Stars Rating

= 4.1.0
* New: Likes & Dislikes — let visitors like or dislike posts with configurable voter permissions, post type targeting, and visible vote counts
* New: Review Photos — reviewers can now attach images to their comments; photos are stored in a dedicated directory (wp-content/uploads/sr-reviews/) completely separate from the WordPress Media Library to keep it uncluttered
* New: Per-photo lightbox — clicking a review photo opens a full-size lightbox gallery navigatable per review; photo paths are not exposed in the browser status bar
* New: Admin photo management — uploaded review photos are visible in the comment edit screen with individual delete buttons
* New: Labels & Messages — all user-facing strings (rating prompts, alert text, button labels, likes/dislikes copy) are now fully customisable from the settings page without touching code
* New: Settings tab navigation — settings are now organised into three focused tabs (Stars & Reviews, Likes & Dislikes, Labels & Messages) for easier navigation; active tab is remembered across page visits
* Improved: General code structure improvements and refactoring
* Updated: Translation files updated for multilingual support
* WordPress 6.9.4 compatibility confirmed

= 4.0.7
* WordPress 6.9 compatibility confirmed
* Updated minimum WP requirement to 6.0
* Updated minimum PHP requirement to 8.3 (recommended by WordPress.org)
* Updated translation files for multilingual support
* General code improvements

= 4.0.6
* Fixed average rating display logic based on enabled/disabled custom post types (CPTs)
* Resolved issue with rating display on individual comments
* Improved performance and optimized query handling
* Refactored large portions of the codebase for better readability and maintainability
* Updated translation (.pot) file for improved localization support
* Tested compatibility with WordPress 6.8.1

= 4.0.5
* Updated language file
* Tested plugin with WordPress 6.7.1

= 4.0.4
* Added average rating text show/hide support to shortcode
* Added empty average rating show/hide support to shortcode
* Added independent settings page of the plugin
* Removed settings from “Dashboard > Settings > Discussions” page
* Updated language file
* Tested plugin with WordPress 6.6.1

= 4.0.3
* Fixed a PHP warning on comments template
* Displayed average rating only if comments are open
* Displayed empty stars for average rating if no rating found
* Improved code for average rating to work with posts/pages/CPTs list
* Updated language file
* Tested plugin with WordPress 6.5.3

= 4.0.2
* Fixed a PHP version specific fatal error on (backend) comments page
* Tested plugin with WordPress 6.4.3

= 4.0.1
* Added “Negative Rating Alert” system to foster positive feedback
* Improved “Google Review Schema” display upon reviews availability
* Updated language POT file
* Tested plugin with WordPress 6.4.2

= 4.0.0
* Improved plugin resources management
* Improved comments enable/disable compatability
* Improved plugin settings area styles
* Improved whole plugin code WRT the advance practices
* Added comments stars rating column to the comments page (dashboard)
* Updated language file
* Tested plugin with WordPress 6.4.1

= 3.5.5
* Updated language file.
* Tested plugin with WordPress 6.2

= 3.5.4
* Added average rating fallback when there is no review
* Improved average rating display markup for better control
* Updated language file.
* Tested plugin with WordPress 6.0.3

= 3.5.3
* Tested plugin with WordPress 5.9.1

= 3.5.2
* Minor sanitization functions update.

= 3.5.1
* Improved plugin from security point of view.
* Tested plugin with WordPress 5.8.2

= 3.5.0
* Tested plugin with WordPress 5.7.1

= 3.4.0
* Added translation missing strings to the translation.

= 3.3.0
* Tested with WordPress 5.4.1

= 3.2.0
* Added custom reviews type support for Google search results.

= 3.1.0
* Added latest Gutenberg editor support.
* Allowed reviews reply without rating.

3.0.0

• Added an option to choose from two different rating stars style.
• Added an option to display stars rating in Google search results.

2.0.0

• Tested plugin with WordPress 5.1.1 and PHP 7.3.3
• Added an option to require rating selection

1.3.1

• Fixed styling issue

1.3.0

• Tested with WordPress 5.0
• Fixed the default rating value

1.2.0

• Added show/hide support for average rating above comments section
• Added “[stars_rating_avg]” shortcode support to display average rating in the post/page content area or loop
• Set the rating option in the comment form to 5 stars by default

1.1.0

• Tested plugin up to WP V4.9.8

1.0.0

• Initial Release