Coursecheck

The official Wordpress plugin for coursecheck.com training providers. By installing this plugin on your website prospective customers can see your most recent reviews, how many reviews you have, together with your average rating. Company rating You can display your overall company rating anywhere on your site using a widget or shortcode. To add a company rating to your sidebar navigate to Appearance > Widgets and add Coursecheck Widget to any widget area your theme supports. To achieve the same result using a shortcode: [coursecheck company_id=X] where X is your coursecheck CompanyID Course rating You can display a course specific rating anywhere on your site using a widget or shortcode. To add course rating to your sidebar navigate to Appearance > Widgets and add Coursecheck Widget to any widget area your theme supports. Then add the CourseID to a pages Coursecheck meta box (see screenshot below). To achieve the same result using a shortcode: [coursecheck course_id=y] where y is your coursecheck CourseID Recent reviews carousel/slider You can display a carousel of your recent reviews on any page or post using the following shortcode: [coursecheck_reviews company_id=X] where X is your Coursecheck CompanyID To show recent reviews for a specific course add the course_id attribute [coursecheck_reviews company_id=X course_id=Y] where X is your Coursecheck CompanyID and Y is one of your Coursecheck CourseIDs' To change the speed of the carousel simply add a speed attribute [coursecheck_reviews company_id=X speed=10] Slider speed set to 10 seconds Recent reviews list To add a list of recent reviews to your sidebar navigate to Appearance > Widgets and add Coursecheck Recent Reviews to any widget area your theme supports. To add a list of your recent reviews to any page or post, use the following shortcode: [coursecheck_reviews company_id=X display=list]\ where X is your Coursecheck CompanyID To show recent reviews for a specific course add the course_id attribute [coursecheck_reviews company_id=X display=list course_id=Y] where X is your Coursecheck CompanyID and Y is one of your Coursecheck CourseIDs' To limit the number of reviews displayed add the optional num_reviews attribute: [coursecheck_reviews company_id=X display=list num_reviews=4]\ where X is your Coursecheck CompanyID (the maximum number of reviews that can be displayed is 10) To display the list in a simple mobile friendly 2 column layout add the optional layout attribute: [coursecheck_reviews company_id=X display=list layout=columns]\ where X is your Coursecheck CompanyID Styling & Colors We have included simple styling based on the Coursecheck branding that should work for most websites, but you can change pretty much any of this using WordPress Customizer / Additional CSS. Demos and Examples For more help and demos please see our Coursecheck Plugin Demo website.

The simplest way to install the plugin is from your WordPress Dashboard. Navigate to Plugins > Add New, then use the search form in the top-right to search for Coursecheck. Click Install Now and once installed you need to Activate the plugin.

1.10.12 Release date: September 2024

• Tested to WP 6.6.2

1.10.11 Release date: August 2023

• Added course specific link to recent reviews

1.10.10 Release date: August 2023

• Tested to WP 6.3 and PHP 8.2.6

1.10.9 Release date: June 2023

• Tested to WP 6.2.2 and PHP 8.2.6

1.10.8 Release date: June 2023

• Tested to WP 6.2 and PHP 8.2

1.10.7 Release date: May 2022

• Fixed shortcode echo'ing to screen

1.10.6 Release date: May 2022

• Added wp_kses to html output as per plugin code review

1.10.5 Release date: May 2022

• Added sanitization and escaping as per plugin review

1.10.4 Release date: May 2022

• Tested plugin with Wordpress 6.0 RC2 running php 8.0.18

1.10.3 Release date: May 2022

• Tested plugin with Wordpress 5.9.3 running php 8.0.18

1.10.2 Release date: May 2022

• Tested plugin with Wordpress 5.9.3 running php 8.0.18

1.10.1 Release date: May 4th, 2021

• New: Added course specific calls to API allowing reviews carousel/lists to filter by course_id [coursecheck_reviews company_id=X course_id=y]
• New: Added simple responsive column layout option to recent reviews list [coursecheck_reviews company_id=X display=list layout=columns]
• New: Added course title to reviews list & carousel
• Tweak: Set reviews list link to more reviews target to open in new tab/window
• Tweak: Changed the way css/js is added to page to only load what is needed for shortcodes used

1.10.0 Release date: April 3rd, 2021

• New: Added speed attribute to the carousel shortcode
• Tweak: Changed more reviews link to open in new tab
• Tweak: Added css to stop user themes breaking our layout
• Tweak: Combined slick css files into a single file

1.9

• Update api feed character set encoding

1.8

• Change character set conversion of api feed to fix some broken characters

1.7

• Updated css to stop user theme css mucking up coursecheck styling

1.6

• Update readme

1.5

• Update readme
• Added extra screenshot for reviews widget

1.4

• Updated recent reviews carousel and list
• Added extra screenshot for reviews widget

1.3

• Tested with WordPress 5.7
• Tested with PHP 5.6 (NOT recommended!)

1.2

• Added recent reviews carousel and list

1.1

• Added course specific shortcode

1.0

• Initial release