Voice Comments & Reviews vs Site Reviews
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| Feature | Voice Comments & Reviews v2.2.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 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 | 80+ | 60,000+ |
| Last updated | March 16, 2021 | October 13, 2026 |
| Editions | Voice Comments - Heyoya | Site Reviews · Site Reviews add-ons ($) |
| Pros | Adds voice comments without custom code; Optional WooCommerce product reviews tab; Comments and accounts are managed by the Heyoya service | Reviews assignable to posts, pages, users and products; Shortcodes, blocks and page builder elements; Spam filters including captcha and blacklist options |
| Cons | Sends the admin email and password to the vendor during login; Some vendor calls disable TLS certificate verification; Comments and user data live on the vendor's service, not the site | Premium add-ons are licensed separately from Nifty Plugins; Captcha and Akismet options call outside services; Many settings and shortcode options to learn |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Replaces comments template with Heyoya, WooCommerce product reviews tab, Vendor account login from admin, Heyoya settings page, Deactivation feedback form, Admin notices | Review, reviews, form and summary shortcodes, Gutenberg blocks for reviews and forms, Blacklist for words, IPs and emails, CSV import of third-party reviews, JSON-LD rating schema, Discord and Slack notifications for new reviews, Captcha options on the review form, Reviewer location lookup, Add-on licence and updates from Nifty Plugins ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce, SureCart |
| Plugins | — | Divi, Elementor, Yoast SEO, WPForms |
| Other | Heyoya | Akismet, Slack, Discord, Cloudflare Turnstile, Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Gravatar, ip-api.com |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | — | 8.1.2 |
| Tested up to | 5.7 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | Only if you agree |
| External services | commerce.heyoya.com, commerce-static.heyoya.com, admin.heyoya.com | 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 |