Star rating not showing

You must add the schema=true option to either the [site_reviews] or [site_reviews_summary] shortcodes in order for the schema to be generated.

For example:

[site_reviews_summary schema=true]

Hi. Thanks for this. That’s great i.e. mysite/reviews where I have the reviews and a reviews form the schema is showing up correctly but how do I get the schema to show for the homepage of the site? Basically I want it so when you see the site homepage in Google’s listings that you then see the star rating. I don’t want the star rating to show up on the reviews form page. Thanks

You can add the shortcode to the home page editor (in Text mode) like this:

<div style="display:none;">[site_reviews_summary schema=true]</div>

HOWEVER…

Depending on how you are using the reviews, this has the potential to do the exact opposite of what you are hoping to accomplish in Google results.

If your website represents a single business and the reviews are for that business, then you are fine.

If your reviews are for multiple businesses or products on your site, then doing this will cause Google to add a ranking penalty to your site in Google results.

The reason for this is because Google will detect that you are misleading your visitors, giving your site a rating that does not apply to the site as a whole.

There was another user of Site Reviews that tried what you want to do (except without visually hiding the summary): They were collecting reviews for different services that they offered, but wanted to show the overall rating of all services on the homepage. Google detected this as being misleading and their SEO took a hit.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by Gemini Labs.

Hi. So sorry I haven’t replied sooner. The notification decided to go into my Spam folder! This is perfect. It is indeed just for the one business so what you’ve suggested works as it should. Tested on the Structured Data Testing Tool and it’s now showing up correctly. Thanks for your help with this.