Google Place Rating

Show the Google rating of a place without a widget. The server talks to Google, not the browser.

Topics: Integration · Privacy

Highlights

Places API (New) on the server
Configurable cache lifetime
Central list of locations
Allowlist and rate limit for place IDs
Link to the place on Google Maps

Accessibility

Rating is exposed as text for screen readers, the star row is decorative.

Privacy

Visitors never connect to Google. Only place IDs used on the site can be requested.

Live demo

See it in action

Everything below is the real element, configured in Breakdance. Try it with your keyboard, zoom in, or open the page on your phone.

Variant 1

Stars, rating and review count

The live rating of a real place, the Apple Store in Hamburg, used purely as an example. We are not affiliated with it. The link opens the place on Google Maps.

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Variant 2

Custom icon and accent color

Any icon from the Breakdance icon library can replace the stars, here a stroke icon from Lucide in the brand color, without the review count.

How it works

The browser never talks to Google

The rating is requested and cached by your WordPress site. Visitors only receive plain HTML.

Visitor opens the page

The browser asks only your server. No Google script, no cookie, no IP address sent to Google.

Your server answers from cache

The rating is cached for the time you set (12 hours by default). Most page views never trigger a request.

Cache expires

Your server asks the Places API once, for a place ID that is used on your site. Unknown IDs are rejected and rate limited.

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