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Interested in creating a newsletter for your WordPress site but not sure how to get started?

With one of the WordPress newsletter plugins from this list, you can set up a fully functioning newsletter without ever needing to leave the comfy confines of your WP Admin.

You’ll be able to do pretty much everything you need to grow a thriving newsletter, including:

• Grow your subscriber list
• Design emails using flexible editors
• Send those emails to some or all of your subscribers

In this post, you’ll learn the main reasons why your site needs a newsletter, in case you’re still on the fence about creating one.

Then, you’ll discover seven of the best WordPress newsletter plugins, along with how they work and what you should expect to pay for each.

Why Your Site Needs an Email Newsletter

There are a lot of benefits to creating an email newsletter, but the biggest one is that it lets you create a direct relationship with your customers that you’re fully in control of.

Connecting with your audience via social media or search engines like Google is a smart strategy and one that most sites rely on.

But with these channels, you’re essentially at the whims of the platform because you don’t control the relationship with your audience. Google can start ranking your site in a lower position at any time and social media platforms can change their algorithms in ways that decrease traffic to your site.

But when you create a newsletter, you always have a way to reach every person who signed up to your list, regardless of what’s happening with Google, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and so on.

Beyond that, newsletters also give you a chance to build a deeper connection with your audience. If someone has taken the time to sign up to your newsletter, you can be confident that they know at least a little bit about you.

This lets you connect with them in ways that might not be possible in a blog post that receives a lot of traffic from first-time visitors.

You can use this closer connection in a ton of different ways. Here are some examples:

• Test new products or courses with your newsletter audience before releasing them publicly.
• Instantly drive traffic to new content or blog posts without waiting for traction in search engines.
• Ask your subscribers for feedback to help you create the type of content that your audience loves.

By helping you control the platform and build a deeper connection with your audience, launching a newsletter is a win-win.

Best of all, with the right WordPress newsletter plugin on your side, you might be surprised by how quickly you can get up and running with your own newsletter.

Best WordPress Newsletter Plugins

Now that you know the benefits of creating a newsletter for your site, it’s time to dig into the best WordPress newsletter plugins for all types of sites…

MailPoet

MailPoet is an all-in-one WordPress newsletter plugin that gives you everything that you need to start sending newsletters right from your WP Admin.

One of the most unique things about MailPoet is that it includes its own email delivery service. This means that you can be confident that your newsletters will make it to subscribers’ inboxes without any additional technical setup.

In contrast, a lot of other WordPress newsletter plugins require you to connect to a separate email sending service to improve deliverability – more on that later!

MailPoet does a lot more than just email delivery, though.

• You can create newsletter opt-in forms using the native WordPress editor, including different tactics such as in-content forms, popups, and more.
• Once you have some newsletter subscribers, you can easily manage them in unlimited lists, including segmenting them as needed.
• Then, you can send them emails using MailPoet’s built-in visual, drag-and-drop builder. 
• You can either design your emails from scratch or choose one of MailPoet’s pre-made newsletter templates. 

Here’s an example of the builder’s interface:

If you don’t want to write every newsletter from scratch, you can also set up automatic newsletters with MailPoet. For example, you could automatically publish a weekly newsletter that includes your latest blog posts. Using MailPoet’s tools, you can dynamically pull in details about your posts (including an excerpt) to handle everything on autopilot.

Here are some other notable features that you get with MailPoet:

• Detailed analytics to see how subscribers engage with your newsletters, including clicks, opens, and unsubscribes.
• Option to automatically sync WordPress users to an email list.
• Other types of automatic emails such as welcome emails and autoresponder sequences.

While you can use MailPoet for any type of newsletter, it makes an especially great option for WooCommerce email marketing because it includes a number of dedicated integrations for WooCommerce, such as sending post-purchase follow-up newsletters or abandoned cart reminder emails.

Price: MailPoet has a forever-free plan that lets you send up to 5,000 emails per month to up to 1,000 subscribers. After that, the paid plans start at just $10 per month for unlimited emails and up to 500 subscribers. Prices go up based on the number of subscribers that you have.

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Newsletter Glue

Newsletter Glue is a premium WordPress newsletter plugin with a fairly unique approach.

