Captain Social Review

Captain Social Review is a powerful and easy-to-use WordPress plugin that lets you display reviews and testimonials from 11 supported platforms on your website. Choose from multiple layouts, card styles, filters, and display options to create a review section that matches your website.

The plugin also includes AI-Powered Review Summaries using Anthropic Claude, Review Moderation for managing individual reviews, and native Gutenberg Block and Elementor Widget integrations.

Perfect for businesses, agencies, and marketers who want to showcase customer feedback, build trust, and add social proof to their WordPress website without writing code.

Video Demo

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Key Features

• ⭐ 11 Review Platforms: Display reviews from 11 supported platforms using a single plugin

• 🎨 4 Card Styles: Choose from Classic Card, Bubble Card, Minimal List, and Popup Grid

• 🖼️ Flexible Layouts: Display reviews using Grid, Slider with autoplay, or Badge aggregate rating layouts

• 📥 Load More & Pagination: Use Load More, Lazy Load, or Pagination to control how reviews are displayed

• 🔗 Live API Reviews: Automatically fetch the latest reviews through supported platform APIs

• 🤖 AI-Powered Review Summaries: Generate review summaries using Anthropic Claude integration

• 🛡️ Review Moderation: Hide or display individual reviews based on your requirements

• 🧱 Gutenberg & Elementor Support: Add review feeds using the native Gutenberg Block or Elementor Widget

• 🌙 Dark Mode: Enable dark mode for individual review feeds

• 📱 Fully Responsive: Optimized for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices

• 📐 Responsive Columns: Display reviews in 1 to 4 columns with responsive controls

• 🔍 Star Rating Filter: Filter reviews by minimum star rating from 1 to 5

• ⚡ API Response Caching: Cache review data to reduce API requests and improve frontend performance

• 🕒 Token Health Monitor: Monitor API credentials and identify connection issues

• 🔄 Version Rollback: Easily revert to previous plugin versions when needed

• 🧩 No Coding Required: Create and display review feeds using shortcodes without writing code

Supported Review Platforms

Auto-fetch via API:

• Google Reviews

• Facebook Reviews

• Yelp Reviews

• Tripadvisor Reviews

• Trustpilot Reviews

• Glassdoor Reviews

• G2 Reviews

• Apple App Store Reviews

• Google Play Store Reviews

• WooCommerce Reviews

• WordPress.org Plugin Reviews

Card Styles

• Classic Card: Displays an avatar, name, star rating, and review text in a clean stacked layout.

• Bubble Card: Displays reviews in a quote-style card with an accent top border, ideal for testimonials.

• Minimal List: Uses a compact left-bordered row layout for displaying review lists.

• Popup Grid: Displays review cards in a grid with a “Read more” popup for viewing full review text.

All 4 card styles work with both the Grid layout, which is the default, and the Slider layout, which displays reviews in a horizontal carousel with previous/next arrows and autoplay support.

A separate Badge layout is also available for displaying a compact aggregate rating with the average star rating and review count instead of individual reviews. The Badge layout supports both Card and Banner styles.

Usage

After activation:

• Create a Feed: Click Create Feed and select your review platform, such as Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

• Name Your Feed: Give your feed a recognizable name to easily manage it from the dashboard.

• Connect API: Enter the required API credentials to enable live review fetching.

• Test Connection: Use the built-in connection test to verify that your API credentials are working correctly.

• Customize Layout: Choose the card style, number of columns, dark mode, minimum rating filter, and other display options.

• Publish: Add the shortcode [captain-social-review id="X"] to any page or post where you want to display your reviews.

Getting API Credentials

Each review platform has its own method for obtaining the required API credentials. Use the following guide to identify what you need for each platform:

• Google Reviews: Requires a Google Place ID and Google API Key with the Places API (New) enabled in Google Cloud Console.

• Facebook Reviews: Requires a Facebook Page ID and Page Access Token from the Facebook Graph API Explorer.

• Yelp Reviews: Requires a Yelp Business ID (slug) and Yelp Fusion API Key.

• Tripadvisor Reviews: Requires a Tripadvisor Location ID and API Key from the Tripadvisor Content API program.

• Trustpilot Reviews: Requires a Business Unit ID and API Key from the Trustpilot developer platform.

• Glassdoor Reviews: Requires a Partner ID, API Key, and Employer ID from the Glassdoor Partner Program.

• G2 Reviews: Requires an API Token from G2 Sell > Integrations and your product slug.

• Apple App Store: Requires only your numeric App ID and country code. No API key is required.

• Google Play: Requires your app’s Package Name and a Service Account JSON file from Google Cloud.

• WooCommerce: Requires your Store URL, Consumer Key, and Consumer Secret from the WooCommerce REST API settings.

• WordPress.org: Requires only your plugin slug. No API key is required.

External Services

This plugin connects to third-party review platform APIs to fetch review data for display on your website. A connection is made only when a feed is loaded on the frontend, previewed in the admin dashboard, or when cached data expires and needs refreshing.

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Google Places API (Google LLC): Sends your Google Place ID and API Key to fetch business reviews.

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Tripadvisor Content API (Tripadvisor LLC): Sends your Location ID and API Key to fetch location reviews.

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Trustpilot API (Trustpilot A/S): Sends your Business Unit ID and API Key to fetch reviews.

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Google Play Developer API (Google LLC): Sends your package name and Service Account credentials to fetch app reviews.

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WooCommerce REST API: Sends your store URL, Consumer Key, and Consumer Secret to your own WooCommerce store’s REST endpoint to fetch product reviews. This connects to a store you own or control, not a third-party server.

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No visitor personal data is collected or transmitted by this plugin.