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Panda Reviews

A review and rating plugin for WordPress. Let your users to post reviews and vote any posts or custom post from your WordPress site.

Active installs10+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d73▲ +35.2% vs prev. 30d
Rating2/51 reviews
Health score21/100At risk
All-time downloads2KSince Oct 2016
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.0PHP any
Downloads · 7d9▼ -50% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Panda Reviews shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 2/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 21/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (10+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 9 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 4.6 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

246Jul 10Aug 23Oct 7
Yesterday0
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day12May 15, 2026
Last 12 months578

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Panda Reviews stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
review >100 10,000 Best review plugins →
reviews >100 10,000 Best reviews plugins →
star voting #54 61 Best star voting plugins →
voting system >100 144 Best voting system plugins →
wp voting >100 255 Best wp voting plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.0100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 2 from 1 reviews

  • 5★0.00%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★100.0%
  • 1★0.00%

About Panda Reviews

From the official readme · v1.0.0

Description

A review and rating plugin for WordPress. Let your users to post reviews and vote any posts or custom post from your WordPress site.

Features:

  • Voting System
  • Review System

Admin Features:

  • Manage reviews from your dashboard(delete review, mark as read).
  • Customize the star icons ( stars, hearts, likes)
  • Customize your main color for post’s reviews
  • Select your posts type( post or any custom post type from your theme) for reviews to show up.

Installation

The quickest method for installing the Panda Reviews is:

  1. Visit Plugins -> Upload Plugin -> Choose File “panda-reviews.zip”
  2. Click “Install Now”
  3. Finally click “Activate Plugin”

If you would prefer to do things manually then follow these instructions:

  1. Upload the panda-reviews folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Changelog

1.0.0

  • Initial release

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Voting system preview.
Voting system preview.
Submit a review.
Submit a review.
Reviews system.
Reviews system.
Count of unread/unseen reviews.
Count of unread/unseen reviews.
Manage reivews
Manage reivews
General Settings
General Settings

For developers

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FAQ

Panda Reviews: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 8, 2026

Is Panda Reviews free?

Yes. Panda Reviews is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Panda Reviews safe to use in 2026?

Panda Reviews shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 2/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 21/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Panda Reviews?

Panda Reviews is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,969 times since it launched in October 2016. It was downloaded 73 times in the last 30 days.

Does Panda Reviews work with WordPress 7.1?

Panda Reviews is officially tested up to WordPress 4.6.30, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Panda Reviews last updated?

The latest version, 1.0.0, was released on October 17, 2016 (10 years ago).

Who makes Panda Reviews?

Panda Reviews is developed and maintained by pixolette.

What are the best alternatives to Panda Reviews?

The most popular alternatives to Panda Reviews are Trustpilot Reviews (30K+ installs), Gwolle Guestbook (20K+ installs) and LearnPress – Course Review (20K+ installs).

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