How to get stars shown in google search results?

  • Resolved Alex Zonneveld

    (@alex-zonneveld)


    5 years, 6 months ago

    Hello,

    I have created a review page on my website and now when I search in google I only see the 5 stars shown on my review page in the Google results and not on the homepage. My review page is not highly ranked, but my homepage is and I would like to have the 5 stars show on my homepage when people search my business in Google.

    When I enable the reviews on the homepage, it starts all over again, with 0 reviews. On my review page, I got over 50 reviews.

    I would like to know if it is possible to have the star rating shown on Google on the homepage if the reviews are on another page on the website. In my case, the reviews are on the special review page.

    Please let me know, how to work it out.

    Thanks in advance.

    Alex

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  • Plugin Author Aaron Queen

    (@bompus)

    5 years, 6 months ago

    You could try something like this on the homepage:

    1. Do NOT check the box to enable the plugin on the homepage page editing form.
    2. Instead, add this shortcode somewhere to your homepage content. The bottom maybe:
    [WPCR_SHOW POSTID="1620" HIDEREVIEWS="1" SHOWFORM="0"]
    3. This should output the aggregate review metadata associated with postid 1620 (your reviews page), hidden on your homepage.

    No guarantee this will work, as Google does whatever it wants, but it’s worth a shot I suppose.

    Alternatively, you could enable WPCR on your homepage, and use the same above shortcode, except use the POSTID=”” for the ID of the homepage, then move all of your reviews from the reviews page associated to instead be associated with your homepage. On your reviews page, use the shortcode [WPCR_SHOW POSTID=”” HIDEREVIEWS=”0″ SHOWFORM=”1″] with the POSTID containing again the ID of the homepage. It seems a bit weird, but that’s worth a shot as well.

    I’ll do some testing on my end as well to see what I can come up with, but Google does whatever they feel like most of the time.

    mihaela.g

    (@mihaelag)

    5 years, 3 months ago

    I recommend going through the requirements that Google itself details here: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/review-snippet. Test your desired page (probably the homepage) with Google Structured Data Testing Tool, available online for free, no account needed. You’ll see what structured data Google recognizes from your webpage and you can compare it to their requirement on the link above.

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