Real Testimonials – Testimonial Slider, Collect Customer Reviews and Video Testimonials

• Build Multiple Testimonial Forms
• Collect, Filter, and Publish Testimonials
• Create and Manage Testimonial Showcases
• Build with AI – Describe a layout and get a ready testimonial block
• 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.
• Enable/Disable autoplay & control speed.
• Pause the slider on hover.
• Infinite loop for the slider.
• Control Columns, Rows, and Spacing
• Show/hide navigation arrows & pagination dots.
• Control slider pagination speed.
• Star rating system.
• Show/hide section title.
• Show/hide testimonial title or tagline.
• Show/hide testimonial content or review message.
• Show/hide reviewer name.
• Show/hide star rating.
• Show/hide reviewer identity or position.
• Show/hide testimonial image.
• Set testimonial/reviewer image size.
• Unlimited color options for every field.
• Multiple testimonial sliders or showcases (supports more than one slider per page).
• Unique settings for each testimonial slider.
• Control the number of testimonial columns on different devices.
• Testimonials order & order by.
• Enable/Disable adaptive height for testimonials slider.
• Touch, swipe, or tap on iOS, Android, and any other touch devices.
• Enable/Disable mouse drag.
• Easy to customize and developer-friendly.
• Ready for translation with WPML, Polylang, qTranslate-x, etc.
• Widget & RTL ready.
• Compatible with any theme.
• Schema.org compliant JSON-LD markup & optimized for speed.
• Easily Import and Export Testimonials (CSV).
• Supports all modern browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, etc.
• And many more options.

• Testimonial Slider — A classic slider showcase with autoplay, navigation arrows, pagination dots, and adaptive height.
• Testimonial Carousel — A multi-column carousel with per-device columns, slide-to-scroll, column gap, and infinite loop.
• Testimonial Grid — A responsive grid layout with device-wise column control, ordering, and pagination.
• Testimonial List — A clean list layout with the reviewer image beside each testimonial.
• Testimonial Group — A parent block that holds child blocks and renders them as one combined showcase.
• AJAX Pagination — A child block that adds AJAX-powered pagination to a parent showcase without page reloads.
• Testimonial Submission Form — A native front-end review form with configurable fields, photo upload, AJAX submit, and moderation (pending, hold as private, or draft).
• Testimonial Shortcode — Place any existing testimonial view (shortcode) directly as a block.
• Testimonial Form Shortcode — Place an existing collection form shortcode as a block.

• Overview — A personalized welcome screen plus a Placements table showing where every block, view, form and saved template is used.
• Settings — All plugin settings in one place, including AI Configuration and Custom CSS/JS with a built-in code editor.
• Block Visibility — Enable or disable individual blocks site-wide with one click.
• Saved Templates — Save any showcase you build as a reusable template and insert it anywhere.
• Ready Patterns — A library of pre-built testimonial patterns; preview and insert with one click.
• Import/Export — Export testimonials to CSV and import them back, or move them between sites.
• SEO Schema Markup — Schema.org compliant JSON-LD markup for testimonials to support rich results.

• Elementor
• Divi 4 & Divi 5 (native Divi 5 module)
• WPBakery Page Builder
• Beaver Builder
• Bricks Builder
• Oxygen Builder

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• PHP 7.4 or later
• MySQL 5.6 or later
• WordPress 6.3 or later

• Download testimonial-free.zip
• Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
• Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
• Select testimonial-free.zip from your computer
• Click ‘Install Now’
• Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

• Download testimonial-free.zip
• Extract the testimonial-free directory to your computer
• Upload the testimonial-free directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
• Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

• Fixed: Exported CSV cells that spreadsheet apps could run as formulas.
• Fixed: Commas, quotes, and line breaks in testimonial fields breaking the exported CSV columns.
• Fixed: PHP 8.1+ deprecation notice on the dashboard Help page.

• Fixed: Security hardening for front-end testimonial submissions, reviewer photo uploads and testimonial output.
• Improved: Stricter permission checks for testimonial, view, form and saved template content.

• New: Build with AI module turns a prompt into a ready Testimonial Carousel, Slider, Grid, List or Submission Form.
• New: Refine with AI option to refine testimonial blocks smartly.
• New: Testimonial List block.
• New: AI Configuration settings tab for Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic and Groq, with key verification and a primary provider.
• New: Testimonial Placements table on the Overview page showing where each block, view, form and saved template is used.
• New: Contribute to Real Testimonials toggle under Settings → Advanced Controls.
• New: All twelve navigation arrow styles are now available in the Testimonial Carousel block.
• Improved: The Saved Templates page has been redesigned with search, pagination, block type and shortcode columns.
• Improved: AI provider keys are masked on the settings page.
• Improved: The Ready Patterns library now always shows its filter sidebar.
• Fixed: Selecting specific testimonials ignored the block's per-page and pagination settings.
• Fixed: Submitted testimonials without a title showed the reviewer's name as the title.
• Fixed: Submit button alignment on the Testimonial Submission Form block.
• Fixed: Block carousels broke layout on RTL sites and autoplay stopped after a swipe.
• Fixed: Non-looping RTL autoplay carousels now start from the correct slide.
• Fixed: Incorrect data in the Lite vs Pro comparison table.
• Updated: Swiper library to version 12.2.0.
• Tested: WordPress 7.1 compatibility.

