Real Testimonials — WordPress Social Proof Plugin
Real Testimonials – Testimonial Slider, Collect Customer Reviews and Video Testimonials
by ShapedPlugin LLC · WordPress.org page · Website
Real Testimonials has 40,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 1,407,545 downloads all time. It was downloaded 7,499 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on September 4, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Real Testimonials at a glance
Is Real Testimonials well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Build Multiple Testimonial Forms
- Collect, Filter, and Publish Testimonials
- Create and Manage Testimonial Showcases
- Fully Responsive and Mobile-friendly
- Easy To Use – No Coding Required
- Shortcode Generator with live preview
- Add unlimited testimonials and display them anywhere you want
- Import/Export testimonials
- Enable/Disable autoplay & control speed
- Stop on the hover slider
- Infinite loop for the slider
- Control Columns, Rows, and Spacing
Real Testimonials reviews and ratings
226 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
226 reviews
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An excellent plugin
Our non-profit charity was looking for a simple to use testimonial plugin. Because of our limited resources we needed a free plugin. After trying a few options, all of which required upgrading to a paid version to satisfy our basic requirements, we found Real Testimonials. This is a really excellent plugin and the range of features is much more extensive than we expected. Being the free version we did not expect much in the way of support but Shaped Plugin - and in particular Pulak - went above and beyond to help us set up the plugin to suit our requirements. An excellent product and an excellent company. Highly recommended. Thanks guys.
mishopeto -
Easy and useful
simple plugin, easy to set and very useful.
netviator -
Works well
Works like a charm.
abldigital -
OK
This plugin does what it should do.
rondo48 -
Wonderful Plugin!
I found this plugin very easy to use and easy to install. Great job and thank you!
jencoleman111 -
Not Plug-N-Play
Because there are so many developers who do not consider user workflow or just blatantly misrepresent their plugins capabilities I judge a plugin based on what I have to do to make it work. this plugin requires multiple tutorials. So i can not validate what it does or does not do because anything that requires that much guidance was not built for the audience its being delivered to. This is a review plugin. It should be a one click install and attach it to everything on the site with a toggle slider to turn it on/off per site owners requirements. the actual features should be nothing more than text fields to fill in. Why those type of parameters would require multiple tutorials is exactly why this is an unknown plugin without much of a following.
JIGSAW
Download and install history
29,133 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
Where Real Testimonials ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Real Testimonials appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Social Proof Plugins | #3 by tag, #21 in search | #5 | – |
| Best Review Plugins | #26 in search, not tagged | #62 | ▼3 |
| Best Slider Plugins | #40 in search, not tagged | #79 | ▼17 |
Real Testimonials alternatives
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Details
A Customizable Testimonial plugin to Automate Collecting, Filtering, and Publishing Customer Reviews. Testimonial Slider, Grid & More to Grow Sales
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- review form
- social proof
- testimonial slider
- testimonials
- video testimonials
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- Version
- 4.0.0
- Last updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- First published
- Jun 21, 2016
- Requires WordPress
- 6.3
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free, paid version available
Real Testimonials FAQ
What does Real Testimonials do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Real Testimonials offers Build Multiple Testimonial Forms, Collect, Filter, and Publish Testimonials, Create and Manage Testimonial Showcases, Fully Responsive and Mobile-friendly and Easy To Use – No Coding Required.
How many active installs does Real Testimonials have?
WordPress.org reports 40,000+ active installs for Real Testimonials as of October 22, 2026.
Is Real Testimonials still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on September 4, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Does Real Testimonials have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 2 of 2 recent support threads for Real Testimonials are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Real Testimonials free?
Real Testimonials is free to install from WordPress.org. The developer lists it as commercial, so a paid version or paid add-ons exist.
Where does Real Testimonials rank among Social Proof Plugins?
Real Testimonials is #5 in the WordPress.org "social-proof" ranking as of today.