Site Reviews vs Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget
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| Feature | Site Reviews v8.3.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget v8.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 60,000+ | 9,000+ |
| Last updated | October 31, 2026 | October 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Site Reviews · Site Reviews add-ons ($) | Tagembed · Tagembed paid plans ($) |
| Pros | Reviews assignable to posts, pages, users and products; Shortcodes, blocks and page builder elements; Spam filters including captcha and blacklist options | Embeds feeds from several social networks and review sources through a block or shortcode; Free plan available with no card needed to start; No coding needed to set up and place a feed |
| Cons | Premium add-ons are licensed separately from Nifty Plugins; Captcha and Akismet options call outside services; Many settings and shortcode options to learn | Feeds depend on the Tagembed cloud service and its account; Free plan has limited features and view counts; Moderation, customisation and branding removal need a paid plan |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 ($) | Social feed builder in the admin, Block and shortcode embeds, Tagembed admin page, Paid upgrade for advanced features ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce, SureCart | — |
| Plugins | Divi, Elementor, Yoast SEO, WPForms | — |
| Other | Akismet, Slack, Discord, Cloudflare Turnstile, Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Gravatar, ip-api.com | Tagembed platform API |
| Requires WordPress | 6.8 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 8.1.2 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| 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 | api.tagembed.com, widget.tagembed.com |
| Blocks | 6 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 5 | 1 |