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Widget for Yelp Reviews

Yelp reviews widget and shortcode! Shows Yelp business reviews on your WordPress website to increase user trust and SEO.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Current version1.8
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.8
Minimum stackWP 2.8 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update28 Aug 20251y ago
Active installations2K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.8 / 5 from 43 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Widget for Yelp Reviews version 1.8 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.

Overview

About this plugin

To get more unique features we have Business version of the plugin

This plugin display Yelp Business Reviews on your websites in sidebar widget. A unique feature of the plugin is that it save reviews in WordPress database and have no depend on any services like Yelp to show these reviews.

The plugin requires Yelp API key to work. To get the key, please create Yelp application under a free Yelp account.

Online demo

Plugin Features

  • Free!
  • SEO
  • Shortcode support!
  • Trim long reviews with “read more” link
  • Support page builders: Elementor, Page Origin, Beaver Builder, WPBakery, Divi
  • Keep all reviews in WordPress database
  • Display up to 3 Yelp business reviews per location
  • Shows real reviews from Yelp users to increase user confidence
  • Easy connect of business and instantly show reviews
  • Review list theme
  • Pagination
  • Support dark websites
  • Nofollow, target=”_blank”
  • Zero load time regardless of your site
  • Works even if Yelp is unavailable

Get More Features with Google Reviews Pro!

Upgrade to Google Reviews Pro

  • New awesome flash theme!
  • Merge reviews between each other from different platforms (Google, Facebook, Yelp) and places
  • Google Rich Snippets (schema.org)
  • Powerful Collection Builder
  • Slider/Grid themes to show G+ reviews like testimonials
  • Yelp Trust Badge (right/left fixed or embedded)
  • ‘Write a review’ button to available leave Yelp review directly on your website
  • Show/hide any elements (business, reviews, avatars, names, time and etc)
  • Any Sorting: recent, oldest, rating, striped
  • Include/Exclude words filter
  • Minimum rating filter
  • Priority support

Additional Free Reviews Plugins

Why limit your reviews to just Yelp Reviews? Check out our other free reviews plugins to add to your site as well:

  • Google Reviews Widget
  • Facebook Reviews Widget

Support

  • Live support https://richplugins.com/forum
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • reviews widget
  • yelp reviews
  • yelp widget
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.8

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 2.8 · PHP not listed
Update activity28 Aug 20251y ago

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