• New: Testimonial Slider block
• New: Testimonial Carousel block
• New: Testimonial Grid block
• New: Testimonial Group block
• New: Testimonial Submission Form block (AJAX submit, photo upload, moderation)
• New: AJAX Pagination block
• New: Completely redesigned React-powered dashboard with a new Quick Start page, personalized welcome screen, and Ready Patterns library.
• New: Block visibility manager with parent/child grouping.
• New: Saved Templates feature to use blocks anywhere on the website using a shortcode.
• New: 225+ (Free + Pro) Ready Patterns library for testimonial showcases and forms.
• New: Page builder integrations for Divi 5, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Bricks, Oxygen, and WPBakery.
• New: SEO Schema Markup module.
• Improved: Both classic shortcode blocks enhanced.
• Improved: Demos, documentation, and footer links updated
• Improved: Export/import feature moved to the Dashboard Tools page.
• Improved: Custom CSS/JS editor switched from Monaco to CodeMirror.
• Updated: Plugin minimum required WP version set to 6.3.
• Updated: Plugin minimum required PHP version set to 7.4.
• Updated: Language (.pot) file
• Tested: WordPress 7.1 compatibility

• Fixed: The testimonial blocks not working in the WordPress 7.1 iframed editor canvas.
• Improved: Block asset loading for iframe canvas compatibility.
• Improved: Block initialization for cross-window execution context.
• Tested: WordPress 7.1 compatibility.

• Improved: Enhanced security for unserialization, disallowing any classes.
• Improved: Hardened plugin security with proper capability checks.
• Improved: Code readability has been improved.

• Improved: The focus style for plugin option.
• Fix: Few WPCS-related warnings.

• Improved: Admin UI styling has been improved.
• Improved: Code maintainability has been improved.
• Tested: WordPress 7.0 compatibility.

• Improved: Plugin detection logic optimized.
• Improved: Code maintainability improved.
• Tested: WordPress 6.9.4 compatibility.

• Improved: Standardized singleton instance property naming.
• Improved: Code readability and maintainability improved.
• Improved: Plugin detection logic optimized for better clarity and reliability.

• Tested: WordPress 6.9 compatibility.

• New: A New Testimonial Theme added.
• New: The Slider Navigation: Top Right option.
• New: The Slider Pagination: Dynamic option.
• New: A new rating icon has been added.
• Improved: The plugin's options are enhanced to make it more user-friendly.

• Improved: The plugin setting page tab icons.
• Updated: The language(.pot) file.
• Fix: The warning was found rarely in the testimonial grid pagination section.
• Tested: WordPress 6.8.1 compatibility.

• Fix: The mismatched text domain issue.
• Fix: The help page recommended plugins logo URL not found issue.
• Tested: WordPress 6.8 compatibility.

• Improved: The plugin security has improved.
• Fix: The shortcode select option gap issue was found in the gutenberg block.

• Improved: The grid number pagination has been improved.
• Fix: The schema warning was found when the limited testimonials were shown in the show.
• Fix: The 404 issue for the recommended plugin's logo URL.
• Tested: WordPress 6.7.1 compatibility.

• Fix: The plugin style issue for RTL sites.

• Tested: WordPress 6.7 compatibility.

• Fix: A few strings were not translatable.
• Fix: The PHP 7.2 compatibility issue.
• Fix: The Elementor swiper CSS conflict issue.
• Updated: The language (.pot) file.
• Tested: WordPress 6.6.2 compatibility.

• New: The Rating Star Fill Color and Empty Color option.
• New: The Gap between Rating Stars option.
• New: The Rating Star Font Size option.
• Improved: The plugin backend options have been enhanced.
• Improved: The Layout Preset option was placed at the top of the manage view page.
• Improved: The Carousel Style was placed after the Layout Preset option.
• Improved: The How To Use Shortcode section moved to the right side of the page.
• Improved: The rating options were moved to a sub-section called Star Rating.
• Improved: The Swipe to Slide option was renamed to the MouseWheel option.
• Fix: The testimonial date issue in the case of export-import testimonials.
• Fix: The grid layout item padding issue when the border is used.

• New: Testimonial Form Block feature.
• Updated: The language (.pot) file.
• Tested: WordPress 6.6.1 compatibility.

