Subharanjan

Hi Stecco,

We don’t really have a widget to show the listing but you can use any of our shortcodes to show listing inside a text widget by enabling shortcodes in widgets.

Add the following to your theme’s functions.php file.

add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode' );

Once added, use any variation of the shortcodes below:

• List testimonials by post title – [testimonials order=ASC orderby=title]
• Select testimonials tagged with either “test” or “fun”, in random order, but ignore those of the excluded ids – [testimonials tags="test,fun" random=true exclude="2,22,333"]
• Show 15 testimonials, in company order – [testimonials meta_key=testimonials-widget-company order=asc limit=15]
• Show 3 full-length testimonials, with opening and closing quote marks removed – [testimonials char_limit=0 target=_new limit=3 disable_quotes=true]
• Show 5 full-length testimonials, with paging – [testimonials limit=5 paging=true char_limit=0]
• Show all testimonials on one page – [testimonials char_limit=0 limit=-1]
• Show one random testimonial – [testimonials limit=1 no_cache=true random=true]
• Show only these 3 testimonials – [testimonials ids="1,11,111" paging=false]

• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Subharanjan. Reason: formatting

Hi Karhas,

I recommend you disable the Review schema to comply with Google’s recommendations

This notice is a heads up that Google is beginning to penalize people for using improper snippets.

Testimonials Widget uses the Review schema because there actually is no such schema for Testimonials, at least not yet. There should be one in our opinion, though. Use of the Review schema for testimonials has been working perfectly fine, even now. But, because of the possibility of getting penalized by Google which may happen way down the road, we have now turned this option off by default for new users of our plugin and started showing the warning notice for the existing users of the plugin as a precautionary measure.

Please follow the article below for more info.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-takes-action-on-flight-rich-snippet-markup-22029.html

I hope the above clarifies your doubt.

Thanks !!

There’s a theme template replacement option for changing testimonials layout and different parts of the testimonials display. You can modify testimonial’s templates by copying the original files from wp-content/plugins/testimonials-widget/templates into your child theme’s directory, like for eg. wp-content/themes/twentytwelve-child/testimonials-widget.

Please edit the code inside the template file testimonial-image.php with the code below: ( Please modify as per your need )

<?php
global $tw_template_args;

$testimonial = $tw_template_args['testimonial'];

if( ! empty( $testimonial['testimonial_image'] ) ) {
	$large_thumb_url = '';
	if ( has_post_thumbnail( $testimonial['post_id'] ) ) {
		$large_image = get_the_post_thumbnail( $testimonial['post_id'], 'large' );	
	}
}
?>
<span class="image"><?php echo $large_image; ?></span>

If these don’t help, please check out the API for more customization options.

@karnabal,

Following shortcodes can be used to show single testimonial inside any post or page.

Show one random testimonial – [testimonials limit=1 no_cache=true random=true]
Show only these 3 testimonials – [testimonials ids=”1,11,111″ paging=false]
Show the single testimonial of ID 123 on a post/page – [testimonials ids=”123″ paging=false]

Please let me know if you need anything else.

Thanks !!

Hi Johnosmond,

Thank you for the feedback.

Indeed, the testimonial is a WordPress custom post type with added functionalities and features to serve all the needs for creating and displaying testimonials. Testimonials Widget lets you list or slide reviews via functions, shortcodes, or widgets very easily.

Could you please let us know the odd behavior you find, so I can try and prevent your frustration.

Thanks !

Hi Johnosmond,

Please check the various shortcodes and attributes here https://store.axelerant.com/best-wordpress-testimonials-plugin/shortcode-examples/ for displaying testimonials.

Regarding the feature of linking to single testimonial: it is available in the premium version of the plugin.

Thanks

If you’re using the default testimonials URL, like https://example.com/testimonials-archive/, then you can customize this view by copying your theme’s archive.php file to archive-testimonials-widget.php and editing it as you want.

Otherwise, look in the FAQ for entries on filters and HTML.

Also, please read to know how to change various layouts associated with Testimonials Widget plugin. https://nodedesk.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202331021-How-to-change-testimonials-layout

Hi Debwork,

I am not able to reproduce the issues at my end, even for the website URLs you have provided above. I have checked on Chrome, Firefox, Safari on Mac OS X. The dashes look fine to me.

Please let me know if this issue is already fixed for you else, please provide me the OS on which you are finding this issue.

Thanks,
Subh

Please read the following documentation to know how to display page numbers for pagination. https://nodedesk.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202379891-How-do-I-get-page-numbers-for-pagination-

Thanks !!

Please enable paging by adding the attribute paging=true in the shortocde [testimonials].

Eg: [testimonials limit=5 paging=true char_limit=0]

Please check all the shortcode attributes present in the plugin here: wp-admin > Testimonials > Settings > Shortcode Attributes tab.

Thanks

Hi Mindbogl, Janet,

I am sorry about the trouble.

There might be some conflict because of any other testimonials shortcode in any other plugins or theme you are currently having. So, could you please use this shortcode instead [testimonialswidget_list] . It provides the same functionality as the one you are using and having issue with.

I hope the above is useful to you.

Should you need any further information, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks

Hi AngryGerman,

I am sorry about the trouble.

I just tried to reproduce the issue at my end, but it seems the feature is working fine even in WP 4.6. Could you please provide me the list of installed plugins and the current theme so I can try to reproduce the same and better assist you.

If you are using the premium version of the plugin, please create a ticket here: https://nodedesk.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

Thanks

Please check the screenshots to know where to set the character limit:
https://awesomescreenshot.com/0dc635vf34
https://awesomescreenshot.com/06e635vh2b
If you just want to show shortened testimonials, use char_limit in the shortcode.

Please check the parameters here: https://github.com/axelerant/testimonials-widget/blob/ed774f7bb8da9ae038101e0b58e1695e0eebd9cb/includes/class-testimonials-widget.php#L760

Let me know if you need anything else.

Thanks

Hi Aboobacker,

This feature of posting Testimonials from the Frontend of the website is available in the premium version of the plugin. Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

Thanks

Hi Neilius,

Thanks for reaching out.

One of the main advantages of this plugin is to allow bringing your images to your own Media Library because you have CDN services or want to move off of third party software.

Regarding WP Offload S3, I am not very sure during which hook/event it transfers the files from media library to AWS S3, but I would like to let you know that all the images are stored into WP media library in default WordPress way, which can be moved to S3 if the plugin WP Offload S3 provides any manual way to upload images in bulk or similar.

Thanks