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Quick Start Guide

From a fresh install to a live testimonial showcase — in about five minutes.

Once Real Testimonials is installed and activated, getting your first showcase live takes three moves: add a few testimonials, pick how you want to display them, and follow that path's guide. This page points you in the right direction.

Haven't installed it yet?

Head to Installation & Activation first — it covers uploading the plugin, the setup wizard and activating your license. Then come back here.

Step 1: Add a few testimonials

A showcase needs something to show, so start with the content. Go to Real Testimonials → All Testimonials → Add New and create two or three testimonials — a headline, the quote, a star rating and the reviewer's photo are plenty to get going.

The Add New Testimonial guide walks through every field, step by step. And here's the nice part: testimonials are shared across the whole plugin, so whichever display path you pick next, this content works with both.

Step 2: Pick how you'll display them

There are two ways to put testimonials on a page. They read from the same testimonials, so you can switch later — nothing gets locked in. New here? Go with Blocks.

Step 3: Make the plugin yours

Once your showcase is up, take a few minutes in the plugin's own admin area — the Real Testimonials Dashboard. It's where you turn blocks and modules on or off, connect integrations, manage saved templates and tune plugin-wide settings, so the plugin only carries what you actually use.

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