• New: The CSV import and export feature to import or export testimonials.
• New: The Form Live Preview feature to check the testimonial form design before using it on any pages or posts.
• New: The Form Width option to increase or decrease the width of the testimonial form.
• Improved: The style of Testimonial Form options and Testimonial View options.
• Improved: The Testimonial Export Import feature.
• Updated: The language (.pot) file.
• Fix: When the admin selects based on star rating/auto publish status in the form settings, the submitted testimonial was not shown in the testimonial list.
• Fix: The demo link issue.
• Tested: WordPress 6.5.2 compatibility.

• New: The Carousel Layout feature.
• New: The Testimonial Form feature with fields for Full Name, Email Address, Designation, Testimonial Title, Content, Reviewer Photo, and Submit Button.
• New: Three types of Testimonial Status of Form.
• New: The Form Label Color, Input Fields Border, Background Color, and Border-Radius options.
• New: Form Background Color and border options.
• New: Testimonial Image Background option.
• New: Testimonial Image Padding option.
• New: Testimonial Image Border option.
• New: Testimonial Image Box Shadow (Inset, Outset) option.
• New: The Custom JS option.
• New: A function 'sp_testimonial( x )' was added to show testimonials using template files.
• Improved: The Image Settings tab and its options were moved inside the Display Settings Tab.
• Improved: The Plugin UI and UX were hugely reorganized and optimized to make it more user-friendly.
• Improved: The Space Between Testimonials option was moved to the General Settings Tab.
• Improved: The Grid Pagination options are moved to the bottom of the General Settings tab.
• Improved: The 'Slider Controls' tab was renamed 'Slider Settings.'
• Improved: The Display Setting tab options were reorganized into nested tabs.
• Improved: The options for the Carousel Setting tab were reorganized into nested tabs.
• Improved: The Hide on Mobile option for carousel/slider navigation and pagination was separated from the Navigation and Pagination options, respectively.
• Improved: The Help Page has been redesigned to make it more user-friendly.
• Updated: The language (.pot) file.
• Fix: The grid limit issue when pagination was enabled.

• Fix: The warning was found when the plugin was activated via the WP-CLI command.
• Tested: WordPress 6.5 compatibility.

• Fix: Few PHPCS warnings with PHP8.2.
• Tested: WordPress 6.4.1 compatibility.

• Fix: Multiple p or br tags are not working in testimonial content.
• Tested: WordPress 6.3 compatibility.

• Fix: The rating star does not show perfectly along with the Storefront theme.
• Fix: The plugin translation issue.
• Updated: Minimum required version of WordPress for the plugin.
• Tested: WordPress 6.2.2 compatibility.

• Improved: The import feature with animation.
• Fix: The deprecated warning found in import testimonials.

• Fix: The Elementor block icon gets modified by other plugin icons.
• Tested: WordPress 6.2 compatibility.

• Improved: The default background is set to transparent for the theme one layout.
• Fix: The offset warning for carousel layout after the last update.

• Fix: The offset warning for grid layout after the last update.

• New: The Margin Between Testimonials option.
• New: The Border and Border Radius option.
• New: Background option.
• Fix: Plugin style in plugin admin panel does not apply after updating until meta refresh.

• New: The Grid Layout feature
• New: The alignment, color, background color, and border color options of grid pagination.
• Improved: Plugin security improved.
• Fix: Extra margin of the carousel in mobile view when the navigation is hidden in mobile.
• Removed: The deprecated 'testimonial-free' shortcode has been removed.

• Tested: WordPress 6.1.1 compatibility.

• Improved: Load dynamic style according to the shortcode on the page.

• New: The Free mode of the Slider layout.
• Fix: The AutoPlay doesn't work on mobile.

• Fix: Few Deprecated JS warnings on the plugin admin page.

• Improved: Migrated to Swiper from Slick.js for Carousel/Slider.
• Fix: The Dequeue options of Advanced Settings do not work along with the Elementor Plugin.

• Fix: The premium page warnings.
• Fix: CSL issue.
• Fix: The RTL direction issue.

• Tested: WordPress 6.0 compatibility.
• Fix: Deprecated warning of the Elementor block.
• Fix: Image height is distorted with Twenty Twenty-Two.

• Fix: Some assets of the Real Testimonial admin panel are not loaded properly on a few websites, as the hosting directory is different.

• New: Elementor addon to insert the shortcode for preview.
• New: A hook 'sp_wp_tabs_allow_import_tags' added to modify import option filter.
• Improved: SVG preloading icon has been added as a preloader image.
• Improved: The existing images, SVGs in the plugin, are optimized.
• Fix: The custom class field of the Gutenberg block of Real Testimonial does not work.
• Removed: Unused images from the plugin.
• Removed: The TinyMCE button from the classic editor.