Rather than offering a separate email builder like many other tools, Newsletter Glue lets you create your newsletters using the native WordPress editor, which makes it an especially good option for more long-form newsletter content (as many custom email builders are more focused on visual design than text formatting).

It also gives you some special blocks to use in your newsletters, such as embedding blog posts, including author bylines, and more.

There are two primary ways that you can create and publish newsletters with Newsletter Glue:

1. You can publish blog posts straight to your newsletter right from the blog post editor. This approach can be very convenient if you publish the full text of your content via both the blog and your newsletter. It’s similar to the approach that Substack uses, but you get a lot more flexibility than Substack because you still own your platform.
2. You can create separate newsletters using a separate interface (still powered by the native editor). This approach is handy when you want to send unique content to just your email subscribers.

Other notable features include the following:

• Option to create newsletter templates using block patterns.
• Subscriber opt-in forms that you can add anywhere on your site.
• Option to publish a newsletter archive on your site.

One important thing to understand with Newsletter Glue is that it does not include its own features for managing subscribers and actually delivering emails to those subscribers.

Instead, it works by connecting to a separate email marketing service. Currently, it supports the following services, though the developers regularly add new integrations:

• Mailchimp
• MailerLite
• Mailjet
• Moosend
• Sendy
• SendGrid

Even though it relies on a third-party email marketing service, you’re still able to create and publish newsletters without needing to leave your WP Admin.

Price: Newsletter Glue only comes in a premium version, which starts at $99. You’ll also need your email marketing service, which might cost some additional money depending on the size of your subscriber list and the number of newsletters that you send each month.

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The Newsletter Plugin

As the name suggests, The Newsletter Plugin is a popular plugin that helps you create and manage newsletters without leaving your WP Admin.

You can do everything, from creating newsletter opt-in forms to managing your subscribers and then sending them emails.

To design your newsletter emails, you get a visual, drag-and-drop builder interface. It includes general content elements as well as some special elements to insert GIFs, your latest blog posts, and more.

Other notable features in The Newsletter Plugin include the following:

• Automation tools to send automatic roundups of your latest content, as well as autoresponders.
• Analytics to track engagement with your newsletters.
• Integrations with other form plugins and popup plugins to use them to grow your newsletter list.
• Option to geotarget newsletter subscribers based on their physical locations.

One important thing to note is that The Newsletter Plugin does not include its own built-in email sending service. 

If you want to be confident that your newsletters will make it to subscribers’ inboxes, you’ll need to connect it to a third-party email sending service. It supports generic SMTP connections and also has API integrations for some sending services, such as SendGrid, Amazon SES, and Mailgun.

Price: The Newsletter Plugin has a free version at WordPress.org with basic features. For more advanced features, the premium version starts at $96. You’ll also typically want a third-party email sending service, which might cost some money depending on the number of emails that you send each month.

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SendPress Newsletters

SendPress Newsletters is another WordPress newsletter plugin that lets you manage all of your newsletter efforts without leaving your WP Admin.

You can manage unlimited newsletter subscribers and send them emails using a simple newsletter editor interface.

The interface isn’t quite as flexible as the custom interfaces from MailPoet or The Newsletter Plugin (or the native WordPress editor, as Newsletter Glue handles things), but it should work fine for most newsletters, especially if you’re mainly sending text emails.

Beyond sending emails, SendPress Newsletters can also help you grow your newsletter list with subscription widgets or custom forms.

Here are some other notable features that you get with SendPress Newsletters:

• Analytics to track opens, clicks, and unsubscribes.
• Option to schedule email sending, including throttling sending numbers to avoid hitting your email sending limits.
• Automatic bounce handling for bounced emails.

Like The Newsletter Plugin above, the core SendPress Newsletters does not include its own email sending service. However, the free version does have full compatibility with the Post SMTP plugin so that you can connect to a third-party SMTP email sending service.

With the premium version of the plugin, you also get direct API integrations for email sending with Mandrill, SendGrid, Mailgun, and Elastic Email. If you purchase the higher-tier Pro services, there’s also an option to use the developer’s sending service.

Price: SendPress Newsletters has a free version at WordPress.org with basic features. For more advanced features, the premium version starts at $39 for core Pro features or $99 for the Pro services. You’ll also typically want a third-party email sending service, which might cost some money depending on the number of emails that you send each month.

