Donmusa Review Showcase for Google

Donmusa Review Showcase for Google is a small, self-contained plugin that fetches your business reviews from the Google Places API (New) and displays them anywhere on your site.

This plugin is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google. It uses the official Google Places API to fetch publicly available review data.

Features

• Fetches live Google reviews via the official Places API (New)
• Smart transient caching (1 hour to 30 days) to keep API costs low
• Shortcode [dngr_reviews] with 8 configurable attributes
• Gutenberg block with live server-side preview
• Two layouts: list (1-3 columns) and slider (scroll-snap, touch-friendly)
• Schema.org JSON-LD output for SEO rich snippets
• Star ratings with half-star support
• Optional “Powered by Google” attribution (opt-in, default off)
• Translation-ready (i18n + .pot included)

Usage

[dngr_reviews limit=”6″ layout=”slider” columns=”3″ title=”What our customers say”]

External services

This plugin connects to the Google Places API (New) to fetch customer reviews.

What is sent

• Your Google API Key
• Your Google Place ID

No user data, no visitor IP addresses, no personal information from your site is ever sent to Google.

Service provider

• Google Places API (New)
• Service terms: https://developers.google.com/terms
• Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy