ReviewsPress is an alternative solution to turn WordPress into a product review and comparison site. What differentiates this WordPress review site plugin from the pack is mostly its great price, customer service, refund policy, and license.
It is perfect for those who are looking for a basic solution to build upon and expand.
Ease of Use and Installation
Installing ReviewsPress is quite easy. The software is made of two main parts: the review plugin and the review theme. Upload these folders to your plugins and themes folders within WordPress. Then activate them just as you would activate any other WordPress plugin and theme. It is advised though that you upload via FTP or your hosting File Manager control panel.
What also makes installation a straightforward process is that this plugin is not DRM‘d.
ReviewsPress is quite basic and it should be easy to get started with. However, there is a slight learning curve. To get over the learning curve, you’ll have to go through the accompanied user guide and use the software for some time.
Support and Documentation
ReviewsPress is backed by real support and documentation. If you run into trouble and need help, you have two options: (1) the user manual and (2) the help desk.
The user manual is made of 21 pages of instructions covering all the common aspects of running the review plugin. If that’s not enough, you can use the help desk. A link to the help desk is provided inside the user manual.
Generating Comparison Tables
ReviewsPress does have the ability the produce comparison tables. You simply create a new WordPress page and insert this little HTML code in it: <!-- top10 -->.
Stylability and Compatibility with Other Themes
ReviewsPress is not made to work with other themes. It only works with the themes that it ships with. It is possible to modify the CSS files of the included themes in order to style them.
Enable User-Generated Reviews and Ratings
ReviewsPress does support user-generated reviews and ratings. It simply adds a star rating system to the comments and averages user ratings to assign a final rating for the product. The JavaScript-enabled star meter though is a little buggy. For example, when you hover over the meter, it only detects movement toward more stars. It doesn’t detect movement toward fewer stars.
Included Themes
ReviewsPress ships with at least one theme. You can also buy the 5-theme bundle that, as the name implies, ships with 5 custom themes.
Pricing and Licensing
This is a very affordable plugin to those who want to get started with a review plugin/theme. It’s the cheapest option out there.
The price of this plugin depends on the themes that are included with it. You can choose one of five themes or you can choose the bundle which includes all the five themes. So, all in all, you have these six options:
- Theme uno ($19.95)
- Theme duex ($29.95)
- Theme niche ($29.95)
- Theme shadow ($29.95)
- Theme affilopro ($29.95)
- The bundle ($89.95)
Coupon: you can get a discount coupon that shaves 25% of the prices above. When you purchase, enter the coupon 25OFF
I should also mention that these prices entitle you to unlimited installations on any number of websites you wish.
Refund Policy
Another great aspect of this plugin is that it is backed by a solid no-questions-asked 30-day refund policy. So, you can go ahead and purchase it without fear of it not working for your particular needs because if it doesn’t, simply contact the author for a refund and you should receive it.
Missing Features:
- Ability to import product descriptions from external sources and data feeds
- Integration with Google maps for reviews of local stores and places
- Generating Microformat HTML markup to be read by Google bot and other search engines
- Ability to re-sort posts by ratings or comments count
- Affiliate link management
- Dummy comments generation
