Site Admin Settings
All settings live under WB Plugins, Group Reviews in the WordPress admin (page slug group-review-settings). The page has four tabs plus a welcome screen.
General
Section titled “General”Stored in the bgr_admin_general_settings option.
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Auto approve reviews | Off (no) |
Publish reviews immediately instead of holding them for approval. |
| Reviews per page | 5 | Page size for the group’s Manage Reviews list. |
| Allow notification | On (yes) |
Send BuddyPress notifications for review events. |
| Allow activity | On (yes) |
Post a BuddyPress activity entry when a review is published. |
| Exclude groups | none | Groups to exclude from reviews (no tabs, form, or ratings). |
| Multiple reviews | Off (no) |
Allow a member to submit more than one review per group. |
| Enable group-level criteria | Off (no) |
Show the per-group Review Criteria tab. See Group-Level Review Criteria. |
Criteria
Section titled “Criteria”Stored in the bgr_admin_criteria_settings option (add_review_rating_fields and active_rating_fields).
Add the rating criteria members score. The plugin ships with Quality, Relevance, and Engagement. Disable a criterion to hide it from the review form without deleting it. If no criteria are active, the form shows a single “Your Rating” field.
Display
Section titled “Display”Stored in the bgr_admin_display_settings option.
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Review label | Review | Label for the Add Review tab and buttons. |
| Manage review label | Reviews | Label for the Reviews listing tab (and the group’s Manage Reviews tab). |
| Rating star colour | #FFC400 |
Colour applied to the rating stars on the front end. |
Changing the labels also changes the tab slugs, which are derived from the labels.
Emails
Section titled “Emails”Stored in the bp_group_review_email_settings option. Emails are separate from BuddyPress notifications.
- Allow emails - master switch for review emails.
- New review email - to the group admin when a review is submitted (subject and message).
- Accept email - to the author when their review is approved (toggle, subject, message).
- Deny email - to the author when their review is denied (toggle, subject, message).