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Post Rating for Elementor Show reader star ratings as a list or an average

The Post Rating widget is the Elementor post rating widget that shows what readers think of a post. Pick List View for each review with name, date, stars and text, or Average Rating for one score out of 5. Ratings come from the free Post Rating Form, so the two make a complete Elementor star rating system for your blog.

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  • Free on WordPress.org
  • List View or Average Rating
  • Any rating icon
  • Pairs with Post Rating Form

Classic widget · Elementor 3 and 4Updated

Live demos

Post ratings, live

Four ways to show post ratings on a small site: a review list, a score in the post header, the rating box with its login popup, and the whole flow from rating to published review. Names and reviews are made up.

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Reader reviews

What readers say about this guide

How we plan a brand launch in six weeks · 9 min read

Nadia Rahman
October 9, 2026

Clear and practical. I used the launch checklist the same day.

Tom Becker
October 6, 2026

The six-week plan finally made our timeline make sense.

Lina Okafor
September 28, 2026

Loved the examples from real projects.

Marco Ruiz
September 21, 2026

Short, useful and easy to share with my team.

Article reviews

Reader reviews under an article

The journal of a branding agency. Under the article a dark card lists four reader reviews as an Elementor review list. Each one has the name, the date and gold stars, with the review below. On a phone the stars move above the name.

Open it on a phone

In the panel, set Layout to List View. In the Style tab, Rating has the star Color and the Active Color (gold, #FFC107), and Name has a Separator with a Width of 20 px.

Maison FormeProjectsJournalShop
A reading corner with a lamp, an armchair and shelves
Living rooms

How to light a small living room

Three layers of light, one rule for bulbs and the lamp we put in every reading corner.

By Claire Dubois · 6 min read

4.8/5

Reader scoreBased on published reviews

Post score

Reader score in the post header

The journal of an interior studio. A post header shows the photo, the title and a reader score of 4.8 in a circle, with a heart in place of the star.

Look at the heart

In the panel, set Layout to Average Rating, Rating Icon to Heart, Alignment to Left and Circle Size to 96 px.

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Production notes

Filming in the dunes: what we packed

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Your review is posted publicly on this page.

Your rating
Rating box

Rate this post, with a login popup

The notes page of a film company. Under the article a box asks how useful the post was. The white stars turn gold as you point at them. A visitor who is not logged in sees a Log In to Rate button, and it opens a login popup.

Hover the stars

This box is the separate Post Rating Form widget. Place it on the same post as Post Rating. Its stars and button are styled in its own Style tab.

Northlight StudioGearBlogRentals
Blog

Five lenses we rent out every week

Signed in as Sam Carter

Rate this post

How useful was this post?

Click on the star to rate it.

Your rating

What readers gave it

4.7/5

Ivo Lindqvist
October 12, 2026

The 35 mm notes saved me a test day.

Hana Sato
October 8, 2026

Good list. I would add a macro lens.

Owen Price
October 2, 2026

Exactly the kit we booked for our short.

WordPress admin · Post RatingsNo reviews waiting

Review flow

Rate, approve, then it is listed

The blog of a camera rental shop. A signed-in reader gives the post stars and submits. The review waits as pending until the shop publishes it. Then it joins the list and the score changes.

Rate, then Submit

Put a Post Rating Form and two Post Rating widgets on the post. Set the first Layout to Average Rating and the second to List View. Publish reviews under Post Ratings.

Features

Key features of Post Rating

What the widget gives you, each tied to a setting in the Elementor panel.

Two layouts

Set Layout to List View for every review, or Average Rating for one post score.

A real average

The Elementor average rating adds up all published ratings of the post and rounds to one decimal, for example 4.6/5.

Reviews with context

List View prints Elementor reader reviews with the name, a dash, the date, the star rating and the text, newest first.

Any rating icon

Choose the Elementor rating icon in Rating Icon: a star, a heart or any icon from the Elementor library.

Alignment per device

Set Alignment to left, center or right for desktop, tablet and mobile.

Star colours

In Rating, set Color, Active Color (#FFC107 by default), Icon Size and Gap.

The score circle

Style the Elementor post score with Border, Border Radius, Padding, Circle Size and Gap.

Stars for posts, from readers

It gives you an Elementor star rating for posts that readers fill in themselves. They rate with the Post Rating Form, you approve reviews under Post Ratings, and this widget shows the result. Style the Name (with its separator dash), Date, Review and Average Rating text to match your post template.

Step by step

How to add post ratings in Elementor

Five steps. The bold names are the labels in the Elementor panel and in WordPress admin.

  1. Install the free Animation Addons plugin. In Animation Addons → Widgets, turn on Post Rating and Post Rating Form; the form also adds the Post Ratings list that stores reviews.

  2. Open a post, or your single post template, in Elementor. Drag Post Rating Form below the content so logged-in readers can rate it.

  3. Drag Post Rating where the score should show and pick a Layout: Average Rating or List View.

  4. Choose the Rating Icon and Alignment, then style the circle, stars, name, date and review in the Style tab.

  5. When readers send reviews, open Post Ratings in WordPress admin and publish the ones you want to show.

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FAQ

Questions about Post Rating

How do I show post ratings in Elementor?

Add the Post Rating widget to a post or a single post template and pick List View or Average Rating. It shows the published ratings of that post.

How to add star ratings to posts in Elementor?

Add Post Rating Form so readers can rate, then add Post Rating to show the stars. Publish the reviews under Post Ratings in WordPress admin and they appear on the post.

Is there a free Elementor post rating plugin?

Yes. Post Rating is part of the free Animation Addons plugin on WordPress.org. It is a free Elementor post rating widget and works with Elementor Free.

Can visitors rate a post with this widget?

No. Post Rating only displays ratings. To collect them, add the free Post Rating Form widget to the same post.

How do Post Rating and Post Rating Form work?

The form saves each rating from 1 to 5 and the review as an entry in Post Ratings, linked to the post. Post Rating reads the published entries for the post it sits on and shows them.

Who can rate a post?

Logged-in users. Visitors who are not logged in see a Log In to Rate button that opens a login popup. A 30 second lock stops the same user sending twice in a row.

Do new reviews appear right away?

No. New reviews are saved as pending in Post Ratings in WordPress admin. Only published reviews are shown and counted in the average.

How is the average rating calculated?

It adds up the ratings of all published reviews of the post, divides by their number and rounds to one decimal. It shows 0/5 until the first review is published.

Does Post Rating add star ratings to Google?

No. The widget prints plain HTML with no Review or AggregateRating schema, so it does not create rich results on its own.

Do I need Elementor Pro for Post Rating?

No. Post Rating and Post Rating Form are free and work with Elementor Free. As classic widgets they also work in Elementor 4, listed with the legacy widgets.

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Let readers rate, show the score

Reader star ratings for your posts, as a list or an average, built and styled in Elementor.

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