We’re excited to announce the latest update to WP Review Slider Pro, packed with new review sources, enhanced functionality, and critical performance improvements that will make your review management experience smoother than ever.
🌟 Expanded Review Source Support
We’ve significantly expanded the platforms you can pull reviews from, giving you more flexibility to showcase customer feedback from where your business thrives. The latest version now includes crawl methods for:
- Amazon – Perfect for sellers who want to display product reviews directly on their WordPress site
- Redfin – Ideal for real estate professionals showcasing agent and property reviews
- Fiverr – Freelancers can now import their service reviews seamlessly
- Etsy – Craft sellers and shop owners can display their marketplace reputation
These additions join our already extensive list of supported platforms, making WP Review Slider Pro one of the most comprehensive review aggregation solutions for WordPress.
✉️ Customizable Email Notifications
We’ve added a new form option that allows you to customize the login link in notification emails. This enhancement gives you greater control over your review workflow, ensuring that email recipients are directed to the right location when they need to take action on submitted reviews.
This feature is particularly useful for:
- Multi-site WordPress installations
- Custom admin URLs
- Agencies managing multiple client sites
- Sites with custom authentication flows
🔧 ReviewFunnel Page Enhancement
We’ve resolved a JavaScript compatibility issue on the ReviewFunnel page that was preventing the “Get Reviews” popup window from opening properly. The thickbox functionality now loads correctly, ensuring a smooth experience when initiating review crawls.
What was fixed: The WordPress thickbox library is now properly enqueued as a dependency, eliminating the “tb_show is not defined” error that some users encountered.
⚡ Performance Improvement
This update includes a critical performance optimization that addresses timeout issues during front-end review submissions. We’ve identified and resolved the root cause of page slowdowns that occurred when customers submitted reviews on your site.
What Changed?
The plugin was running database aggregate queries during the page reload after form submissions, even though these queries weren’t necessary for that specific request type. We’ve implemented intelligent query skipping that:
- Eliminates unnecessary database queries during form submission page reloads
- Maintains full functionality for AJAX-based interactions (like load-more buttons)
- Dramatically reduces page load times after review submissions
- Prevents timeout errors on high-traffic sites or shared hosting environments
“This fix was developed in collaboration with our user community. A customer reported the timeout issue, analyzed the root cause, and proposed the solution. This is exactly the kind of partnership that makes WP Review Slider Pro better for everyone.”
🎨 Under-the-Hood Improvements
In addition to the major features above, we’ve also implemented several code quality improvements:
- Enhanced JSON validation for API responses to prevent fatal errors
- Improved CSS syntax handling for edge cases
- Better error handling for remote data sources
- Code optimizations for overall stability
📥 How to Update
If you have automatic updates enabled, this update will be applied automatically. Otherwise, you can update manually:
- Navigate to Dashboard → Updates in your WordPress admin
- Find WP Review Slider Pro in the plugin updates list
- Click Update Now
As always, we recommend backing up your site before performing any updates.
💬 We Value Your Feedback
This update demonstrates our commitment to continuously improving WP Review Slider Pro based on real-world usage and customer feedback. Have suggestions for future features or experiencing any issues? We’d love to hear from you!
Version 12.6.4 is available now. Update today to take advantage of these powerful new features and performance improvements!
