The auto placement settings allow you to inject the rating form and or overall rating results for all enabled post types. The auto placement settings can be overriden for specific posts or pages in the Edit post page (post meta) or you add filters for specific taxonomies, terms, post types, post id’s and page URL’s which can override the post meta and auto placement settings.

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The rating form can be injected in the following positions:

  • Before content – The rating form will be placed before the post content. The the_content() filter is used.
  • After content – The rating form will be placed after the post content. The the_content() filter is used.
  • Do not show – Do not show the rating form. You will need to use the [mrp_rating_form] shortcode or developer API to display the rating form.
  • Comment form – Add the rating form into the WordPress comment form

The overall rating results of a post can be injected in the following positions:

  • Before title- The rating results will be placed before the post title. The the_title() filter is used.
  • After title- The rating results will be placed after the post title. The the_title() filter is used.
  • Do not show – Do not show the rating results. You will need to use the [mrp_rating_result] shortcode or developer API to display the rating result.
  • Before content – The rating results will be placed before the post content. The the_content() filter is used
  • After content – The rating results will be placed after the post content. The the_content() filter is used

Note: Themes and plugins may also use the_title() and the_content() filters to modify the post content which could cause unexpected presentation issues. It is recommended you try the free version of the plugin first to ensure there are no conflicts.

There are settings to disable automatic placement on search pages, archive pages and the home page.

Rating in the WordPress comment form can be made optional. If a rating is submitted in the WordPress comment form, there are settings to show the user’s rating in the comments.

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