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Word Press: is there a good Testimonials plugin?
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:11 am
by simonmlewis
I need a plugin on WordPress that allows the user to enter their testimonials, ie:
web site
date
name
comment
That sort of thing, and then a widget that means it can be shown at random.
I've seen lots of Testimonial's widgets, but none that seem to allow a form for the customer to actually put in their comment!!!
Obviously it would need some moderation.
Re: Word Press: is there a good Testimonials plugin?
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 6:36 am
by Celauran
I did a quick Google and they do look to be mostly lacking. More specifically, they seem to offer some features for free and others, including testimonial submission, in their premium versions. This wouldn't be terribly difficult to write yourself, though. One custom post type, one widget, one form, and you're mostly done.
Re: Word Press: is there a good Testimonials plugin?
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 6:53 am
by simonmlewis
a custom post page yes, I could do that easily. The custom form plugins make that pretty straight forward, but I wouldn't know how to make them insert into the database.
Are there any good "form plugins" that you tell it what form fields you need and then it auto creates?
Re: Word Press: is there a good Testimonials plugin?
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:11 am
by Celauran
Re: Word Press: is there a good Testimonials plugin?
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:25 am
by simonmlewis
Contact Form 7 seems a good idea. So you take the testimonials via email, and then punch them into the Testimonials system yourself.
But, the damn form is a pain. One min it works, then you add a Radio button segments, like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.... and that brings up
"Failed to send your message. Please try later or contact the administrator by another method.".
If I then remove it, reload page CTRL + R, it still fails.
Re: Word Press: is there a good Testimonials plugin?
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:36 am
by simonmlewis
Here is the cause:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plu ... inistrator
It thinks, because I am asking them to name the web site, it's referring to it as spam.
So how do I stop it thinking a field that is "web-site", is spam??