Product reviews in WooCommerce: switching them on, verified owners and moderation

The short answer: reviews give confidence to those who have not bought yet. In WooCommerce you switch them on with one setting, and you can require that only people who bought can review, which makes them more credible. The work is in moderation: approving, replying (to the bad ones too) and stopping spam.

The settings

Setting What it does
Enable product reviews Shows the “Reviews” tab on each product.
Show “verified owner” label Puts a label on reviews by people who really bought.
Only verified owners can review More credibility, fewer reviews. Worth it when you get spam.
Star ratings The stars show on the product and in the list. You can make them required.
Moderation You can require manual approval of each review before it appears.

Step by step

1 Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Products and find the reviews section.
2 Enable reviews and, if you want, the “verified owner” label and the rule that only buyers can review.
3 Enable star ratings and decide whether they are required.
4 Check the new reviews under Products > Reviews: approve, reply or mark as spam.
5 Ask buyers for reviews, in the e-mail after the order, with a direct link to the product.
Do not delete genuine bad reviews and do not write fake ones. In many countries that is against consumer rules, and customers notice. Reply calmly, fix the problem and leave the reply in view: Reviews and reputation.
Reviews are a door to spam, like comments: add a captcha or require a purchase. Stopping spam comments in WordPress. To sell variants of the same product, see Product variations in WooCommerce.

Want help setting up your shop’s reviews? Open a ticket with the address.

Open a support ticket

SEE ALSO

Reviews and reputation: how to ask for them and how to answer the bad ones

Stopping spam comments in WordPress

Product variations in WooCommerce: sizes, colours and prices

Where to see your sales in WooCommerce: reports, analytics and what the numbers mean

Fake orders and spam sign-ups in WooCommerce: how to stop them

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