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Newspack Newsletters

Newspack Newsletters is a free WordPress newsletter plugin from Automattic, the same team behind WordPress.com.

It uses a similar approach to the Newsletter Glue plugin above, in which you’re able to create your newsletters using the native WordPress editor and its blocks.

To design your emails, you can use most core editor blocks, including Columns, Group, Button, and more.

The plugin also adds some of its own special Newspack Blocks to help you insert excerpts from live blog posts in your newsletters.

Other notable features include the following:

• Ad management and ad insertion in newsletters. You can save ads/sponsors in their own interface to easily reuse them across multiple newsletters.
• Send test emails to see a real example of your newsletter before sending it to your audience.

While Newspack Newsletters lets you create and send newsletters directly from your WP Admin, you will need to pair it with a third-party email marketing service for list management and email delivery. Currently, it supports the following services:

• ActiveCampaign
• Campaign Monitor
• Constant Contact
• Mailchimp

Price: Newspack Newsletters itself is 100% free. However, remember that you’ll need to pair it with one of the supported email marketing services, which might cost some money depending on the size of your subscriber list and/or the number of emails that you send.

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AcyMailing

AcyMailing is another popular option that lets you fully manage your newsletters right from your WP Admin.

It can help you create subscription forms and widgets to help you grow your newsletters and then you can organize unlimited subscribers into one or more lists.

To design your newsletters, AcyMailing comes with its own custom visual, drag-and-drop editor. This editor lets you easily set up simple multi-column layouts and add different templates of content.

You also get tools to dynamically insert your latest blog posts in your newsletter.

You can either manually send out newsletters or set up automatic emails, such as a weekly digest of your latest blog posts.

Other notable features include the following:

• A/B testing to find the best email copy.
• Analytics to track newsletter engagement, including opens, clicks, and unsubscribes.
• WooCommerce integration to include products in your newsletters.

AcyMailing does not offer its own built-in email sending service. However, it does support any generic SMTP sending service, as well as direct API integrations for popular sending services including Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, and others.

Price: AcyMailing has a limited free version at WordPress.org. For more features, the premium version starts at €29. You’ll also typically want a third-party email sending service, which might cost some money depending on the number of emails that you send each month.

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Noptin

Noptin advertises itself as a “simple newsletter plugin”, which is a pretty good explanation of what it offers.

It might not match other WordPress newsletter plugins in terms of the sheer number of features, but it does give you a simple, lightweight way of sending newsletters to your subscribers, especially if you’re mainly focused on text-based newsletters.

To start, Noptin can help you create optin forms to grow your newsletter lists, using different tactics such as popups, in-content forms, and more. You can also add a newsletter opt-in box to existing areas of your site, such as the user registration form, comment form, or WooCommerce checkout form.

Once you have some newsletter subscribers, you can use Noptin’s lightweight text editor to send them emails.

Noptin does not offer a visual, drag-and-drop builder. Instead, you’ll use the TinyMCE text editor, which is the same editor that WordPress used in the past before switching to the new block-based editor.

This editor works great for adding text and images, but it won’t give you as much control over the layout and overall design.

Other notable features in Noptin include the following:

• Send automatic new post notifications to subscribers.
• Integrations with popular form plugins to use them to grow your lists.
• Sync WordPress users as subscribers.
• Schedule emails to send at certain times.

Noptin does not include its own built-in sending service or any direct API integrations with sending services. However, it is compatible with any WordPress SMTP plugin. So you can install a separate SMTP plugin like Post SMTP and use that to connect to a third-party email sending service.

Price: The core version of Noptin is available for free at WordPress.org. You can then purchase individual add-on plugins or get a bundle of all add-ons starting at $79. You’ll also typically want a third-party email sending service, which might cost some money depending on the number of emails that you send each month.

Email Subscription Plugins vs Newsletter Plugins

If you want to create a newsletter for your WordPress site, you have two general options.

One is to use one of the newsletter plugins above to manage everything from your WP Admin. From creating opt-in forms to sending emails, pretty much everything happens on your WordPress site. 

The other approach is to use a third-party email marketing service such as Mailchimp, Constant Contact, ConvertKit, and so on.

