Finalized English source strings and release metadata updates for WordPress.org translation compliance.<\/p>","6.1.3":"
Readme and translation catalogs updated; default UI strings are US English for directory compliance.<\/p>","6.1.2":"
Fixes color picker live preview in admin, card header centering, and sidebar panel CSS isolation.<\/p>","6.1.0":"
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Etchenet Reviews for Google Business<\/strong> shows your Google Business reviews in a modern carousel (Swiper), a floating badge, and a side panel. Ideal for building trust and social proof on your site.<\/p>\n\n The plugin uses the Google Places API (Place Details)<\/strong>. It requests the On each sync, the plugin fetches the current batch from Google, compares it with the reviews already stored on your site, adds only new ones<\/strong> (no duplicates), and merges<\/strong> them with the existing list. It never deletes<\/strong> previously saved Google reviews. The API response is cached for 12 hours to avoid excessive requests.<\/p>\n\n Because the API returns only a small set per call (usually 5) and has no pagination:<\/p>\n\n For full details, check the plugin settings and this readme file.<\/p>\n\n This plugin connects to Google services to fetch and display Google Business reviews.<\/p>\n\n - Purpose: fetch place details and public reviews (rating, review count, business name, review entries).\n- Data sent: configured - Purpose: cache public reviewer profile images locally for faster\/stable display.\n- Data sent: HTTP GET request to the profile photo URL returned by Google for each review.\n- When sent: during synchronization, when new reviews are detected and include a profile photo URL.<\/p>\n\n No personal data from your site visitors is sent by these requests.<\/p>\n\n Google Maps Platform Terms of Service:\nhttps:\/\/mapsplatform.google.com\/terms\/<\/p>\n\n Google Privacy Policy:\nhttps:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy<\/p>\n\n\n The plugin ships with Spanish and French translation files in You need an API Key and Place ID only if you want to sync reviews from Google. You can use the plugin with manual reviews and\/or CSV\/Excel import only.<\/p><\/dd>\n If you see a message like No data to show. Sync from the admin or add manual reviews\u2026<\/em>, check that you have either synced from Google or added manual reviews (or imported). Also check Filters & content<\/strong> in settings: minimum stars and \u201cexclude reviews without text\u201d can hide every review.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. In Etchenet Reviews<\/strong> go to the reviews list, choose Review order<\/strong> under Filters & content<\/strong> (newest, oldest, best\/worst rating, or manual). For manual order, drag rows by the handle (\u22ee\u22ee) and click Save current order<\/strong>.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\nInternationalization<\/h4>\n\n
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en_US<\/code>)<\/strong> as the message source, as required for community translation on WordPress.org.<\/li>\nen_US<\/code>, WordPress typically uses those strings as-is<\/strong> from the plugin (no separate English file required).<\/li>\nes_ES<\/code>) and French (fr_FR<\/code>) translation files are included under languages\/<\/code>. Other locales can use language packs from wordpress.org when available, or custom .mo<\/code> \/ .l10n.php<\/code> files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nFeatures<\/h4>\n\n
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[etn_egr_reviews_carousel]<\/code> with configurable columns, autoplay, arrows, dots<\/li>\n.csv<\/code> or .xlsx<\/code> with a header row such as Author, Text, Stars, Date, Photo URL<\/strong> (minimum: Author, Text). Spanish column names (e.g. Autor, Texto) are also recognized for compatibility.<\/li>\netchenet-reviews-for-google-business<\/code>; see Internationalization<\/em> above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nRequirements<\/h4>\n\n
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reviews<\/code> field for your place (using your API Key and Place ID). Google returns a limited number of reviews per request<\/strong> (typically 5) and does not support pagination for reviews.<\/p>\n\nHow to get more reviews than Google's default limit<\/h4>\n\n
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place_id<\/code>, configured API key, requested review language (two-letter code derived from the site\u2019s WordPress get_locale()<\/code>, e.g. en<\/code> for en_US<\/code>, es<\/code> for es_ES<\/code>), optional reviews_sort<\/code> parameter.\n- When sent: on manual sync and on optional daily WP-Cron sync. Two requests are made per sync (one sorted by relevance, one by newest) to maximize review collection within Google's 5-review-per-request limit.<\/p>\n\n\n
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\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> or install via Plugins \u2192 Add New<\/strong> and upload the zip.<\/li>\n[etn_egr_reviews_carousel]<\/code> in any page or post where you want the carousel.<\/li>\nOptional: Translations<\/h4>\n\n
languages\/<\/code>. No extra plugin is required for those languages to work when the site locale matches.<\/p>\n\n\n
languages\/etchenet-reviews-for-google-business.pot<\/code>.<\/li>\n.po<\/code>\/.mo<\/code> files in wp-content\/plugins\/etchenet-reviews-for-google-business\/languages\/<\/code> or in wp-content\/languages\/plugins\/<\/code> (e.g. etchenet-reviews-for-google-business-es_ES.mo<\/code>, etchenet-reviews-for-google-business-fr_FR.mo<\/code>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nIf you use Loco Translate (or pass the plugin to someone who does)<\/h4>\n\n
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languages\/<\/code> folder by default, so translations travel with the plugin.<\/li>\netchenet-reviews-for-google-business-fr_FR.po<\/code>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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The carousel shows a \u201cno data\u201d message<\/h3><\/dt>\n
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en_US<\/code>) as the translation source (WordPress.org \/ Polyglots guidelines)<\/li>\nlanguage<\/code> parameter<\/li>\nes_ES<\/code> \/ fr_FR<\/code> \/ en_US<\/code> catalogs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n6.1.2<\/h4>\n\n
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