• New: Gutenberg Block has been added to insert the shortcode.

• Fix: Video embedding in testimonial content issue.
• Removed: Setting menu link from admin tap bar.

• New: The template modification feature has been added.
• New: Preloader image's alt tag added.
• Improved: Schema markup improved.
• Fix: Testimonial icon was not shown in the review notice.
• Fix: Testimonial importing issue.
• Fix: An undefined variable warning ($review) when Review Notice has been dismissed.
• Fix: Extra padding removed for the mobile view when the navigation 'hide in mobile' option is set.
• Fix: Large-sized image loading issue at the 'All Testimonials' page.

• Tested: WordPress 5.9 compatibility.

• Improved: Settings page with a new layout.
• Improved: Code improved.
• Improved: The export-import option has improved.
• Fix: Image width with the twenty-twenty-one theme issue.
• Fix: Carousel navigation accessibility issue.
• Fix: Some minor issues.

• New: New video tutorial added.

• Fix: Blank space on the right side.

• New: Plugin name changed to 'Real Testimonials'.
• Fix: Schema markup issue.
• Improved: Shortcode live preview.

• Fix: Section title color issue.
• Improved: Shortcode settings panel.

• Fix: JS error on single testimonial issue.

• New: Live Preview option.
• Fix: A Few cases of sites, different plugin_dir issues.
• Fix: Adaptive height issue in carousel layout when multi-column(s) are used.
• Fix: Accessibility issues.
• Fix: Several minor issues.
• Improved: Shortcode settings panel text.

• Improved: Plugin security.
• Removed: Unused code.

• Fix: Schema markup undefined issue.

• Fix: Rating value undefined issue.

• New: HTML Tag for the reviewer's full name.
• Fix: Minor tweaking.

• Updated: Theme design typo updated.

• New: Export and import options.

• Fix: AutoPlay dependency with pause on hover.
• Improved: Pagination speed value navigation.
• Improved: Spinner field design.

• Fix: Review image issue.
• Fix: Backend shortcode select responsive issue.
• Fix: Help tooltip text alignment issue.
• Improved: Shortcode area redesigned.
• Improved: Dynamic version added for admin script & style.

• Fix: Reviewer name formatting issue.

• New: Shortcode onClick copy option.
• New: Testimonial title HTML tag change option.
• Improved: Dashboard Generator Settings panel.
• Improved: Settings page.
• Improved: Help page.
• Fix: Slider blurry issue.
• Fix: Free to Pro upgrading compatibility issue.

• New: Preloader option.
• New: Clean up data on plugin deletion option.
• New: FontAwesome enqueue/dequeue option.
• New: Slick enqueue/dequeue option.
• New: Menu settings.
• Fix: Image column height and width issue in the All Testimonials page.
• Fix: Number field control issue.
• Improved: Dashboard Settings panel.

• Fix: Slider navigation style issue.
• Fix: WordPress 5.6 compatible issue.

• Fix: Responsive column(s) issue.

• Fix: Testimonial image hide issue.

• New: Swipe to slide option.
• New: Slider direction option.
• New: Testimonial image show/hide option.
• New: Testimonial image size option.
• Improved: Admin scripts loading scope.

• Fix: Schema markup issue.

• Fix: WordPress 5.5 compatible issue.

• Fix: Polylang compatibility issue.

• Fix: Undefined variable notices issue.

• Fix: Security issue. (This vulnerability was discovered by Vishnupriya Ilango of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.)

• New: Settings page added.
• New: Custom CSS option.
• New: Schema markup enable/disable option.
• Fix: Schema markup issue on Google Search Console.
• Improved: Client name HTML tag.

• Fix: Pause on hover on/off issue.
• Fix: Slider infinite on/off issue.
• Fix: Slider adaptive height on/off issue.
• Fix: Slider swipe on/off issue.
• Fix: Slider draggable on/off issue.
• Fix: RTL mode on/off issue.

• Improved: Dashboard UI.
• Fix: WordPress 5.3.1 compatible issue.

• Fix: WordPress 5.2.1 compatible issue.

• Fix: WPGlobus plugin compatibility issue.

• New: Adaptive height option.
• Improved: Slider script.

• Fix: Languages path issue.

• Fix: Illegal string warning.
• Fix: Google crawling issue.

• Shortcode Generator
• Star Rating
• Section Title
• Testimonial Title or Tagline
• Unlimited color options for every field.
• Show/hide every field.
• RTL Supported
• Improved Admin Dashboard UI

• AutoPlay on/off

• Translation issue fixed

• Fixed sanitize issue
• Default constant replaced

• Removed view link
• Removed attribute "id"
• Added shortcode in the back-end

• Navigation CSS issue fixed

• Navigation issue fixed

• First Release