{"id":977,"date":"2019-06-11T06:32:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T06:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=977"},"modified":"2019-08-30T11:34:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T11:34:25","slug":"how-to-get-star-ratings-in-the-google-search-results","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/article\/how-to-get-star-ratings-in-the-google-search-results\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get Star Ratings in the Google Search Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this article, we will show you how to add rich snippet star rating review which is also known as this rich snippet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are three ways to display Star Ratings in Google Search Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. <\/strong>Show Business Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. <\/strong>Manually<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 a)<\/strong> Manually Add Star Rating<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0 \u00a0b)<\/strong> Aggregate Ratings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. <\/strong>Third-Party Compatibility<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. <\/strong>\nShow Business Reviews<\/mark> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fetch your business reviews from any platform and making them visible in the Search Engine has never been easier!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Review for Schema helps you to fetch reviews from 75+ platforms<\/strong> with a single click<\/strong> with proper structured data so you can get the stars in your search engine rankings. It also works for the AMP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How it works in 4 simple steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Select your platform<\/li>
  2. Fetch your reviews<\/li>
  3. Use a shortcode or a widget to show them.<\/li>
  4. Reviews will be visible the next time Google crawls and indexes the page.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    2. <\/strong> Manually<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    a) Manually Add Star Rating :<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    If you are not using those Star Rating plugins then you have to manually set the ratings by following the below instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In this section, you can manually add reviews for this follow the below steps.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You will find this option in WordPress Dashboard<\/strong> ->  Structured Data<\/strong> -> Reviews<\/strong> -> click on Add Review like<\/strong> below the screenshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    How to add in shortCode on Posts\/Pages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    First copy the shortcode for this go to the WordPress Dashboar<\/strong>d -> Structured Data<\/strong> -> Reviews<\/strong> -> Copy the shortcode like below the screenshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Go to WordPress dashboard<\/strong> -> Pages<\/strong> -> Add New<\/strong> -> paste shortcode in visual editor box and then click on the \u201cPublish<\/strong>\u201d button<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The Output of Star Rating <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    b) <\/strong>Aggregate Ratings <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    \n\nIf you are not using those Star Rating plugins then you have to manually set the ratings by following the below instructions.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/strong>First go to\u00a0WordPress dashboard<\/strong>\u00a0->\u00a0Structured Data<\/strong>\u00a0->\u00a0Schema Types<\/strong>\u00a0-> click on\u00a0Add schema Type<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1.<\/strong> Supported schema type you will get below fields<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    2. Aggregate Rating: <\/strong>Check this option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. Rating:<\/strong> A rating is an evaluation on a numeric scale, such as 1 to 5 stars in this field you need to enter Rating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The output of the Aggregate Rating<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    In the source code, JSON schema markup will be added like below the screenshot.<\/strong>
    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    After that, you need to check the schema whether it\u2019s validated<\/strong> or showing error<\/strong> in the Structure data testing tool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Structure data testing tool:\u00a0https:\/\/search.google.com\/structured-data\/testing-tool<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. <\/strong>\nThird-Party Compatibility<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    We are currently compatibility with these two plugins – KK Star Ratings<\/a> and WP-PostRatings<\/a>. You can use it by just enabling the option in Schema and Structure plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That\u2019s it for this tutorial!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We hope it helped you. If you have any feedback or questions or do you want us to create compatibility for any other schema type which isn\u2019t listed in our plugin then you can request us we will surely implement it as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Just contact us here<\/a> and we are always available for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In this article, we will show you how to add rich snippet star rating review which is also known as this rich snippet There are three ways to display Star Ratings in Google Search Results: 1. Show Business Reviews 2. Manually \u00a0 \u00a0 a) Manually Add Star Rating \u00a0 \u00a0b)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[3],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-977","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-how-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1409,"href":"https:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/977\/revisions\/1409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=977"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/structured-data-for-wp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}