For this second approach, you might want to consider an email subscription plugin instead of a newsletter plugin:

• Email subscription plugin – these let you create email opt-in forms that send subscribers’ information to your chosen third-party email marketing service. For example, if you’re using Mailchimp, the plugin might help you create opt-in forms that add people to your Mailchimp list (but you would still need to send emails from Mailchimp’s interface).
• Newsletter plugin – these let you send emails and manage other newsletter details right from your WP Admin.

If you’re interested in this email subscription plugin approach, you can typically find dedicated plugins to connect to your chosen third-party service. Here are some examples:

• MC4WP (Mailchimp for WordPress)
• Contact Contact
• ConvertKit

Tips for Getting the Most from Your WordPress Newsletter Plugin

To finish things out, here are two general tips for getting the most from your newsletter, regardless of which newsletter plugin you choose.

Experiment With Different Newsletter Opt-In Forms

Having the ability to send email newsletters is only part of the puzzle – you also need some actual subscribers!

To help you grow your newsletter lists, most of the WordPress newsletter plugins above include features to help you create various types of opt-in forms.

In order to use these features most effectively, you’ll want to consider experimenting with different placements. 

For example, you could see if using a popup gets you more signups than using an in-content form. Or, you could experiment between using an opt-in form in your sidebar and one at the end of a blog post.

If you feel limited by the built-in opt-in features in your chosen newsletter plugin, many of the plugins above also integrate with third-party tools.

For example, many of the popular email opt-in plugins offer dedicated integrations for the MailPoet plugin above. You could use these plugins to collect subscribers and automatically add them straight to your MailPoet lists.

Make Sure You Optimize for Email Deliverability

When you click “publish” on a newsletter, the goal is that that newsletter shows up in each subscriber’s inbox so that they can engage with your content.

Unfortunately, email deliverability can be a tricky subject, so that might not always be the case. Emails might end up in spam, not send correctly, or have some other reason for not landing in a subscriber’s inbox.

If you want to feel confident that every newsletter you send makes it to every subscriber’s inbox, you’ll need to make sure that your chosen newsletter plugin is properly configured to maximize email deliverability.

How you do this will depend on the specific plugin that you’ve chosen.

For example, MailPoet includes its own built-in email sending service, which is one of its most notable benefits. If you use MailPoet for your newsletters, you won’t need to mess around with deliverability settings yourself – it “just works”.

Some other plugins rely on integrating with a dedicated email marketing service such as Mailchimp. Examples here are Newsletter Glue and Newspack Newsletters.

As long as you’ve properly set up the integration (which is required for the plugin to function), you can also feel confident that your newsletters will make it to your subscribers. This is because those email marketing services are already optimized for deliverability.

However, the final group of newsletter plugins don’t include their own built-in sending services or rely on email marketing services. Examples here are The Newsletter Plugin, SendPress Newsletters, AcyMailing, and Noptin.

By default, this last group of plugins will send emails using your WordPress site’s server, which can often lead to your emails getting flagged as spam (or not even sending in the first place).

To fix this, you’ll typically need to manually set up an integration with a dedicated email sending service. You can do this using an SMTP plugin or built-in features in your chosen plugin.

Create Your Newsletter Today

Creating your own newsletter is a great way to build a close relationship with your audience and create an evergreen resource that isn’t affected by the whims of Google or social media algorithms.

Once you’ve convinced someone to join your newsletter, you’ll always be able to connect with them in their inbox.

For the easiest way to create and manage your own newsletter, you can use one of the best WordPress newsletter plugins from the list above.

You’ll be able to access all of the important functionality that you need without leaving your WP Admin and you’ll be in full control of your email marketing efforts.

If you’re using the WordPress.com Business plan, you can install any one of these plugins and get started today.

If you haven’t upgraded yet, you can easily upgrade your site to the WordPress.com Business plan to gain the ability to install all of these WordPress newsletter plugins, as well as all of the many other useful WordPress plugins.

Searching for the best WordPress review plugins to start working with reviews on your site?

When it comes to review plugins, there are different approaches you might want to take.

If you’re creating a website for your local business, you might want a way to embed real reviews from sites such as Google, Yelp, or TripAdvisor to create a more authentic, trust-boosting experience for visitors.

On the other hand, if you’re writing product reviews to earn an affiliate commission, you might want a plugin to help you create review summary boxes, complete with the structured data needed to get those eye-catching Rich Results in Google.

