How to Create Product Reviews and Ratings in WooCommerce Programmatically?

In this blog post, we will explore how to create product reviews and ratings programmatically in WooCommerce using code.

Product reviews and ratings are a critical component of any successful e-commerce platform. They help customers make informed purchasing decisions and build trust in your products.

WooCommerce, a powerful e-commerce plugin for WordPress, offers built-in support for product reviews and ratings.

However, there are situations where you may need to programmatically create product reviews and ratings.

Prerequisites:

Before we dive into the code, ensure you have the following prerequisites:

1. WordPress and WooCommerce are installed and activated on your website.
2. A basic understanding of PHP, WordPress, and WooCommerce.
3. Access to your website’s code, typically in the theme’s functions.php file or in a custom plugin.

Step 1: Create a Product Review Programmatically

First, we need to create a product review programmatically. This can be achieved by adding the following code to your theme’s functions.php file or a custom WooCommerce plugin:

In this code, we define the review data, including the product ID, author, content, and approval status.

Adjust the values to match your specific review. The wp_insert_comment() function inserts the review into the database.

Step 2: Set the Review’s Rating Programmatically

To set the review’s rating programmatically, you’ll need to work with custom fields since WooCommerce stores ratings as custom fields associated with reviews.

Add the following code:

function wk_set_review_rating_programmatically() {
	$product_id = 29; // Replace with the product ID
		// Define review data
		$review_data = array(
			'comment_post_ID'  => $product_id, // Replace with the product ID you want to review
			'comment_author'   => 'John Doe 1',
			'comment_content'  => 'This product is amazing!',
			'comment_approved' => 1, // 1 for approved, 0 for pending
			'user_id'          => 1, // Replace with the user ID who is leaving the review
		);
		$rating      = 5; // Replace with the desired rating (1 to 5)
		// Insert the review
		$review_id = wp_insert_comment( $review_data );
		update_comment_meta( $review_id, 'rating', $rating );
}
add_action( 'init', 'wk_set_review_rating_programmatically' );

This code sets the rating for the review programmatically by updating the custom field ‘rating’ associated with the review.

It also updates the product’s rating count and average rating to reflect the new review.

Step 3: Display Custom Reviews and Ratings

To display custom reviews and ratings on your product pages, you can modify your theme’s template files.

Here’s an example of how you can display custom reviews:

$product_id = get_the_ID();
$reviews = get_comments(array('post_id' => $product_id));
foreach ($reviews as $review) {
    $rating = get_comment_meta($review->comment_ID, 'rating', true);
    $author = $review->comment_author;
    $content = $review->comment_content;
    
    echo "Rating: " . esc_html($rating) . "<br>";
    echo "Author: " . esc_html($author) . "<br>";
    echo "Review: " . esc_html($content) . "<br><br>";
}

In this code, we retrieve the product’s reviews and display the ratings, author names, and review content.

Conclusion

Creating product reviews and ratings programmatically in WooCommerce can be a valuable addition to your e-commerce site. It allows you to customize and automate the review process.

By following the steps and code snippets provided in this blog, you can programmatically generate reviews and ratings that help build trust and influence purchasing decisions for your products.

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