GeneratePress vs Site Reviews
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| Feature | GeneratePress v3.6.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Site Reviews v8.3.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 500,000+ | 60,000+ |
| Last updated | December 1, 2025 | October 13, 2026 |
| Editions | GeneratePress · GP Premium ($) | Site Reviews · Site Reviews add-ons ($) |
| Pros | Lightweight theme focused on speed; Customizer options for layout, typography and colour; WooCommerce, bbPress and BuddyPress compatibility | Reviews assignable to posts, pages, users and products; Shortcodes, blocks and page builder elements; Spam filters including captcha and blacklist options |
| Cons | Many advanced options require the paid GP Premium add-on; Customizer shows premium-only sections for some settings | Premium add-ons are licensed separately from Nifty Plugins; Captcha and Akismet options call outside services; Many settings and shortcode options to learn |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Customizer layout, typography and colour options, GeneratePress dashboard page, Widget areas, Premium options upsell in customizer | Review, reviews, form and summary shortcodes, Gutenberg blocks for reviews and forms, Blacklist for words, IPs and emails, CSV import of third-party reviews, JSON-LD rating schema, Discord and Slack notifications for new reviews, Captcha options on the review form, Reviewer location lookup, Add-on licence and updates from Nifty Plugins ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce, SureCart |
| Plugins | bbPress, BuddyPress | Divi, Elementor, Yoast SEO, WPForms |
| Other | Google Fonts | Akismet, Slack, Discord, Cloudflare Turnstile, Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Gravatar, ip-api.com |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 8.1.2 |
| Tested up to | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | niftyplugins.com, api.site-reviews.com, ip-api.com, api.wordpress.org, secure.gravatar.com, api.friendlycaptcha.com, global.frcapi.com, www.google.com, api.prosopo.io, hcaptcha.com, challenges.cloudflare.com |
| Blocks | — | 6 |
| Shortcodes | — | 5 |