In this post, you’ll find the best WordPress review plugins for those use cases and more, neatly divided into categories to help you find the perfect plugin for your specific situation.

Different Types of WordPress Review Plugins

When it comes to WordPress review plugins, there are four broad categories of functionality:

• Embed external reviews – you can find plugins to help you embed reviews from external platforms such as Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor, Facebook, and so on. These are helpful if you have a business and you want to embed authentic reviews to build trust with your visitors.
• Collect user reviews – you can find plugins to help you collect reviews from your customers on your own site. These can be especially helpful for WooCommerce stores looking to attract more product reviews, but they can also be great for service providers and local businesses.
• Write affiliate reviews (review summary boxes) – you can find plugins to help you create review summary boxes for product reviews that you write (e.g. for affiliate marketing). These can help you increase the conversion rate of your product reviews and also add structured data/schema markup to your reviews.
• Encourage external reviews – you can find plugins to help you encourage your visitors to leave reviews on external platforms such as Yelp, Trustpilot, and others. This can help you increase your business’s visibility on those platforms and reach more customers beyond your own website.

To help you get more value from this post, the review plugins are divided into those four categories. You can click the links above to jump straight to the relevant plugins or keep reading the complete post to see all of your options.

Plugins to Embed External Reviews (Google, Yelp, Facebook, etc.)

In this first category of WordPress review plugins, you’ll find plugins that help you embed reviews from third-party platforms such as Google, Yelp, Facebook, and so on.

Embedding these reviews directly from the third-party platform adds authenticity and trustworthiness because your visitors can see that they’re legitimate reviews.

1. Widgets for Google Reviews

As the name suggests, Widgets for Google Reviews is specifically focused on helping you embed Google Reviews in your site.

However, the same developer also offers plugins for most other platforms including Facebook, TripAdvisor, Yelp, Airbnb, and many others. Here are some of the most popular options (but this is not the complete list):

The plugin offers one of the simplest setup processes because it relies on using the freemium TrustIndex service to fetch your reviews instead of forcing you to set up your own connections. However, this means that your reviews will load from the TrustIndex server rather than your WordPress site’s server.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing – it’s just a notable difference between this plugin and other WordPress review plugins.

Beyond its simple setup process, the plugin also gives you lots of options for controlling the style and content of your embedded reviews.

To see how it works in more detail, you can check out our full guide on how to embed Google Reviews in WordPress using this plugin, as well as two other free options (including the next option on this list).

2. Plugin for Google Reviews

Plugin for Google Reviews is another popular option that helps you embed real Google reviews on your site.

Unlike the previous plugin, it keeps everything on your server. But the “downside” of that approach is that you’ll need to create your own Google Places API key to use it. It’s not that complicated, but it does involve clicking a lot of buttons.

Once you create your API key, you can import reviews for any Google listing, along with controlling the styling and adding filters (e.g. only importing reviews of a certain rating).

While this specific plugin is focused on Google Reviews, the same developer also offers similar plugins to embed Facebook and Yelp reviews.

There are basic free versions for all the review platforms and then you can also purchase a bundle to unlock the premium features for all review platforms.

You can see a full tutorial for this plugin in our guide on how to embed Google Reviews.

3. Social Reviews & Recommendations

Social Reviews & Recommendations is a free WordPress review plugin that helps you embed real Facebook reviews and ratings on your site.

You can choose from different layouts such as multi-column grids or sliders. You can also cache the reviews locally to improve performance and eliminate the need to query Facebook’s servers on every page load.

If you want more features, there’s a premium version that adds more display themes, structured data/schema markup for Google rich snippets, and more.

The premium version also lets you embed reviews from other platforms (e.g. Google or Yelp) in the same widget. For example, you could mix and match reviews from both Facebook and Google.

4. WP Business Reviews

WP Business Reviews is a premium WordPress review plugin that helps you embed real reviews from multiple popular platforms including Google, Yelp, Facebook, and Zomato.

You can embed reviews from different sources separately or mix and match multiple platforms inside the same review display widget. In the screenshot above, you can see reviews from Facebook, Google, Yelp, and Zomato, all mixed into the same widget.

You can fully customize the style and layout of your review widget using a visual interface. You can also manage your reviews from a dedicated dashboard and tag and filter them as needed.

