Quick summary
This tutorial shows how to add Google Reviews to a WordPress website by installing the Plugin for Google Reviews and embedding a shortcode on any page or post. The process involves finding your business Place ID via Google, connecting it to the plugin, and publishing the reviews widget live on your site.
Steps
- Navigate to your WordPress dashboard and go to Plugins to add a new plugin.
- Search for Google Reviews, then install and activate the Plugin for Google Reviews.
- Go to the Google Review tab on your WordPress dashboard.
- Locate the Place ID field and the preferred language setting — you will need to retrieve these values from Google.
- In Google, search for the business whose reviews you want to display on your WordPress site.
- Scroll down on the business listing and right-click on Write a review.
- Click Inspect to open the browser developer tools.
- Press Ctrl (or Cmd) + F to search the source code for data-pid.
- Copy the code value displayed next to data-pid — this is your Place ID.
- Return to WordPress, paste the Place ID, select your preferred language, and click Connect Google.
- Confirm the recognized business name appears correctly, then click Save & Refresh.
- Copy the generated shortcode provided by the plugin.
- Go to Posts or Pages and click Edit on the page where you want to display the Google Reviews.
- Paste the shortcode into the page editor.
- Click Publish to make the Google Reviews widget live on your site.
