Very limited

Actually…

You can’t choose your own fields without recoding it, and then when it updates it destroys the changes.

It sounds like you are modifying the Site Reviews plugin code so of course any changes you make will be overwritten when the plugin is updated. It’s never a good idea to modify a plugin directly unless you never intend to update it (which is very bad security practice).

The review form includes the basic form fields provided by almost all review plugins (rating, title, review, name, email, accept terms). Any of the fields in the form can be hidden (by using the hide options). But if you need to add custom fields to the form, you can either use the paid Review Forms addon (which is made specifically for this purpose), or you can use a code snippet to do it yourself: https://pastebin.com/4fvKErcp

You can’t even rename a field

Of course you can. Any text of the plugin that is displayed on the frontend can be changed on the Site Reviews > Settings > Strings page.

it is just a few fields and a star rating, so you couldn’t use it as a review site of anything other than your own website.

Have a look on Tripadvisor, TrustPilot, Amazon, Yelp, Google, etc. all the reviews submitted there are primarily made up of a rating, a title, a review, the name of the reviewer, the date the review was submitted, and a response by the business to a review. Site Reviews provides exactly the same.

Reviews can also be assigned to any page/product/etc. on your website, and additionally to categories and users. The tutorial video on YouTube give a pretty good overview of the basic features and how to use them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5HdMCXvuq8

Site Reviews provides more features than pretty much any other free reviews plugin (see the “Current Features” here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/site-reviews/. The premium addons are not free, but they support the continued development of Site Reviews which ultimately benefits everyone.

To add extra rating criteria and extra fields to the review form, either use the Review Forms addon or add it yourself using the code example provided throughout the forum (and linked above). To add images to reviews, use the Review Images addon. To allow people to upvote, translate, and report reviews, use the Review Actions addon. To allow people to edit, update, and delete their reviews, use the Review Authors addon. To allow people to filter, sort, and search reviews, use the Review Filters addon. To change the design and layout of the reviews, use the Review Themes addon.

• This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by Gemini Labs.
• This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by James Huff.