Implement star ratings on category page

[retired_member33]

Hi,

As you all know, Google has started to show customer reviews in the serps by using star ratings.

I am now trying to implement this on my Wordpress site which uses a category page as a store name or a brand.

There are plenty of plugins out there which allow you to add star ratings to posts and pages but I am trying to add star ratings to a category page/archive.

Does anyone know how I can implement a star rating form which is shown in the serps on a Wordpress category page.

I am willing to pay the person who can do this for me.

 

[dta]

if you look at the plugins that provide this, don't they have a wp shortcode you could just drop into the category page template?

 

[retired_member33]

They have shortcodes I think but I am unsure whether I can use that in the code of a page.

Arent shortcodes only for pages and posts?

 

[fresh79]

They have shortcodes I think but I am unsure whether I can use that in the code of a page.

Arent shortcodes only for pages and posts?

GD star ratings does this & you can check the results of microformats here to see if you did it right. if not use this guide to check it & fix errors

if you want to use shortcode in a theme use this

<?php echo do_shortcode ('[your_short_code]') ;?>

Enjoy

Edit - just read you OP, im not sure if it will work in categories? best to try it, its fairly quick to implement.

 

[retired_member33]

Thanks guys,

Trying a couple of things at the moment, no luck so far

 

[dta]

what theme are you using? if its thesis or another with hooks you can easily add a custom hook to include the categories.

failing that the alternative is to find the template php for your theme and add the php code

 

[retired_member33]

I am using the couponpress theme, have tried a few more options but no luck so far

 

[dta]

you need to do some logic like:
check if its a category i.e. use is_category()
and then echo the shortcode or just call the rating plugin function directly.

hope that helps. Failing that, I suggest to save you time and money, contacting the owners of the theme and asking them where you should add logic to include custom content on just the category page.

 

[retired_member33]

Thanks for that! Going to contact them in a bit and see whats possible.

Who would have thought that something as simple as this would be such a pain in the backside

 

[fresh79]

Looks like GD star can be used for categories, check this blog post out from the gd star website.

 

[retired_member33]

Looks like GD star can be used for categories, check this blog post out from the gd star website.

Read that last night but the more I read the more confused I got

He mentions a post which explains the workings of the plugin and categories further but can't find it anywhere.

 

[AssetDomains]

Hi,

As you all know, Google has started to show customer reviews in the serps by using star ratings.

I am now trying to implement this on my Wordpress site which uses a category page as a store name or a brand.

There are plenty of plugins out there which allow you to add star ratings to posts and pages but I am trying to add star ratings to a category page/archive.

Does anyone know how I can implement a star rating form which is shown in the serps on a Wordpress category page.

I am willing to pay the person who can do this for me.

Assuming each category is going to have a little description theirs a couple of things you could try.
If your plugin allows page ratings then custom pages could be used. With modded template page to display stuff from any category. Thinking about it this is the easiest option I'll do it for a few beers.