If you run a blog that recommends products, services, or tools, a good review plugin does two jobs at once. It gives readers a clean, scannable verdict (a score, a star rating, a quick pros-and-cons list), and it feeds search engines the structured data they need to show star ratings right in the results.
That second part matters more than it used to since star ratings still earn the rich snippets that lift your click-through rate. In addition, in 2026 the same structured data is also what AI answer engines read when they decide which review to cite. If your verdict is locked inside plain text, you could be invisible to both.
This guide is a long-overdue refresh of our recommended review plugins. The ones we listed years ago have mostly gone quiet, and the niche has matured without providing any particularly impressive solutions.
Below are the review plugins worth your time today, starting with one we’re building ourselves after getting frustrated with the options that we found for our own use.
Verdix Reviews
Verdix Reviews is the new, lightweight plugin we’re building for exactly the job most publishers actually have. That’s the ability to drop a clean review box into a post, give it a star rating and a pros-and-cons list, and output correct schema without thinking about it.
It ships as a native block with a live preview in the editor, plus a classic-editor meta box and a shortcode if you prefer those legacy options. Ratings run from 0 to 5 starts with half-star increments, and each box can carry a summary and a call-to-action button, which is what you want for affiliate and recommendation posts.
The SEO advantage is in the JSON-LD output. Verdix supports 14 schema.org types with per-type optional fields, so a software review and a local-business review each emit the right structured data instead of one generic blob. There is also a REST API endpoint and CSS custom properties for theming, so the box matches your design rather than fighting it.
Price: Free
Best for: Bloggers and affiliate sites that want a modern, well-structured editorial review box without bloat.
WP Review Pro
WP Review Pro is the long-running premium option for publishers who want maximum control. It supports star, percentage, and point-based rating systems, builds product comparison tables, and adds review schema markup automatically so your ratings can appear in search results.
It is heavier than Verdix and aimed at sites where reviews are the main event rather than an occasional feature. If you run a dedicated review site with comparison tables and multiple rating styles across hundreds of posts, the extra configuration earns its keep.
Price: $67 for unlimited sites
Best for: Comparison-heavy review sites that need several rating formats in one toolkit.
Ultimate Editorial Rating
Ultimate Editorial Rating is a free plugin in the same editorial niche as Verdix. It handles multi-criteria star ratings with a calculated total score, pros-and-cons highlights, and review schema, with WooCommerce support on top.
It is a solid choice if you want multi-criteria scoring (imagine rating a product on design, value, and performance separately) without paying for a premium tier. The trade-off is a slightly more dated editor experience compared with a block-first plugin.
Price: Free, with a premium version starting at $39.99
Best for: Editorial reviews that need multi-criteria scoring on a budget.
YASR (Yet Another Star Rating)
YASR is a popular, lightweight rating plugin that does one thing well, and that’s adding star ratings to your content and, crucially, letting your visitors rate things too. It supports both author ratings and visitor votes, and outputs review and aggregate-rating schema for search engines.
I recommend reaching for YASR when your priority is reader engagement and social proof rather than a full pros-and-cons review layout. It also pairs nicely with a content site that wants community votes alongside the editor’s verdict.
Price: Free, with a premium version starting at $47.88/year
Best for: Adding visitor-driven star ratings and votes to existing posts.
WP Customer Reviews
WP Customer Reviews flips the model. Instead of the editor writing the verdict, it gives your visitors a submission form to leave their own reviews, with moderation tools so you stay in control of what goes live. It includes schema markup so those user reviews can earn rich results too.
This is the plugin to use when you are collecting customer or business reviews rather than publishing editorial ones. If testimonials are what you are really after, it is also worth reading our roundup of the best WordPress testimonial plugins.
Price: Free
Best for: Collecting and moderating customer-submitted reviews.
Quick Comparison
| Plugin | Price | Rating Types | Review Box | Schema |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdix Reviews | Free | Star (half-step) | Yes (block + classic) | JSON-LD, 14 types |
| WP Review Pro | Premium | Star, percentage, point | Yes | Yes |
| Ultimate Editorial Rating | Free + Premium | Multi-criteria star | Yes | Yes |
| YASR | Free + Premium | Star (author + visitor) | Minimal | Yes |
| WP Customer Reviews | Free | Star (user-submitted) | Submission form | Yes |
How to Choose
Start with what your readers see and what Google reads. If you write editorial reviews and want a clean box with a verdict, a rating, and correct structured data, Verdix Reviews covers it for free and is built around the way the block editor and schema work in 2026.
If reviews are your whole business and you need several rating formats and comparison tables, WP Review Pro is the heavier-duty pick. Whereas if you want your audience to rate things, YASR or WP Customer Reviews bring the votes and testimonials.
