Easy Zillow Reviews Plugin

Easy Zillow Reviews helps real estate agents and lenders display their Zillow reviews using the official API.

View the Demo.

Features (Free)

• Display latest reviews for real estate agents and teams.
• Show reviews from multiple profiles.
• List and grid layouts.
• Widget and shortcode options.
• Gutenberg block (edit review layouts in the new WordPress editor!).
• Compliant with Zillow’s Terms of Use and Branding Requirements.

Premium Features

• Lender reviews.
• Priority support.
• Get the Premium Version.

Requirements

The free plugin requires a Bridge API Access Token.

The lender reviews require a Zillow Mortgages Partner ID (ZPID).

Supporting Easy Zillow Reviews

If you found this free plugin helpful, you can support the developer by upgrading to the Premium Version or making a donation:

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Shortcode

[ez-zillow-reviews] [ez-zillow-lender-reviews] 

Optional Shortcode Parameters

[ez-zillow-reviews layout="grid" columns="2" count="4" screenname="jsmith" excerpt="50"] 

• layout…”list” or “grid”.
• columns…A number between 1 and 6.
• count…A number between 1 and 10.
• screenname…The screenname that appears in your Zillow profile link.
• excerpt…A number between 20 and 750. The maximum length of each review (word limit).

1. Upload “easy-zillow-reviews” to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
3. Add your Bridge Access Token and Zillow Screenname to the Settings page.
4. Adjust the Default Plugin Settings on the Settings page (optional).
5. Add an Easy Zillow Reviews widget or [ez-zillow-reviews] shortcode to your page or post.
6. Save Changes.

1. 

   Zillow Reviews block editor

2. 

   Shortcode output for [ez-zillow-reviews layout="grid" columns="2" count="2" screenname="pstalker"]

3. 

   Widget

4. 

   Settings

1.6.2

• Date Updated: 2023-07-13
• Updated Freemius SDK to the latest version

1.6.1

• Date Updated: 2023-03-21
• Updated Freemius SDK to version 2.5.5.

1.6.0

• Date Updated: 2023-03-21
• New Feature: Added option to set an excerpt length (word limit).
• Bug Fix: Fixed bug that caused location text to appear blank or in lowercase.
• Bug Fix: Fixed CSS bug that caused elements to overlap in WordPress blocks.
• Updated @wordpress/scripts Gutenberg dependency package to v26.0.0.

1.5.3

• Date Updated: 2023-03-06
• Bug Fix: Fixed bug that caused reviews to appear out of sequence (should be newest first).

1.5.2

• Date Updated: 2023-03-05
• Implemented new method to count reviews.
• Updated @wordpress/scripts Gutenberg dependency package to v25.5.0.

1.5.1

• Date Updated: 2022-11-21
• Bug Fix: Fixed bug that raised warnings about an undefined array key after upgrading to v 1.5.0.

1.5.0

• Date Updated: 2022-11-19
• Zillow transitioned to Bridge Interative API access. Create a Bridge API access token to get reviews.
• New Feature: Added support for Bridge Interative API access tokens.
• Updated @wordpress/scripts Gutenberg dependency package to v24.6.0.
• Cleaned up Settings page by rewriting labels and hiding deprecated fields.

1.4.4

• Date Updated: 2022-11-02
• Bug Fix: Fixed bug preventing default numeric values from loading in some Settings Sidebar fields.
• Bug Fix: Fixed CSS layout bug causing elements to wrap to a new line in the Block editor content area.
• Updated @wordpress/scripts Gutenberg dependency package to v24.4.0 and recompiled blocks code.
• Changed the name of the premium plugin version to “Premium Version”.

1.4.3

• Date Updated: 2022-10-28
• Rolling back to Freemius SDK version 2.4.3.

1.4.2

• Date Updated: 2022-10-26
• Updated Freemius SDK to version 2.5.0.
• Bug Fix: Fixed bug that caused “invalidInput” error message for Mortgage Lender names containing ampersands.

1.4.1

• Date Updated: 2022-03-18
• Updated Freemius SDK to version 2.4.3.

1.4.0

• Date Updated: 2022-02-03
• New Feature: Added a “screenname” attribute to the shortcode.