Unlike the previous plugins, there’s no free version of WP Business Reviews. The paid plans start at $49.50 for use on a single site and access to all features.

Plugins to Collect User Reviews On Your Website

While embedding reviews from external platforms can be useful, you also might have situations where you want to collect and display reviews directly on your WordPress site.

This use case is especially common for WooCommerce stores, but you can also use it if you’re selling products or services via other methods.

All of the plugins in this section help you collect on-site reviews from your site’s visitors. Some of them are specifically built for WooCommerce, while others are standalone tools.

5. Customer Reviews for WooCommerce

As the name suggests, Customer Reviews for WooCommerce is specifically focused on helping you collect more and better reviews for your WooCommerce store.

You can roughly divide its features into two categories:

1. Review collection – features to help you collect more reviews.
2. Review enhancements – features to help make your reviews more useful to other readers.

To help you collect more reviews from your customers, the plugin offers the following features:

• Send manual or automated review reminder emails.
• Offer coupons/discounts in exchange for leaving a review.
• Aggregated review forms make it easy for shoppers to review multiple products from one interface (instead of needing to use a separate form for each product).

To help you make your store’s reviews more useful to other shoppers, you get the following features:

• Attach images to reviews.
• Filter reviews by rating.
• Vote on reviews’ helpfulness (and filter by it).
• Add a Q&A section where people can ask and answer questions about the product (like Amazon).

All of the reviews that it helps you collect include structured data to help your products get rich snippets in Google’s results

The plugin has a free version that should work for most stores. If you want more features and premium support, you can purchase the Pro version for $49.99 per year.

6. Site Reviews

Unlike the previous plugin, Site Reviews is a standalone review collection tool that you can use to collect and display reviews for any type of content on your site.

This could be reviews of products you sell, services you offer, users on your site (useful for service provider directories), or even just content that you publish. There’s also a free extension that specifically integrates the plugin with WooCommerce, so you can use it for eCommerce reviews, too.

To make this happen, you can assign reviews to various types of content on your site:

• Posts, pages, or any custom post type (products, events, recipes, etc.).
• Categories or tags.
• WordPress users.

You can collect reviews using frontend forms and then display those reviews using blocks or shortcodes. You can also manage reviews from their own dedicated area in your WP Admin.

To help you get rich snippets in Google, the plugin adds proper JSON-LD schema markup to all the reviews that you collect.

The core Site Reviews plugin is free, as is the WooCommerce integration extension. If you want more features, there are a number of premium add-ons that you can purchase individually or as a bundle for €89.

7. WP Customer Reviews

WP Customer Reviews lets you set up a dedicated page on your site to collect reviews from your customers.

Visitors can leave reviews using a simple form, including a title, paragraph text, and star rating. You can also add your own custom fields if you want to collect additional information as part of the review.

You can then display those reviews on your site using shortcodes. In addition to displaying the ratings and reviews, the plugin also adds the proper schema markup so that you can get rich snippets in Google.

In terms of schema markup, it supports both the Business and Product review types, which means you can display reviews for your business as a whole or for individual products/services that you sell.

You also have the option to respond to reviews, including adding those responses to the frontend review display.

8. Photo Reviews for WooCommerce

Photo Reviews for WooCommerce is another WordPress review plugin that specifically focuses on helping WooCommerce stores collect more and better product reviews.

As the name suggests, one of the key features is that it lets customers attach their own product pictures to the reviews. You can either give them the option to attach pictures or require them to attach pictures – it’s up to you.

However, it also goes a lot further than that and includes other features to help you improve your WooCommerce review system:

• Send reminder emails to customers asking them to review their purchased products.
• Add frontend review filters such as only showing reviews with pictures, only showing verified purchase reviews, and more.
• Send customers a thank you coupon code via email after they leave a review.

There’s a free version that should work for a lot of stores. If you want more features, you can also upgrade to the premium version for $32, which includes lifetime updates.

Plugins to Post Your Own Product Reviews for Affiliate Marketing

If you’re writing your own product reviews (e.g. for affiliate marketing purposes), you might want a WordPress review plugin to help you add useful content to your reviews.

These plugins typically help you add review summary boxes, along with structured data/schema markup to help your reviews get those eye-catching rich snippets in Google.

9. Taqyeem

Taqyeem is a premium, but affordable, WordPress review plugin that helps you create stylish review boxes for your product reviews.

