Five-Star Ratings Shortcode — WordPress Review Plugin
by Chris J. Zähller · WordPress.org page · Website
Five-Star Ratings Shortcode has 600+ active installs on WordPress.org and 27,466 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on February 2, 2026, tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.
Five-Star Ratings Shortcode at a glance
Is Five-Star Ratings Shortcode well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Google Rich Snippets for Products, Restaurants, & Recipes
- Custom icon sizes
- Custom icon and text colors
- Choice of HTML <i> or <span> elements in HTML output
- Change maximum rating (from 3 – 10)
- Change minimum rating (0.0, 0.5, or 1.0)
- Shortcode generator
- Show/hide numeric text
- Locale aware decimal separator
- Options reset button
Five-Star Ratings Shortcode reviews and ratings
5 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Simple and does what it is supposed to do.
Excellent solution for things that just need a few stars and nothing more.Thanks for taking the time to develop and maintain it.
Jaime Rojas -
Basic, but perfect if you just need to display star rating somewhere on WP
This plugin is pretty basic in its free version, but is perfect if you just want to display a star rating somewhere on your WP site. And if you have some CSS knowledge, customization (colors, size, etc.) is really easy. Thanks.
DragoWeb -
Free version is near useless
The free version has absolutely zero configurable settings. You can't change the star color (it's black and white), you can't remove the text shown after the stars, nothing at all. This is just a waste of a plugin installation.
Brett -
Works Nicely
This plugin does just what I wanted: a simple star rating with a clean look. Surprised there are very few of these out there - but this one works nicely. Simple to use too.
quiche66 -
Good Plugin
It's a good plugin to use the shortcode manually.
smartmanash
Details
Simple lightweight shortcode to add 5-star ratings anywhere.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Five-Star Ratings Shortcode competes in
Tags
- accessible
- icon
- ratings
- shortcode
- stars
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- Version
- 1.2.61
- Last updated
- Feb 2, 2026
- First published
- Dec 8, 2019
- Requires WordPress
- 4.6.1
- Tested up to
- 6.9.7
- Requires PHP
- 7.0
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Five-Star Ratings Shortcode FAQ
What does Five-Star Ratings Shortcode do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Five-Star Ratings Shortcode offers Google Rich Snippets for Products, Restaurants, & Recipes, Custom icon sizes, Custom icon and text colors, Choice of HTML <i> or <span> elements in HTML output and Change maximum rating (from 3 – 10).
How many active installs does Five-Star Ratings Shortcode have?
WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs for Five-Star Ratings Shortcode as of September 7, 2026.
Is Five-Star Ratings Shortcode still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on February 2, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.
Is Five-Star Ratings Shortcode free?
Five-Star Ratings Shortcode is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.