ElPlan Kuchikomi Wall

Kuchikomi Wall helps you collect, manage, and display customer reviews and testimonials directly on your WordPress site. Whether you’re a local business, freelancer, or consultant, turn your best reviews into powerful social proof.

Key Features

• Google Reviews Integration — Connect your Google Business Profile and display real customer reviews automatically (cached for performance, Google API compliant)
• X (Twitter) Embeds — Add tweet URLs and display them as beautiful testimonial cards (no API key required)
• Manual Testimonials — Add any testimonial manually — from emails, Coconala, direct feedback, or any other source
• 3 Display Templates — Card Grid, Slider/Carousel, and Simple List layouts
• 3 Color Schemes — Light, Dark, and Auto (inherits your theme colors)
• Unified Dashboard — Manage all review sources from a single, clean admin interface
• Gutenberg Block — Native block included — search “Kuchikomi Wall” in the block inserter; configure template, color, and filters from the sidebar
• Shortcode Support — Embed anywhere with [tmnl_kuchikomi_wall]

Perfect For

• Local businesses wanting to show Google Reviews on their website
• Freelancers and consultants showcasing client testimonials
• Salons, clinics, restaurants — anyone who collects Google Reviews
• Web creators building client sites

Shortcode Usage

Basic:
[tmnl_kuchikomi_wall]

With options:
[kuchikomi_wall limit=”6″ template=”slider” color=”dark” min_rating=”4″]

Parameters:
* limit — Number of reviews to display (default: 6)
* source — all, manual, google, or x_embed (default: all)
* template — card (grid), slider, or list (default: card)
* color — light, dark, or auto (default: light)
* min_rating — Minimum star rating to display, 1–5 (default: 1)

Google Reviews Setup

1. Get a Google Places API key (free tier: 1,000 requests/month)
2. Find your Google Place ID
3. Enter both in Kuchikomi Wall → Google Reviews → Settings
4. Reviews are cached for 30 days (Google API compliant)

Privacy & API Compliance

• Google review text is not stored in your database (compliant with Google’s Terms of Service)
• Only Place ID is saved permanently; review data is cached temporarily via WordPress Transients
• X (Twitter) embeds use the free oEmbed API — no authentication or API key required

Multilingual Ready

Kuchikomi Wall is translation-ready. A Japanese translation (ja) is included. Contributions for other languages are welcome.

Support

• Plugin homepage: https://www.el-plan.com/kuchikomi-wall/
• Support forum: Use the WordPress.org support tab

External Services

This plugin connects to the following third-party services:

Google Places API

• What it does: Retrieves customer reviews and business information from Google Business Profile.
• When data is sent: Only when you manually trigger a review fetch in the admin dashboard, or automatically via WP-Cron if you enable the scheduled refresh option.
• What data is sent: Your Google Place ID and API key (stored locally on your server; sent to Google’s API endpoint).
• Service provider: Google LLC
• Google Maps Platform Terms of Service
• Google Privacy Policy

X (Twitter) oEmbed API

• What it does: Converts tweet URLs into embeddable HTML cards for display on your site.
• When data is sent: When a visitor views a page containing an X embed (the browser contacts Twitter’s oEmbed endpoint to render the tweet).
• What data is sent: The tweet URL only. No personal user data is transmitted by this plugin.
• Service provider: X Corp.
• X Terms of Service
• X Privacy Policy