Testimonials Showcase – WordPress Plugin

Description

Testimonials Showcase is a plugin to display testimonials reviews or quotes in multiple ways It s Perfect to Display Testimonials from your clients or supporters Display reviews of your product or service Display a list of quotes Link Case Studies Main Features Grid or Slider Layouts More than 15 layout customisation options Star Rating System Rich Snippets Structured Data compatible Front-End submission form available Translation Ready You can display the entries in 2 different ways Grid The entries will display in a grid with a specified number of columns and with the elements aligned depending on your settings Other options include image shape and effects and different themes Slider The entries will display in a slider with the settings you defined You ll be able to control the transition effect number of entries to display in each slide and what type of controls This is a very simple WordPress solution to display testimonials in a slider There are 5 built-in theme options Rounded Speech Bubbles Flat Speech Bubbles Flat Card Box Quote Marks Simple Separator Advanced Link Options The plugin has several options for your links You can include a link in the subtitle of the entry in the image and also a read more link that will lead to a single page entry for that particular testimonial perfect for case studies In addition you can also use lightbox links in the featured image Front End Submission Form What if you want your clients to submit testimonials directly from a page on your website Easy Just create a shortcode to display a frontend submission form This way your clients will be able to submit testimonials easily and once you approve them they will display where you want them to You can choose which fields to display and the messages to display Rich Snippets Compatible The plugin includes a set of options that enable you to include structured data for search engines When used properly this information might display in the search engine result pages The code is included in JSON-LD format as recommended by Google Shortcode Generator With 10 Visual Customisation Options It couldn t be more easy to generate the necessary code to display the entries Just go to the Shortcode generator choose the settings you want and the shortcode and the php function that you can use will be generated and ready to copy and paste where you want Shortcodes are to be used in posts pages and widgets while the php function will be necessary if you want to hard code the team showcase layout in your theme files The generator will make a preview of how the layout looks with the selected settings Widget Ready The plugin includes a Widget that can be used to display the layouts Simply create a layout in the shortcode generator page save it and you can use it in the widget This will also work in the Layers WP framework If you re using WPBakery previously known as Visual Composer you ll also have a Testimonials module available to add to your page via the WPBakery interface Retina Ready The plugin only makes use of CSS and font-icons to build the layouts so it will be retina ready The user can install the free WP Retina 2x Plugin to make sure also the uploaded images used will also be retina ready Translation Ready The plugin is localisation ready supporting po and mo language files If you want the administration of the plugin in another language you just need to create your own language files Other Features Possibility to change the plugin name in the settings Advanced Shortcode Generator with advanced query options Display random entries with a shortcode Control the image sizes 2 custom plugin specific sizes Gravatar compatible if no featured image is set Different control styles for the slider layout Custom Lighbox class and rel attribute possibility Documentation included extensive online examples Update Log 10 09 2024 v1 9 16 PHP8 improvements and security improvements 09 01 2023 v1 9 14 PHP8 improvements 16 09 2022 v1 9 13 str_replace PHP8 warning fix 6 04 2022 v 1 9 12 – Labels fix – Admin Pagination fix – WP Editor Fix 25 05 2021 v 1 9 9 8 – jQuery related updates – Translation improvements 07 06 2020 v 1 9 9 7 – float comparasion for halfstars – remove unwanted code – check for null on build_layout – remove multiple taxonomy feature for current_page_id filter 08 10 2019 v 1 9 9 – apply content filters to short testimonial to render embeds and other shortcodes – is_post_type_archive function check – Add brand parameter to structured data for Products – Fix for recent browser updates regarding links inside bxslider – Improvements to slider layout Implemented workaround to fix pending global testimonial post – Removed Drag Drop ordering feature – incompatible with recent updates – Improve new nofollow URL option in the Advanced Image Settings – New form shortcode paramater confirmation_url – Add new nofollow URL option in the Advanced Image Settings – Add new read more url option custom url nofollow 10 09 2018 1 9 4 – New style for slider layout – quotes with large text – Added current_term_name to the options for automatic taxonomy – Added term_name placeholder – Added advanced options for average rating shortcode – Improved inline read more 12 07 2018 1 9 Solved slider bug Fixed bug related with rating scale Added option to include yes no fields in single page added Integration options to add shortcodes across a specific post type Added rel noopener to possible external URLs 23 05 2018 1 8 5 Added private data export delete features included in builtin wordpress system 17 05 2018 1 8 4 Removed NL translation file Added touch enabled option in settings page for slider layout Added fieldset classes to form Added child_of and in_category paramater for frontend form to help with category dropdown building Labels in the settings page for the frontend form will also reflect in the labels for in the administration 19 04 2018 1 8 Consent Checkbox to help with GDPR compliance Better submission duplicate prevention on frontend form Option to prevent included font-awesome file from loading New rating scale – 0-10 New Read More option to display cut content inline Fixed PHP 7 2 deprecated function warning Added orderby random session option to keep random order for pagination added yes no label fields in settings for boolean fields order shortcodes by alias name in shortcode generator 03 03 2018 v 1 7 3 – Added radio button option for boolean fields – Added 3 more custom boolean fields – Fixed bug with short_title template tag for email – Improved code to handle star ratings and avoid reported error – Added filter to add pagination info to yoast generated title and description – Added data-no-lazy 1 to the images in the slider layout – Improved javascript for slides – Solved duplicated issue on single page – Improved code to prevent error on divi editor when using slider shortcode – Removed duplicated extended content when shortcode was rendered 28 10 2017 v 1 6 7 – improved show-testimonials-count shortcode – improved shortcode generator to handle commas – Improved json