1.3.1

• Date Updated: 2021-11-09
• Removed unused .po language files from Freemius SDK.
• Added minor style changes to plugin CSS file.
• Changed the Profile Card text “sales in the last 12 months” to “recent home sales”.
• Changed the expected type of the Easy_Zillow_Reviews_Data object $reviews property from “array” to “object”.

1.3.0

• Date Updated: 2021-09-09
• Updated Freemius SDK to version 2.4.2.

1.2.3

• Date Updated: 2020-05-29
• Bug Fix: Fixed bug that caused Reviews Summary badge to appear in-line with reviews instead of below them in certain grid layouts.
• Hardcoded blockquote line-height in public CSS file.
• Modified labels for a few Dashboard settings.

1.2.2

• Date Updated: 2020-05-28
• Minor style changes to plugin CSS file.

1.2.1

• Date Updated: 2020-05-28
• New Feature: Display a Zillow profile card with average star rating.
• Bug Fix: Added fallback to cURL for PHP configurations that have allow_url_fopen disabled.
• Bug Fix: Removed erroneous reference to a second Gutenberg block.
• Bug Fix: Removed two instances of Undefined Index errors in widgets and lender functions.
• Bug Fix: Improved sentence construction for loan descriptions in Premium version.
• Updated Freemius SDK to version 2.3.2.

1.2.0

• Date Updated: 2020-04-28
• New Feature: Gutenberg Block
• Moved the Settings page menu item to the top-level of the Dashboard Menu

1.1.7

• Date Updated: 2020-04-21
• Bug Fix: Fixed error that prevented review count and profile link from displaying in Mortgages Partner Edition.
• Bug Fix: Fixed error that caused “Settings” plugin action link to appear under other plugin names in the Plugin menu.
• Added attribution for function copied from FooGallery by Brad Vincent and Contributors.

1.1.6

• Date Updated: 2020-04-19
• Bug Fix: Fixed error that prevented Mortgages Partner Edition from activating while Free Edition was active.
• Bug Fix: Fixed error that prevented reviews for Lending Companies from displaying.

1.1.5

• Date Updated: 2020-04-18
• Bug Fix: Resolved PHP notices when certain elements are set to hidden and WP_DEBUG is true.
• Bug Fix: Restored feature to hide Reviewer Summary.

1.1.4

• Date Updated: 2020-04-18
• NOTE Due to changes in v1.1.x, please check your widgets to confirm that Easy Zillow Reviews is still active.
• Bug Fix: Changed plugin widget name back to ‘ezrwp_widget’ (free version)
• Bug Fix: Restored options to style and hide reviews output.
• Bug Fix: Resolved miscellaneous notices when WP_DEBUG is true.

1.1.3

• Date Updated: 2020-04-13
• Added more fields to Upgrader class, which assists with backwards compatibility from v1.0 to v1.1.

1.1.2

• Date Updated: 2020-04-13
• Bug Fix: Migrated backwards compatibility patch to main plugin file to better support updates, in addition to activations.

1.1.1

• Date Updated: 2020-04-13
• Bug Fix: Added backwards compatibility for new database option names.

1.1.0

• Date Updated: 2020-04-13
• New Feature: Option to upgrade for access to Lender Reviews.
• New Feature: Tabbed Settings interface improves organization of plugin options.
• Bug Fix: Added fix to prevent errors generated by dashes and spaces in screennames.

Premium Version
* New Feature: Lender Reviews
* New Feature: Individual Loan Officer Reviews
* New Feature: Company Profile Reviews

1.0.3

• Date Updated: 2019-01-03
• Bug Fix: Replaced dashicons with image sprite.

1.0.2

• Date Updated: 2018-12-31
• Bug Fix: Fixed typo in admin Settings page.

1.0.1

• Date Updated: 2018-12-31
• New Feature: New Settings Options: Hide Zillow Logo and “View All” link.
• New Feature: Added “Settings” plugin action link.
• Bug Fixes: Resolved miscellaneous notices when WP_DEBUG is true.
• Added support for PHP 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 7.2.

1.0.0

• Date Released: 2018-12-30
• Initial Release