The star ratings for posts can be enabled within the Comment settings:

For more information about all of the Comments settings, check out our in-depth guide covering the Comments add-on: Community Comments

Now, in the comment settings, the options to enable the star ratings are at the bottom of the screen:

But before these settings are changed or enabled, lets go over some of the other settings that need to be enabled in order for this functionality to work:

  1. The comments need to be enabled, otherwise there is no way to leave a star rating on a post.
  2. Allow the post type(s) that will have the star ratings enabled.

In the example above the Community Articles, Coupons, Discussions and Photo Albums have been selected as post types that will allow comments.

With these post types allowing comments, the settings can now be utilized:

  1. These tabs will display the same settings for each post type, allowing a lot of flexibility to modify each individual post type and the accompaning settings.
  2. The Star Rating settings - there are 3 settings to modify.

We will now cover the individual Star Rating settings:

  1. Users Can Only Rate a Post One Time - If this setting is left unchecked, the website members can rate published posts as many times as they'd like.
    When the setting is enabled, the stars will not appear for additional comments:

    When it is disabled, the stars appear:
  2. Display Star Rating on Search Result Pages - This settings allows the ratings to display on the search results pages of the post types so that all website users/visitors can see it. *see "Front-End Use" section for an example

Display Star Rating on Post Detail Page - This will allow the rating to display on the details page which is where the post information is displayed in detail. This setting has a few more options:
• No - Hide Star Rating

• Yes - Above Post


• Yes - Above Comments Section


• Yes - Above Post and Comment Section

For additional assistance:
Email support@brilliantdirectories.com or create a ticket Inside Your Account Dashboard.

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