KudosBlock – Display Testimonials, Reviews, & Social Proof

KudosBlock is a purpose-built Gutenberg block that lets you create beautiful testimonial, reviews, & social proof sections directly inside the WordPress block editor. It works completely offline with zero external dependencies — your testimonial data lives in your post content, loads instantly, and never phones home.

Whether you run a local bakery, a design studio, a consulting firm, or a nonprofit, this block helps you put real voices front and center on your site.

What you can do

• Add unlimited testimonials — each with a name, testimonial text, subtitle (use it for location, role, company, or anything else), and a 0–5 star rating.
• Upload headshots — add a rounded avatar photo to each testimonial for a personal touch.
• Choose Grid or Carousel layout — a responsive CSS grid for structured pages, or a horizontally scrollable carousel for a more dynamic feel.
• Enable auto-scroll — when using the carousel, turn on a smooth continuous scroll animation with adjustable speed and direction (right-to-left or left-to-right). Navigation arrows hide automatically so the experience stays clean.
• Pick Card or Minimal style — boxed cards with rounded corners and subtle shadows, or a clean flat design with simple dividers.
• Control card size — small, medium, or large presets that auto-adjust padding, font sizes, and spacing so content always looks proportional.
• Set columns (grid) — from 1 to 5 columns, with automatic responsive fallbacks on smaller screens.
• Fine-tune six independent colors — rating stars, card border, card background, name text, testimonial text, and subtitle text each get their own color picker.
• Align text — left, center, or right, applied to every card.
• Reorder with one click — move testimonials up or down in the sidebar repeater without dragging.
• See a live preview — every change you make in the sidebar is reflected instantly in the editor canvas.

Use cases

1. Local businesses — a restaurant showing diner reviews, a salon featuring client feedback, a repair shop displaying customer praise.
2. Freelancers and agencies — highlight client testimonials on a portfolio or services page with name, role, and company as the subtitle.
3. SaaS and product sites — display user quotes alongside star ratings on a landing page.
4. Nonprofits and community organizations — share volunteer or donor stories with location badges.
5. Online courses and coaches — display student success stories with the course name as the subtitle.
6. Event and conference sites — feature attendee feedback from past events.
7. Real estate and property management — show tenant or buyer testimonials with the property location.
8. Healthcare and wellness — present patient or client experiences (with permission) in a clean, trustworthy layout.

Why this block?

• Zero external dependencies — no jQuery, no Slick, no Swiper, no Google Fonts. Just clean CSS and a tiny vanilla JS file for the carousel.
• No API keys or accounts — works fully offline, right out of the box.
• Static output — testimonial markup is saved directly into the post content, so pages render fast even without JavaScript.
• Accessible — keyboard-navigable carousel, focus management, pause-on-hover, and pause-when-hidden for auto-scroll.
• Lightweight — minimal CSS footprint, no render-blocking resources.

Feedback & Suggestions

We would love to hear from you! If you have ideas for new features, layout options, or improvements that would make this block more useful for your site, please share your feedback:

• WordPress.org support forum — open a topic on the plugin’s support page.