WP Review Pro Review: Lite Is Closed
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Only buy WP Review Pro if you specifically want its review boxes and comparison tables and you are happy to run a plugin whose free edition has been withdrawn. WP Review Lite is closed on WordPress.org, shut on 9 May 2025 for a security issue, and its last release was five years ago, tested only to WordPress 5.9.16. The Pro plugin is still sold, at $67 for unlimited sites with a 30-day refund, but there is no longer a free version to try first. If all you need is review and rating schema, install Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP instead. It is free, runs on 100,000+ sites, sits at version 1.65, is tested against WordPress 7.1, rates 4.5 out of 5 from 252 reviews, and includes a Review Module for rating boxes with pros and cons markup. If you already use Rank Math, its free version covers 16+ schema types and you may not need a separate plugin at all. Also read: – 12 Best Schema Markup Plugins for WordPress – 17 Best WordPress Star Rating Plugins for Rich SnippetsWhat review markup actually does for you
This is worth getting straight before you spend anything, because the claim you will read most often is wrong. Review markup does not improve your rankings. What it can do is change how your result looks. Google’s own documentation puts it this way: “Adding structured data can enable search results that are more engaging to users and might encourage them to interact more with your website, which are called rich results.” On review markup specifically it says that “when Google finds valid reviews or ratings markup, we may show a rich snippet that includes stars and other summary info from reviews or ratings”, and that “review snippets may appear in rich results or Google Knowledge Panels.” So the honest case for a review plugin is presentation and click-through, not position. Two further limits are worth knowing:- Stars are not guaranteed. Google says it may show them. Valid markup makes a result eligible; it does not oblige Google to display anything.
- Only certain things qualify. Review snippets are supported for a defined list of items: book, course list, event, local business, movie, product, recipe and software app. Marking up a general blog post will not produce stars.
MyThemeShop WP Review Pro: the review
WP Review Pro from MyThemeShop builds review boxes, comparison tables and rating schema into posts and pages, for both editor-written and reader-submitted ratings.
Key features
The plugin gives you a choice of 14 schema item types, a set of pre-designed review templates and five rating styles. Readers can submit their own ratings through a form, and you decide whether the page shows your score, the aggregate reader score, or both.#1. Fourteen schema item types
WP Review Pro supports 14 item schema types, which its documentation states plainly: “A total of 14 types of item schemas are supported.” They are Book, Game, Movie, MusicRecording, Painting, Place, Product, Recipe, Restaurant, SoftwareApplication, Store, Thing, TVSeries and WebSite. Thing is the default, and there is also a None option if you want a review box with no markup attached.
Cross-check that list against what Google supports for review snippets before you plan around it. Product, Recipe, Book, Movie and SoftwareApplication line up with Google’s supported items; Thing, Store, Painting and WebSite do not, so a review box on those types is for your readers rather than for stars in search.
#2. Pre-designed review templates
Pro ships a set of ready-made review box designs, all editable, with unlimited colour options so a box can be matched to your brand rather than looking like a plugin.
#3. Five rating styles
The documentation lists five ways to display a score, plus a “No Review” option:- Star
- Point
- Percentage
- Thumbs
- Circle
Note that only star ratings map to what Google displays as a review snippet. Points, percentages, thumbs and circles are reader-facing choices.
How to install WP Review Pro
There used to be two versions. WP Review Lite was the free one, and it is closed on WordPress.org, so the only route now is the paid plugin. Download the zip from your MyThemeShop account, then install it manually from Plugins, Add New, Upload in the WordPress dashboard.
How to add a review
1. Open the post or page you want the review on, and scroll to the “Review” box.
2. Go to Review, then Review Box.
3. Choose the review type. There are five to pick from: star, point, percentage, thumbs or circle.
4. Give the review a heading.
This is how it looks on the front end:
5. Pick the item schema, from the 14 available types.
6. Fill in the “Review Items” the schema asks for.
Other features worth knowing about
#1. Reader ratings and comment ratings
Readers can rate from the comment form, mark other reviews helpful or not, and see an aggregate score alongside yours.#2. Google, Yelp and Facebook imports
Pro can pull in reviews you have collected elsewhere: Google Places for a local business, Yelp for restaurants and similar categories, and a Facebook business page. That is useful if the social proof already exists and is stranded on someone else’s platform.#3. Comparison tables
Comparison tables put several products side by side so a reader can choose without scrolling the whole article. It is one of the plugin’s better features, and one of its more limited ones: only published posts and pages can be added as rows, so you cannot type in an arbitrary product.
For tables that are not review comparisons, a dedicated plugin will serve you better — see our roundup of responsive WordPress table plugins.
#4. Popups and notification bars
Any review can be shown as a popup, including on exit intent.#5. WooCommerce review forms
Pro can replace the default WooCommerce review form with a WP Review one, so product feedback matches the rest of your review boxes.Pros and cons
Pros- 14 schema item types, covering most of what Google supports for review snippets.
- Five rating styles and editable templates with unlimited colour options.
- Imports reviews from other review plugins, so switching does not mean starting again.
- Google Places, Yelp and Facebook review imports.
- Comparison tables and exit-intent popups included.
- Editor score and reader aggregate score can both be displayed.
- One price for unlimited sites, with a 30-day refund.
- The free Lite version is closed on WordPress.org, shut on 9 May 2025 for a security issue. That removes the try-before-you-buy route and says something about the codebase’s history.
- Lite’s last release was five years ago and it was tested only to WordPress 5.9.16, so remove it from any site still running it.
- No global setting to apply reviews across all posts and pages at once.
- Comparison tables only accept published posts and pages as rows, not custom products.
