Who should use Five-Star Ratings Shortcode?

Five-Star Ratings Shortcode is a consumer product built for wordPress site owners and bloggers.

Does Five-Star Ratings Shortcode have a free plan?

Yes — there is a free tier, with paid plans for advanced use.

What platforms does Five-Star Ratings Shortcode run on?

Five-Star Ratings Shortcode runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.

Is Five-Star Ratings Shortcode still active?

Unverified. Five-Star Ratings Shortcode has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to Five-Star Ratings Shortcode?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Wp Post Rating, Rate Star Review Vote, and Wirt Star Rating.

Who makes Five-Star Ratings Shortcode?

Five-Star Ratings Shortcode is developed by Chris J. Zähller.

When did Five-Star Ratings Shortcode launch?

Five-Star Ratings Shortcode first shipped in 2013.

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Five-Star Ratings Shortcode

Name: Five-Star Ratings Shortcode
Author: Chris J. Zähller

wordpress.orgUI/UX & prototyping

Five-Star Ratings Shortcode is a WordPress plugin that enables users to add accessible, customizable 5-star rating widgets anywhere on their site using a simple shortcode. It supports custom icon sizes, Google Rich Snippets, and locale-aware formatting, making it ideal for bloggers and site owners.

FreemiumGPL-2.0WebCloud-managedEmbeddable

Visit wordpress.org

1.0kstars

321forks

5features

2013since

Overview

5 features

Five-Star Ratings Shortcode sits in PulseGate's UI/UX & prototyping category. It focuses on allowing WordPress site owners to easily add customizable 5-star rating widgets without coding. It is built as a consumer product for wordPress site owners and bloggers. Five-Star Ratings Shortcode follows a freemium model. It runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.

Chris J. Zähller builds and maintains Five-Star Ratings Shortcode, and it first shipped in 2013. The GitHub repository has been archived. Key capabilities include 5-star ratings, shortcode support, and custom icon sizes. The interface is available in English, Russian, and Turkish.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

5-star ratings
Shortcode support
Custom icon sizes
Rich snippets
Locale aware

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserCloud-managedEmbeddable

Trust & compliance

License

GPL-2.0

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy PolicyFree tierGitHub · ★ 1.0kMulti-language

Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed17 Jun · 18:30 UTC
Listing verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Five-Star Ratings Shortcode

What does Five-Star Ratings Shortcode do?: Five-Star Ratings Shortcode focuses on allowing WordPress site owners to easily add customizable 5-star rating widgets without coding. It is catalogued under UI/UX & prototyping on PulseGate.
Who should use Five-Star Ratings Shortcode?: Five-Star Ratings Shortcode is a consumer product built for wordPress site owners and bloggers.
Does Five-Star Ratings Shortcode have a free plan?: Yes — there is a free tier, with paid plans for advanced use.
What platforms does Five-Star Ratings Shortcode run on?: Five-Star Ratings Shortcode runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
Is Five-Star Ratings Shortcode still active?: Unverified. Five-Star Ratings Shortcode has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to Five-Star Ratings Shortcode?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Wp Post Rating, Rate Star Review Vote, and Wirt Star Rating.Wp Post Rating Rate Star Review Vote Wirt Star Rating
Who makes Five-Star Ratings Shortcode?: Five-Star Ratings Shortcode is developed by Chris J. Zähller.
When did Five-Star Ratings Shortcode launch?: Five-Star Ratings Shortcode first shipped in 2013.

At a glance

Pricing: Freemium · pricing page detected · free tier
Platforms: Web
Languages: English, Russian, Turkish
Open source: Yes · ★ 1.0k · archived
License: GPL-2.0
Built for: WordPress site owners and bloggers
Model: B2C
Solves: Allowing WordPress site owners to easily add customizable 5-star rating widgets without coding.

Registered as

GitHub: hlashbrooke/WordPress-Plugin-Template
WordPress.org: five-star-ratings-shortcode

Developer

Chris J. Zähller

Community-driven

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Archived

Stars: 1,045
Forks: 321
Open issues: 37
Last commit: 19 Jul 2023
Commits 90d: 0
Contributors: 25
Authorship: Community-driven
Default branch: master

Index record

Identity confidence: High · 95.6
Indexed: 17 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 17 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: five-star-ratings-shortcode-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 17 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/five-star-ratings-shortcode

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