How to add a user reviews system on your WordPress website?

Member Profile Reviews Extension

ProfileGrid Member Profile Reviews extension is the best solution to add a user review system on any website.  It empowers your website members to rate and review products, groups, or even the profiles of other members of different groups.

This is how your profile will look like after adding the extension.

Features & Possibilities

With the help of the ProfileGrid Member Profile Reviews extension, 

1. You can add a Review tab on any profile page.

2. Users can provide a 1 to 5-star rating along with a custom title.

3. Users can filter reviews based on 1 to 5-star ratings, either in ascending or descending order.

4. You can restrict profile reviews of specific group members.

5. You can automatically publish the member reviews.

6. The extension also offers full control of managing user reviews from the front end and back end. In addition, the plugin allows the admin to edit any member review from the WordPress dashboard.

7. You can also remove reviews from your profile page.

8. You can block or unblock a specific users from leaving reviews on profile.

9. You can send a notification email to the user when someone leaves a review on their profile. 

To add a user reviews section on your WordPress site, first install the extension as shown in workflow below. 

Installation process

To get started with the Members Profile Reviews extension, you have to install it and set the parameters.

1. Firstly, go to the all extensions page of ProfileGrid Plugin.

2. Scroll down to find the “ProfileGrid Member Profile Reviews” extension.

3. Download and activate the extension.

4. Go to the ProfileGrid option on the left menu of your dashboard. 

5. Click on the extension settings. After that, click on the “Option” button of the “ProfileGrid Member Profile Reviews” extension.

6.  This will redirect you to the Member Profile Reviews Extension settings page.

Setting up the extension

Here is the quick workflow to set up the extension:

Step 1: Turn on the “Enable User Reviews” toggle to turn on ProfileGrid User Reviews extension settings where members can review other members and rate their profiles.

Step 2: This will give access to multiple settings as shown in screenshot below. The first option is the “Display User Reviews Tab”. Enable this tab to show a new tab in user profiles pages containing reviews for the profile owner.

This will display the user reviews tab on the profile.

Step 3: Go to “Allow members to review?” option. Turn the toggle on to enables the users to post reviews on other members’ user profiles.

Once you save this setting, access the profile of any other user. You will find the “Add Review” tab under the “Review section”.

Here you can also add the title & rating along with your review for any member’s profile.

Step 4: Restrict reviewing privileges to members of selected group(s) by switching on the “Limit privilege to selected groups” toggle. You can also select multiple groups at a time. For instance, Press Ctrl while clicking to assign multiple ProfileGrid Groups. 

When you select the “Default user group” from the drop-down menu, the members of the group will be restricted to post a review on your profile.

Step 5: Enable the “Auto-publish reviews?” toggle to publish reviews right away on submission instead of waiting for admin approval.

Step 6: Enable the “Reviewers can remove?” toggle to allow reviewers to delete their own reviews on other member profiles

Step 7: Enable the “Members can remove?” toggle button to allow profile owners to delete reviews on their profiles by other members.

Step 8: Enable the “Allow members to block reviewers?” toggle button to allow profile owners to block specific members from posting reviews on their profiles.

Step 9: Enable the email notifications toggle button to send an email notification to members when a review is posted on their profiles. 

Step 10: Save the settings.

Frontend

Once you’ve added your extension, check how the review tab, reviews, and ratings will look like on your profile.

Whenever you visit the profile page of any member, you can easily add your reviews and ratings using the add review dialogue box. 

Summary

In this article, we’ve shown you how to add a user reviews system to your WordPress website using the ProfileGrid plugin. This feature allows users to share their experiences and rate profiles, which can help build trust and serve as social proof for new visitors. Follow the steps outlined to enable the user reviews system on your site.

Give it a try, and let us know how it works for you in the comments section. To explore more features and extensions, check out the other tools available with ProfileGrid.