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You can find the CM Reviews shortcode from inside the Shortcodes page which you can navigate to by finding the CM Reviews menu on your Admin dashboard and accessing the Shortcodes link from there, as shown below:

Display the Full Rating and Review Module

• Shortcode - [cmr_general]
• Use - Displays the rating and review module according to the plugin Settings. If the "Auto add shortcode" setting is enabled (learn more), it will be added at the end of content of selected post type posts. 
• Parameters
  • postid - If you like to display the ratings from other post than the current post you can pass its id.
  • no_title - If set to "1", the shortcode will not display the title.
  • no_wrapper - If set to "1", the shortcode will not be wrapped with the div with predefined style. Note: the parameter view must be "0".
  • wrapper_class - If no_wrapper="0", you can specify a custom class name for div elements. Note: the parameter view must be "0".
  • no_table - If set to "1", the shortcode will not display the rate histogram table.
  • view - If set to "1", the shortcode will display with following layout:

    Parameter View

    If the parameter view="1" and postid is not specified, then the shortcode will display all reviews on your site. In this case you also configure a button that can refer to the page with a review form. The attributes are:

    • note - Add a note.
    • buttontext - Define the text for the button.
    • buttonurl - Define the URL for a button.

    Example:

    

• Example  [cmr_general postid="123" no_title=0 no_wrapper=0] 

Display Ratings

• Shortcode - [cmr_ratings]
• Use - Displays the ratings according to the plugin Settings.
• Parameters
• postid - If you like to display the ratings from other post than the current post you can pass its id.
• no_title - If set to "1", the shortcode will not display the title.
• no_wrapper - If set to "1", the shortcode will not be wrapped with the div with predefined style.
• wrapper_class - If no_wrapper="0", you can specify a custom class name for div elements.
• no_table - If set to "1", the shortcode will not be display the rate histogram table.
• display_average - If set to "1", the shortcode will display the average score (default is 1).
• display_counter - If set to "1", the shortcode will display the total number of votes (default is 1).
• hide_if_no_rating - Set to "1" to hide star rating if the post is not rated yet.
• hide_empty - Set to "1" to hide star rating and rate histogram at one if the post is not rated yet.
• display_link - Set to "1" to display the amount of rates as a link, and set to "0" to display it as plain text.
• Examples  [cmr_ratings no_table=1] / [cmr_ratings no_table=0] 
  
  

Display only star ratings

Example:  [cmr_post_summary postid="4"]

Display Reviews

• Shortcode - [cmr_reviews]
• Use - Displays the review module (displaying the reviews for page/post) according to the plugin Settings.
• Parameters
  • postid - If you like to display the ratings from other post than the current post you can pass its id.
  • no_title - If set to "1", the shortcode will not display the title.
  • no_wrapper - If set to "1", the shortcode will not be wrapped with the div with predefined style.
  • uid - If this attribute is specified, and contains the Review ID only this single review will be displayed. Note: must be used only with specified post in the parameter postid.
  • show_date - If set to "0", the shortcode will not display the date. If the attribute is not present, the shortcode will follow the plugin's general settings.
• Sample  [cmr_reviews postid="123" no_title=0 no_wrapper=0 show_date=1] 

Single Review

• Shortcode - [cmr_review_single uid=xxx]
• Use - Displays the rating and review module according to the plugin Settings. If the "Auto add shortcode" setting is enabled (learn more), it will be added at the end of content of selected post type posts.
• Parameters
  • postid - If you like to display the ratings from other post than the current post you can pass its id.
  • no_title - if set to "1", the shortcode will not display the title.
  • no_wrapper - If set to "1", the shortcode will not be wrapped with the div with predefined style.
  • uid - If this attribute is specified, and contains the Review ID only this single review will be displayed. Note: must be used only with specified post in the parameter postid.
• Sample  [cmr_review_single postid="258" uid="5a9829360831c"]

Review Form

• Shortcode - [cmr_review_form]
• Use - Displays the review form according to the plugin Settings.
• Parameters
  • postid - If you like to display the ratings from other post than the current post you can pass its id 
  • select_postid - If this option is set to "1" the form will display the selector of all posts/pages which can be reviewed
  • selectable_ids - You can use this attribute to override the selection if you are using the "select_postid" attribute. Use comma separated list of post ids to be reviewed.
  • as_link - If in plugin settings is chosen Form appears on click in the option Form display, then you can display a link instead of a button to open a review form by setting the value "1".
• Sample  [cmr_review_form]

Delete Reviews

• Shortcode - [cmr_delete]
• Use - Displays a link that triggers a pop-up. It includes an option to delete all ratings and reviews.
• Parameters
  • none
• Sample:

Show All Reviews

• Shortcode - [cmr_all_reviews orderby="random|post|date|post|content|rating|author_email" sort_order="ASC|DESC" ] 
• Use - Shows all reviews in an organized way.
• Parameters
  • orderby - Defines by what element the list will be ordered. Accepts only one: "random", "post", "date", "post", "content", "rating" or "author_email".
  • sort_order - Defines how the list will be sorted. Accepts only one: "ASC" and "DESC".
• Sample [cmr_all_reviews orderby="rating" sort_order="DESC"]

  

Show Ratings Table

• Shortcode - [cmr_ratings_table]
• Use - Displays the table with ratings of all rated posts/pages.
• Parameters:
  • none
• Sample - The table has 3 columns and a sorting tool:
  • Title - Shows the title of the rated post/page.
  • Rating - Shows the summary rating of the post/page.
  • Your Rating - Displays the post/page link, offering the user to go to the post and rate it.
  • Sort By - Allows to sort the table by Title, Score or Number of Reviews in ascending or descending order. 
    

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