How to Display Google Reviews on a Wordpress Website
Displaying Google reviews on your Wordpress website is easier than you think. In this tutorial, I teach you how to embed Google reviews on your Wordpress website for free.
Why Embed Google Reviews?
Embedding Google reviews, is great for SEO & your customers experience. It gives your website credibility & highlights the value in your organisation.
Imagine you’re visiting a new website you’ve never seen before, seeing that it has verified reviews can help put you at ease & make you trust the website.
Embed your Google Reviews
This improves your SEO & gives your website credibility.
Steps for Embedding Google Reviews on Wordpress
There are a few simple steps for displaying Google Reviews on your Wordpress website.
1. Download & Install "Widgets for Google Reviews" Plugin
Download & install the plugin "Widgets for Google Reviews" by TrustIndex.io, into your Wordpress website.
It’s a free plugin, that I have used throughly. I’ve found it to be extremely easy to use & delivers great results.
2. Connecting Google Place ID
Inside the plugin, connect your Google Place ID or Google Listing URL. This identifies your Google My Business listing to the plugin.
Insert your Google Place ID or URL
3. Design your Google Review Widget
Design & build your Google Reviews widget. This is where you get to choose what your Google review looks like.
You can choose from different layouts, styles, colours & animations.
4. Embed the Shortcode
Once you’ve finished designing your Google Reviews, you can embed it on your Wordpress website.
Copy your widget shortcode & place this inside your website where you want the Google review to display.
That's how easy it is! There's no complex coding, or advance APIs.
Google Reviews & Wordpress Summary
This really is one of the best things you can do for your website.
It adds social validation to your website & improves the SEO. If you want to audit your website’s SEO, check out Stella SEO.
It’s a free tool we developed to audit, improve & track your SEO.
If you want a video tutorial, instead of a written tutorial. I also filmed this video to help you out! It’s only a few minutes long, but details how to embed Google reviews on your Wordpress website.