Whichever you choose, do not leave your verdict as plain text. Proper review schema is what turns a good review into one that stands out in search and gets cited by AI.
Which review plugin are you using on your site in 2026? Let us know in the comments, and if you give Verdix Reviews a try, tell us how it went.
20 Responses
I’d like to make a suggestion to this article about Simple Reviews Widget. It’s a well developed, simple plugin that adds a reviews carousel to your sidebar.
Its completely customisable so you can match it with your theme, comes with all google fonts, custom colours, can be used in any language and has schema to get google stars under your name in results. See:
Hi, I’d like for you to check out my most recent Review plugin for WordPress, WP Ultimate Reviews Pro.
It can handle reviews for the entire site, a particular page and/or a product.
It is Woocommerce and EDD compatible and uses Scheme Brand and Product (Person, Book etc coming soon).
A free, simpler version is coming soon (WP Ultimate Reviews)
Great Post! You have explained every plugin very well. It is very informative and interesting to read.
Lots of good information here, but none of these quite fills my needs. I am looking for a plugin that will aggregate reviews from the major review sites such as Google, Facebook, Yelp, Trip Advisor, etc and allow me to display the best of these reviews on the website. It should display with a link to the original review site so that people can verify that the review is legitimate.
Any ideas on where I could find such a plugin?
Thanks,
Mike
Hey guys! I’d love to recommend you a pretty cool review plugin I’ve recently discovered for my website! It’s very easy to use and provides a great support. Check it out here:
JReviews is no longer just a Joomla extension. It’s also available for WordPress and a demo can be found here
I forgot to mention there’s a quick guide and video tutorial here
This one also worth a try.
For woocommerce integration which of the above would you suggest?
You need to remove MyReviewPlugin from your list. The owner has not been accessible for support for months. The plugin is broken, and has been flagged by some hosting companies. Its poorly written code, also contributes to excessive load on websites.
I’m not a Worrior Forum member. I got this from one of my clients that we decided to use this plugin for. As a plugin developer myself, I do not accept non-existent support from other developers, especially those that charge.
Hi Jean,
Im looking for a free review plugin where I have a post on my website and the users can come and review the post. Basically I will be writing about people and I want users to come and say what they feel about that person. They should have an option of user ratings, and then the average rating is displayed on the post. (Maybe in the form of stars)
Any idea about such a plugin.
Hi Jean,
Thanks for the helpful article.
What are the two WordPress review plugins you would recommend? I see several listed above in your article. Is the jReview plugin from Joomla better than anything the WordPress community can provide right now?
I would like to create a review site similar to a Yelp or Angie’s List for a specific niche. I want users to be able to post reviews to the site by completing a custom form that could include drop-down menus, boxes to select, and fields for text. It would also be nice for them to be able to add businesses they would like to review that are not already on the site. I would like for a business’s review rating and number of reviews to appear next to the business name. It would be nice for users to be able to rate whether a review was helpful or not and make comments on a review (similar to Amazon).
I don’t have a lot of web development experience, just some limited experience with WordPress, so it would be nice if the platform and plugin I use are pretty intuitive and user-friendly. The site will also include some static pages, a blog page, and I would like it to have a really attractive design.
Can you steer me in the best direction? Joomla or WordPress? What review plugin would give me the functionality I’m looking for? There is so much information out there, some of it outdated, some of it conflicting, that I’m looking for help to take the best and most efficient path to create my website.
Thanks so much,
Amy
Hi Amy,
I’ve heard that jReview is more rich in features than anything available for WordPress (from a trusted Joomla developer). On the other hand, WordPress is a much cleaner platform and WP Reviews is my favourite product from the above.
Thanks, Jean. I’ll check it out.
You should make an update on this article as JReviews for WordPress exists and it is by far the most comprehensive and professionally developed and supported reviews platform IMO.
www.slideshare.net/jreviews/jreviews-for-wordpress-intro-quick-start-guide
although more an article rating plugin, this ‘new kid on the blog’ here could be interesting in this connection: the Purple Heart Rating Plugin. See here:
Any idea what happen to Reviewengine by Dailywp they seem to be gone. If that is the case my site was half completed so do these plugin import the data as I have spent 6 months entering data and now its gone? Is a shame it seemed very good at the time I got in January 2013.
As far as I know it’s still in production and they’re working on it, did you have any trouble getting in touch with them?
Hello,
Great info on review plugins. However, I can’t seem to find a plugin for independent reviews for products and services. The Myreview plugin might be the ticket, but I need some conceptual fog cleared on how this works. For example, I want to rate some local merchants on their services. How to I construct the database in which to input these companies and then rate them? Is there an input form and customizable data fields? If I am a visitor to this site, how do I pull up the data to review? I also want flexibility to present the information on demand. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Vince, I think what you need is the WordPress Review Plugin, give it a look.