Qaiyo Testimonials Pro add-on.

**Content & data**

 * Custom post type with categories.
 * Photo upload via WordPress Media Library (JPG/PNG/WebP, max 1 MB) with MIME validation.
 * Per-testimonial fields: name, photo, position, company, optional heading, quote/
   description, card-color controls.
 * Uninstall data choice: on plugin deletion you decide whether to keep your testimonials
   in the database or erase everything.

**Display Builder**

 * Visual wizard for assembling reusable display configurations.
 * Version picker with high-fidelity SVG wireframes for all twelve layouts (V7-V12
   shown as locked Pro previews).
 * 4 quote-mark styles (teardrop / bold block / calligraphic comma / speech-bubble
   outline).
 * Category selector, per-version options (rows/columns/direction/speed/fade), per-
   display design overrides.
 * Generates a stable [qaiyo_testimonials display=”ID”] shortcode.

**Block editor**

 * Gutenberg block (“Qaiyo Testimonials”) — drop into any post/page, pick a saved
   Display from a dropdown or configure layout/category/limit manually, with a live
   ServerSideRender preview inside the editor.

**SEO & accessibility**

 * Schema.org Review microdata + JSON-LD ItemList for Google Rich Results and AI
   search engines.
 * Semantic HTML (figure / blockquote / figcaption) with proper itemprop attributes.
 * Responsive on every layout; prefers-reduced-motion respected.

**Internationalization**

 * Bundled translations: English, Hungarian, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, 
   Portuguese (Brazil + Portugal), Italian, Russian, Turkish, Polish — with locale-
   variant fallback.
 * Polylang, WPML, TranslatePress and Loco Translate compatible.

**Developer API**

 * Stable hook/filter surface (qaiyte_shortcode_atts, qaiyte_query_args, qaiyte_item_data,
   qaiyte_card_html, qaiyte_render_html, qaiyte_schema_jsonld, qaiyte_supported_versions,
   qaiyte_unlocked_versions, qaiyte_after_save_testimonial, and more) so add-ons
   can extend the plugin without touching core.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **13 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/qaiyo-testimonials/) and [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/qaiyo-testimonials/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/qaiyo-testimonials)
 * Tags
 * [bento](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bento/)[carousel](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/carousel/)
   [reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reviews/)[slider](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/slider/)
   [testimonials](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/testimonials/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/qaiyo-testimonials/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ qaiyo ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/qaiyo/)

## Support

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