Hello,
you may have come here from our other post, which now redirects to this one. With this plugin, we had the goal, to create a simple, yet powerful plugin to showcase Reviews. Free, reliable, and safely.
We were deeply annoyed by all the Freemium-Versions of Review Plugins for WordPress, and especially their old coding, when we basically just needed a small, simple Plugin structure. So we made it ourself with the Help of Perplexity Pro.
IMPORTANT: In Version 4.0.15 we fixed multiple issues, including Security Vulnerabilities. Please download the Plugin from HERE.
You can download Version 4.0.15 Enhanced (June 13th 2026) here for free.
To use this plugin, just download and install on your WordPress Installation. What this Plugin does:
- Adds meta boxes in the Post Editing Screen
- Fills the data into a shortcode, that appends the review to the end of the post
- Uses an intelligent filter to detect the SKUs structur (ISBN, ISBN-13, etc.)
- The Review Bar is colored, based on your rating. From 0 to 30 red, 31 to 50 orange, 51 to 75 yellow, 76 to 100 green.
- Create a Rich Snippet Schema Output
- Display multiple criteria for your review (f.ex. product design, ingredients, etc.) and rate each one
- Mathematically outputs the correct rating based on all criteria rating
- Uses the featured image as the display image
- Uses the post excerpt as the description
- Adds additional user information for Google
- Checkbox to disable the plugin on a per-post basis
To use on posts:
Fill the following fields on your Post Edit Screen:
Value: Rating in % (0-100)
Price: Accepts , and . / All currencies available
Brand: Add the Name of the Brand
SKU/EAN/IBAN: Enter the barcode



If everything is filled in, on your frontend it will show a valid schema output for a Review.
Output (Post Example):
<script type="application/ld+json">{
"@context": "https:\/\/schema.org\/",
"@type": "Product",
"name": "Bulldog Original Bambus Rasierer",
"description": "5-Klingen Nassrasierer von Bulldog Skincare mit Handstück aus nachhaltigem Bambus.",
"url": "https:\/\/www.gooloo.de\/2024\/02\/bulldog-original-bambus-rasierer.html",
"review": {
"@type": "Review",
"author": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "gooloo.de"
},
"datePublished": "2024-02-06",
"reviewRating": {
"@type": "Rating",
"ratingValue": 7,
"bestRating": 100,
"worstRating": 0
}
},
"aggregateRating": {
"@type": "AggregateRating",
"ratingValue": 7,
"bestRating": 100,
"worstRating": 0,
"ratingCount": 1
},
"offers": {
"@type": "Offer",
"url": "https:\/\/www.gooloo.de\/2024\/02\/bulldog-original-bambus-rasierer.html",
"price": 8.99,
"priceCurrency": "EUR",
"availability": "https:\/\/schema.org\/InStock"
},
"image": [
"https:\/\/www.gooloo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cropped-gooloo_g_font-jost.webp"
],
"brand": {
"@type": "Brand",
"name": "Bulldog Skincare"
},
"sku": "5060144646347"
}</script>Changelog – Review Bar Plugin Enhanced
New
- Custom CSS / Wrapper Settings: A new input field under the visual settings allows you to add custom CSS (such as
margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 1200px;for perfect centering of the content).
Optimized
- Font-Family Integration: The hard-coded font assignment has been replaced by
font-family: inherit. The review bar now automatically inherits the typographic design of your active theme layout. - Input security: The new Custom CSS field automatically filters and sanitizes all style directives using
wp_strip_all_tags()to prevent XSS vulnerabilities.
Fixed
- Duplicate plugin installations resolved: We have fixed an issue where WordPress created two instances of the plugin when uploading new versions. All internal URLs, slugs, and file headers now consistently point to the standardized path
gooloo-review-bar-enhanced/gooloo-review-bar-enhanced.php.
- Added: The Plugin now has a "disable" function in the post editor. If you want to disable it's functionality per post, simply click "Disable" on the Post Editor.
- Fixed: Some functionalities we're deactivated through the development of this version. All these issues were fixed in 4.0.14.
- Backwards Compability: All Reviews in the past will stay visible. This function applies only to new post, the "Enabled" is set by default.
- Emergency Fix. Version 4.0.7 created a critical error in the Post Editor. This update fixes the issue.
- Price display formatting and saving correctly in database as double digits after comma.
- Frontend price formatting.
- Database price handling.
- Fixed: Price formatting (27.90 instead of 27.9).
- Fixed: Empty settings on first install.
- Improved: Better data handling.
A critical error occured in merchant rich snippets/Google Search Console due to an wrong array in fetching images. This was now fixed.
- Fix: Review value Field was not editable, when standard categorizes were set but then deleted in a single post.
- Updated: Plugin Information
- First automatic Update
Added
- Schema.org JSON-LD Output: Full Product + Review + AggregateRating structured data.
- Schema includes: Product name, description, URL, image, brand, SKU, price, currency, availability, and review rating.
- Automatic schema generation on single post pages via de>wp_head hook at priority 99.
Fixed
- Schema.org markup was completely missing in v4.0.0-4.0.2, now fully restored.
- Structured data now includes proper currency handling with support for 100+ currencies.
Added
- Complete Plugin Rewrite: Migration to WordPress post meta system.
- Block Editor (Gutenberg) native support.
- Multi-currency system (100+ currencies).
Changed
- Database Structure: Posts now use de>wp_postmeta.
- Admin interface completely redesigned.
Shortcodes
This plugin supports a Toplist-Shortcode to display products or reviews based on price-scale and rating.
How to use
Add this shortcode anywhere in your post:
[reviewbar value="0-100" price="0-100"]
- value: The review rating (0 to 100).
- price: Adds a limit to the price span.
Updates
This Plugin supports automatic updates directly from our server.
You will see a new update available in your WordPress Dashboard or in the Plugins list, once an update has been rolled out.
Licenses
This Plugin was made with artificial intelligence powered by Perplexity AI.
You can use this Plugin under the GPL V2+ License.
Support
If you have any issues, please detail as much information as possible and send it to:
Note: This plugin is absolutely free. We will only push updates of outmost importance (security/critical errors).
Installation
- Download the plugin from our official site.
- Go to Plugins > Install Plugins in your WordPress Dashboard.
- Upload the de>.zip File.
Alternative: Install the unzipped folder to /wp-content/plugins via FTP.

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