Description

Websource Customer Reviews for Google lets you publish the customer reviews you collected on Google (Maps or Google Business Profile) on your own WordPress site, without any paid third-party API.

The plugin never invents a rating. The AggregateRating markup is computed live from the reviews stored in your database, and nothing is output as long as no review has been saved.

Features

Paste the raw text copied from your Google reviews panel. The plugin parses it and extracts the author, the rating, the review body and the relative date of each review. English and French relative dates are recognised.
Review, correct, add or delete reviews one by one from a standard admin screen.
A dedicated public page is served at /customer-reviews/ by default. The slug is configurable.
A shortcode [wscrg_reviews] displays the list anywhere, with an optional limit attribute.
A genuine schema.org AggregateRating block, computed from the stored reviews (average, review count, 1 to 5 bounds), is printed in the <head> of the reviews page.
A PHP function wscrg_get_aggregate_rating() is exposed so your theme or your SEO plugin can inject the same rating into its own Organization or LocalBusiness JSON-LD.
When WooCommerce is active, an optional store reviews block can be displayed on product pages that have no product review. It is clearly labelled as a store review, never as a product review, and it never emits Review or AggregateRating markup at product level.
Reviews are stored in a dedicated database table created on activation, not as posts or pages.

The plugin works fully on a WordPress site without WooCommerce. Only the product page fallback requires WooCommerce.

Disclaimer

This plugin is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Google LLC. Google, Google Maps and Google Business Profile are trademarks of Google LLC. The plugin does not connect to any Google service: you copy and paste the review text yourself.

Responsible use

Structured data must reflect reviews you genuinely received. Publishing invented reviews or ratings breaches search engine guidelines and consumer protection law in many countries. This plugin is designed so that no rating can be produced without a stored review.

Installation

Upload the websource-customer-reviews-for-google folder to wp-content/plugins/, or install the plugin from the WordPress plugin directory.
Activate the plugin from the Plugins screen. The reviews table is created automatically.
Go to Customer Reviews > Settings to set the title and the slug of the public page.
Go to Customer Reviews > Import to paste the text copied from Google, or to Customer Reviews > Reviews to enter them manually.
Visit /customer-reviews/, or the slug you chose, to see the public page.

FAQ

Does the plugin invent reviews or a rating if I have none?

No. As long as no review is stored, no AggregateRating block is output and wscrg_get_aggregate_rating() returns null.

Does the plugin connect to a Google API?

No. You copy the review text from your own Google listing and paste it into the plugin. No API key, no external request, no paid service.

How do I add the overall rating to the Organization JSON-LD of my theme?

In your functions.php or in your SEO plugin:

$rating = wscrg_get_aggregate_rating();
if ( $rating ) {
    $organization_schema['aggregateRating'] = $rating;
}

The parser misreads some reviews, what should I do?

The format of the text copied from Google is not a guaranteed standard. After an import, always read through the list in Customer Reviews > Reviews and correct or delete anything that was misread. That is exactly what the manual screen is for.

Does the store reviews block appear as a product review in search engines?

No. It is displayed without any Review or AggregateRating markup at product level, so it can never be mistaken for a review of that specific product.

Which languages does the date parser understand?

Relative dates in English and in French, such as 3 months ago or il y a 3 mois. Reviews whose date is not recognised are still imported, with an empty date that you can fill in manually.

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Contributors & Developers

“Websource Customer Reviews for Google” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.0.0

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FAQ

Does the plugin invent reviews or a rating if I have none?

Does the plugin connect to a Google API?

How do I add the overall rating to the Organization JSON-LD of my theme?

The parser misreads some reviews, what should I do?

Does the store reviews block appear as a product review in search engines?

Which languages does the date parser understand?

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