Inside the review box, you can share review ratings for various criteria as well as an overall review rating for the product. These review criteria are completely customizable, so you can easily adapt them to any type of product.

You can also fully customize the style of the review box, including the colors and using different review styles (e.g. star ratings vs points).

Beyond that, you also have the option to allow your visitors to share their own comments and ratings. So you could display your own rating alongside user ratings, which can be very persuasive for readers.

Finally, Taqyeem adds the proper schema markup so that you can get the review rich snippets in Google.

Taqyeem costs $29, which includes lifetime updates for a single site.

10. Ultimate Blocks (Review Block)

Ultimate Blocks is a collection of 20+ editor blocks that you can use in the WordPress editor, including a dedicated Review block.

With the Review block, you can create a customizable review summary box right from the editor. You can rate the product based on different criteria and also share an overall rating and summary, along with a call to action to buy the product.

You can also customize the box with different rating styles (e.g. stars or points) and colors.

Most importantly, the Review block includes proper schema markup to help you get the review rich snippets in Google.

If you don’t want to use the other editor blocks in Ultimate Blocks, you can disable them so that only the Review block appears in the editor.

Ultimate Blocks is totally free.

Plugins to Encourage Visitors to Leave Reviews on External Platforms

Finally, this last section showcases plugins that help you encourage your website’s visitors to leave reviews on external platforms (rather than your own website).

This can be helpful for boosting your visibility on those platforms, which is important because a lot of visitors in the “research phase” will go straight to third-party platforms instead of your own website.

Typically, you’ll want to nudge people to leave a review when you’re confident that they’ve had enough time to engage with your product/service and have a good experience.

11. Starfish Reviews

Starfish Reviews is a freemium plugin that’s specifically built to help you run review generation campaigns and funnels.

The basic idea is that you can ask users how they feel about your product/service on your own site:

• If the user responds positively, you can show a prompt asking them to leave a review on your preferred platform (e.g. Google My Business, Facebook, Yelp, etc.).
• If the user responds negatively, you can ask them to provide feedback on how you could improve. This can give them a chance to vent to you without leaving a negative public review. It also provides you with valuable feedback that you can use to address those problems and improve your offering.

The free version of the plugin already lets you run basic review generation campaigns.

If you want more functionality, you can upgrade to the premium version to access additional features including the following:

• Show multiple review destinations and let users choose their preferred platforms.
• Create multiple review generation funnels for different campaigns/locations.
• Customize the content of all the text prompts.
• View analytics to see overall ratings and review destinations.

If you want the premium features, paid plans start at $47 per month, so it’s more expensive than your average WordPress plugin. Still, the free version should work fine for most businesses.

12. Customer Reviews Collector for WooCommerce

As the name suggests, Customer Reviews Collector for WooCommerce helps you collect reviews for your WooCommerce store.

However, unlike the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin in the previous section, the key differentiator with this plugin is that it helps you collect reviews on external platforms rather than on your WooCommerce store itself.

You can send the review requests via email and invite them to review on 100+ different platforms, including all the big names such as Google, Facebook, Yelp, Trustpilot, and so on.

If you’re worried about collecting negative reviews, the plugin also offers an “intelligent invitation system” in the premium version.

Before directing them to the external system, the plugin will ask for a review. If a customer rates 1-3 stars, it will direct them to your customer support to resolve the problem. But if a customer rates 4-5 stars, it will send them to the third-party platform to share their happy thoughts with the world.

The core plugin is free. However, if you want the “intelligent invitation system”, you’ll need to upgrade to the $9.99 per month plan.

Try These WordPress Review Plugins Today

Whether you’re promoting your own business or promoting other businesses’ products, reviews are a great way to build trust with your audience.

With the various review plugins in this post, you can work with reviews in a ton of different ways.

You might just use a single plugin for your use case. Or, you might combine multiple plugins, such as using a plugin to encourage reviews on third-party platforms and then embedding those third-party reviews on your site to boost authenticity. 

If you’ve built your site with WordPress.com and you’re already using a plugin-enabled plan, you can install any of these plugins right now to get started.

If you haven’t upgraded yet, upgrade your plan today to be able to install all of these plugins, as well as all of the other useful WordPress plugins out there.