output – shortcode generator fix for loading shortcode 13 10 2017 v 1 6 5 – Improved code to prevent division by 0 – Added boolean post class to confirmation message – Added URL field to structured data options – Improvements to json-ld structured data output – Some changes in the slider js code 30 08 2017 v 1 6 1 – Added show-testimonials-total-count shortcode with status parameter eg show-testimonials-total-count status pending draft publish trash – Added json-ld output for structured data replacing the microdata – Improved single page default layout – Added new fields on settings page for strucutered data – added rating column to administration 26 07 2017 v 1 5 7 1 – new option for slider navigation – side arrows – Bug fix with single page publishDate rich snippet info – New field in settings to translate string Pending for admin bar 27 04 2017 1 5 6 – Added option to add answer to entries – Added new shortcode show-testimonials-groups – Added shortcode show-testimonials-total-count – Attempt to fix randomly cleared fields – Added class to images 10 02 2017 1 5 3 – Added option to set message for empty shortcodes – Added pending entries counter in admin bar 04 01 2017 1 5 2 – Changes to the alt attribute of images – Javascript bug fix in shortcode generator – Better integration with WPML and Polylang – Form labels can now be translated in the string translation feature of the language plugins – Added new option to prepend text to required fields labels – tlang is polylang shortcode added to check conditional 02 10 2016 1 4 8 – Layers integration class updated – Fixed closing div on average rating shortcode – improved rich snippets code – Added testimonials custom counter shortcode – Form rating title and rating breakdown translation fix – mandatory fields bug fix 01 08 2016 1 4 6 – Added database ID column in administration – Ajax form submission option – Fixed bug with the use categories as products option – Removed custom functions that could cause issues ttshowcase_manipulate_title 06 06 2016 1 4 3 – Fixed bug on shortcode generator affecting slider preview – New pagination code 24 05 2016 1 4 – Live filter option for grid layout beta – fixed bug on shortcode generator – display cut content inline – added long testimonial field to form options – fixed bug from custom js field 30 04 2016 1 3 7 – Added other fields to email notification message email and taxonomies groups – Added new option for the read more option in shortcode generator display cut content inline – Layers Widget Integration – Added imagesLoaded script for masonry support – Order form fields in settings – Select mandatory fields in settings – Improved code to accept more taxonomies 07 02 2016 1 3 3 – Added widget to display saved shortcodes – Added custom js field in the settings – Honeypot spam prevention technique implemented – Akismet filter integration – Ratings breakdown for average info shortcode – Fixed bug when displaying half stars and empty stars – Added advanced rich snippets options in shortcode generator 14 12 2015 V 1 2 9 – Reviewed half-star rating display – Previous Next page labels translation bug fixed – rich snippets code bug fix 11 09 2015 V 1 2 6 – added order by rating – default rating for frontend form option count empty for average layout or not – expand content read more option for grid layout – fontawesome version update – Updated Rich Snippets code – Improved CSS handling 23 07 2015 V 1 2 3 – Custom email message – Adaptive Height Slider – New shortcode option to choose which content to display – New option in advanced settings to render layout on single page – New Schema org fields 01 04 2015 V 1 2 – height output option for images – mandatory form fields in php array – new force refresh for form submission – updated bxslider version 29 01 2015 V 1 1 8 – Fixed get_the_date for rich snippets – Fontawesome version update – Improved image handling now works with get_avatar – Other small improvements 26 09 2014 V 1 1 7 – Drag Drop code updated – Small improvements in administration panel 06 09 2014 V 1 1 6 – Fixed small shortcode bug custom read more url – Added Save shortcode options – Added confirmation page URL option for form – Added option to display empty text entries or not – Some users reported some incompatibility problems with this version so the version available for download is still 1 1 5 but in case you want to try this version write me a message via the contact form on my profile 15 07 2014 V 1 1 5 – New option in settings to choose single page template 01 06 2014 V 1 1 4 – Added extra read more options to grid layout – Added Character limit option to grid layout – New Average Rating Shortcode options Empty ratings text Singular Plural text – Form css class added to submit button – Small fix to wp_editor for WP 3 9 – New captcha option – letter deciphering 05 05 2014 V 1 1 3 – Fixed bug with slider controls when multiple slider where in same page – Added Captcha Verification to form – bxslider script updated – Removed WP version from enqueued scripts – Added new Default URL only cutout text for read more options on slider – CSS fix in Admin star rating class for new WP version – Changed form file to better support translations – Added translation function to continue reading default string – Fixed quotes in testimonial title issue – Load Shortcode option implemented – Added ttshowcase anchor to pagination links – Shortcode Read More link options – Pre-implementation half stars in single testimonials – Display empty stars option – Current ID Page filter for categories useful for product page reviews linked with pages 18 02 2014 v 1 0 4 – Frontend submission form improvements Hover Star Rating option display categories option simple form styles options default publish status option – Administration improvements category filter in administration panel – New options Display empty stars option – New Shortcode options Current ID Page filter for categories useful for product page reviews linked with pages Custom Read More link – Better Image handling if no default image exists 04 02 2014 V 1 0 3 – Small Frontend submission form improvements email validation page position after submission – Option to display date via shortcode on layouts and date format option in settings – Block contents – choose which elements to display in different blocks information block and quote block – Better markup output – Character Limit option for slider 26 01 2014 V 1 0 2 – Aggregate review rating shortcode implemented – Added Human Verification option for frontend form – Added possibility to render shortcodes inside testimonial content – Pagination option included – Added option to allow only registered users to submit entries – Other small improvement and bug fixes 21 01 2014 V 1 0 1 – Added Frontend Image Upload Feature – Added parameters in taxonomy shortcode field to display empty categories – Small Bugs fixed 18 01 2014 V 1 Initial Release Credits The plugin uses the awesome bxSlider to build the thumbnails pager layout and the Font Awesome Icons to display the small icons Demo pictures by ollyi from PhotoDune