{"id":78847,"date":"2026-05-10T16:57:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themefic.com\/reviewfic\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=78847"},"modified":"2026-05-10T16:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:59:23","password":"","slug":"live-reviews","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/themefic.com\/reviewfic\/docs\/reviewfic-docs\/live-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Live Reviews fetch and display reviews directly from external platforms using their APIs. Reviews are cached for 12 hours automatically.<\/p>\n<h4>Setting Up API Keys<\/h4>\n<p>Go to Reviewfic &gt; Live Reviews and enter your API credentials.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot: Live Reviews admin page showing the API key fields for Google and Yelp<\/p>\n<h4>a. Google Places<\/h4>\n<p>Display live reviews from Google for any business listed on Google Maps. Google returns up to 5 reviews per request.<\/p>\n<h4>Getting a Google Places API Key<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to console.cloud.google.com and create or select a project.<\/li>\n<li>Enable the Places API.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Credentials &gt; Create Credentials &gt; API Key.<\/li>\n<li>Copy the key and paste it into Reviewfic &gt; Live Reviews &gt; Google Places API Key.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Screenshot: Google Cloud Console showing the Places API enabled and an API key created<\/p>\n<h4>Finding Your Place ID<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit the Place ID Finder tool at developers.google.com\/maps\/documentation\/javascript\/examples\/places-placeid-finder.<\/li>\n<li>Search for your business name and location.<\/li>\n<li>Copy the Place ID shown below the map (format: ChIJ&#8230;).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Screenshot: Place ID Finder tool showing a search result with the Place ID highlighted<\/p>\n<h4>Using the Shortcode<\/h4>\n<p class=\"rwf-live-error\">Google Places API key is not configured. Go to Reviewfic \u2192 Live Reviews to add it.<\/p>\n<table width=\"903\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\">\n<thead>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td bgcolor=\"#0e9f6e\" width=\"263\">Attribute<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#0e9f6e\" width=\"164\">Default<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#0e9f6e\" width=\"426\">Description<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"263\">place_id<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"164\">(required)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"426\">Your Google Place ID<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"263\">max<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"164\">5<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"426\">Number of reviews to show (1-5, Google&#8217;s limit)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"263\">columns<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"164\">3<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"426\">Number of columns (1-4)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"263\">template<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"164\">1<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"426\">Card template (1-5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"263\">slider<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"164\">no<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"426\">Enable slider mode (yes \/ no)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"263\">show_avatar<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"164\">yes<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"426\">Show reviewer profile photo (yes \/ no)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Screenshot: Live Google reviews displayed on the frontend using Template 1<\/p>\n<h4>b. Yelp Fusion<\/h4>\n<p>Display live reviews from Yelp. The free tier returns up to 3 reviews per request.<\/p>\n<h4>Getting a Yelp Fusion API Key<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to yelp.com\/developers and log in or create an account.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Manage App and create a new app.<\/li>\n<li>Copy the API Key and paste it into Reviewfic &gt; Live Reviews &gt; Yelp Fusion API Key.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Finding Your Business ID<\/h4>\n<p>Your Yelp Business ID is the slug at the end of your Yelp page URL.<\/p>\n<p>Tip: If your Yelp URL is yelp.com\/biz\/gary-danko-san-francisco, your Business ID is: gary-danko-san-francisco<\/p>\n<h4>Using the Shortcode<\/h4>\n<p class=\"rwf-live-error\">Yelp API key is not configured. 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