Testimonials

Using a custom post type, the 'Testimonials Widget' WordPress plugin allows admins to organize, manage and publish user feedback on their site.

These testimonials can then be used to promote the user's business and/or showcase recent work.

The plugin is available under a free license and under a commercial license as well, with extra features and styling options.

Installation:

Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

Features:

• Free version features:
• Integrated with the admin panel
• Shortcode to embed testimonials
• Sidebar widget
• Theme template functions
• Customize testimonial output
• Testimonial slideshow
• Testimonial list
• Add images to testimonials
• Premium version features:
• Better styling tool
• Caching
• Frontend form for users to submit their own testimonials
• Email alerts
• Support for excerpts
• Dupe detection
• WPML support

What is new in this release:

• Added tutorial videos.

What is new in version 2.18.5:

• Force WordPress to update files.

What is new in version 2.15.0:

• Added filter testimonials_widget_get_testimonials_html
• Added option Always Load CSS?
• Added option Enable Video?
• Added option Start/Stop
• Added option Transition Mode
• Fixed JS slider_var not global

What is new in version 2.13.0:

• Added PHP Copy and Paste Detector
• Added PHP run-time checks
• Added Travis CI with PHP Code Sniffer
• Added developer README and CONTRIBUTING docs
• DOM Element error on last testimonial rotation
• Data delete on uninstall not firing
• Testimonials Widget edit page doesn't display custom taxonomies
• Beta test update text
• Coding standards updates
• Create TODO doc
• Disabled PHP Mess Detector
• Don't escape already escaped text
• Don't load plugin till all are loaded

What is new in version 2.12.3:

• BUGFIX:
• Import option constantly overrides settings
• Error When Database Does Not Exist Yet

What is new in version 2.12.0:

• Refactor out get_quote and get_cite from get_testimonial_html
• Refactor excess settings grab in widget_options
• Remove $blank from testimonials_truncate()
• Remove unused code
• Rename metabox.class.php class-redrokk-metabox-class.php
• Rename settings.testimonials-widget.php class-settings-testimonials-widget.php
• Rename testimonials-widget-widget.php class-testimonials-widget-widget.php
• Revise FAQ
• SCREENSHOT 17. Testimonials Widget Settings > Compatibility & Reset tab
• Show latest updates notice on activation
• Spellcheck readme.txt
• Update CSS for WordPress Coding standards
• Update FAQ
• Update JavaScript for WordPress Coding standards
• Update PHP for WordPress Coding Standards
• Update POT
• Update TODOs

What is new in version 2.11.3:

• Bold option headers
• Change has_archive default from testimonials to testimonials-archive
• Clean up static method calls to prevent PHP Strict notices
• Correct filter name testimonials_widget_next_posts_link to testimonials_widget_next_posts_link_text
• Correct static methods calling
• Secure activation, deactivation, uninstall operations
• Update POT
• Update profile

What is new in version 2.11.2:

• Always include settings class
• BUGFIX Don't prepend http to email addresses
• Move lesser used widget options to expandable Additional Widget Options section
• Move settings setup to init
• Revise absint and intval validation to default on blank entry
• Update POT
• Update TODO
• Update text domain for localization and POT
• Use links_add_target for widget title link

Requirements:

• WordPress 3.4 or higher