=== Review Deck === Contributors: Artiosmedia, steveneray Donate link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/your-donation-makes-a-difference-6 Tags: customer reviews, client reviews, WordPress reviews, website reviews, reviews Requires at least: 5.0 Tested up to: 6.9 Version: 1.0.0 Stable tag: 1.0.0 Requires PHP: 7.4 License: GPL-3.0-or-later License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html Manage and display customer reviews using shortcodes. Includes form, list, slider, summary, and floating widget display options. == Description == Review Deck is a lightweight, flexible review management plugin for WordPress. It lets you collect customer feedback directly on your site and display it anywhere using shortcodes. Use it for service businesses, local companies, agencies, contractors, and any site that needs simple review capture with a clean presentation. Instead of forcing you into a single rigid layout, Review Deck offers a generous set of display types that meet typical use cases. You can publish a full reviews page, add a compact summary near a call to action, place a slider on the homepage, or keep a floating widget available on every page for quick social proof. The goal is to keep the setup straightforward while still giving you the controls that matter. = Collect Reviews on Your Website = Add a front-end review form to any page and decide which fields appear. You can toggle fields on or off and choose which fields are required, so the form matches your workflow and the level of detail you want to capture. For teams that need oversight, you can enable admin email notifications when new reviews are submitted and optionally send a receipt email to the reviewer. If you want a faster workflow, you can enable automatic approval. If you prefer tighter moderation, keep new reviews pending and publish them when ready. Either way, the plugin is designed to stay out of your way once the process is set. = Display Reviews Anywhere with Shortcodes = Review Deck is shortcode-first, making it easy to place reviews on pages, posts, or custom post types without being locked into a specific theme builder. You can combine elements as needed, for example, showing a rating summary at the top, a list below it, and a slider in a separate section. Available shortcodes: Reviews Form: [rvdk_form] Reviews Summary: [rvdk_summary] Reviews List: [rvdk_lists] Reviews Slider: [rvdk_slider] Reviews Floating Widget: [rvdk_widget] = Control the Look Without Heavy Styling Frameworks = The settings panels include practical display controls like reviews per page, slider cards per row, date format, and optional time display, and optional city and state visibility. You can also adjust typography and spacing for review content, and select the star color and comment box styling so the output blends into your theme without requiring custom CSS for every website. = Optional Schema Settings for Local SEO = The Review Deck plugin includes an optional Schema Settings panel for local business defaults. When enabled, you can set your business name, description, URL, image, address, phone number, and price range. This helps you keep consistent, structured data details available for review-related output while maintaining control over the values used. = Advanced Options = For agencies and site owners who require clean removal, an optional uninstall setting can permanently delete stored reviews if the plugin is uninstalled. Review Deck is translation-ready and supports English, Spanish, French, German, and Russian. == Installation == 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/review-deck` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. 2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress. 3. Navigate to the 'Reviews' menu in the WordPress admin to configure settings and manage reviews. == Technical Details for Release 1.0.0 == Load time: 0.256 s; Memory usage: 3.49 MiB PHP up to tested version: 8.3.28 MySQL up to tested version: 8.4.7 MariaDB up to tested version: 12.0.2 cURL up to tested version: 8.17.0, OpenSSL/3.6.0 PHP 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 compliant. Not tested on 8.4 yet. == Frequently Asked Questions == = Is this plugin frequently updated to WordPress compliance? = Yes, attention is given to a staged installation with many other plugins via debug mode. = Is the plugin as simple to use as it looks? = Yes. Add the shortcodes to any page and configure settings from the Reviews menu. = Have there ever been any compatibility issues? = Since its release, nothing has been noted. = Is the code in the plugin proven stable? = Please click the following link to check the current stability of this plugin: https://plugintests.com/plugins/review-deck/latest == Screenshots == 1. Plugins general settings panel. 2. Review form settings panel. 3. Short codes for flexible placement panel. 4. Plugins' optional schema settings panel. 5. Plugins' advanced settings panel. 6. Typical WordPress page layout with submission form. 7. Page shows List View, Slider View, and Floating Widget View. == Upgrade Notice == None to report as of the release version == Changelog == 1.0.0 12/20/25 - Initial release