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Review Editor for WooCommerce

by tommyboy180

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Description

Managing imported or incorrect WooCommerce product reviews is painful by default. WooCommerce does not allow editing star ratings, reassigning reviews to different products, or adjusting review dates from the WordPress comment editor.

Review Editor for WooCommerce adds a clean, purpose-built edit panel to the WordPress Comments screen so you can fix any review in seconds.

Features

  • Reviewer Name — Edit the display name shown on the review
  • Star Rating — Click-to-set interactive star UI (1–5 stars)
  • Review Content — Edit the review text directly
  • Product Assignment — Dropdown of all your published products; move a review to the correct product with one click
  • Review Date & Time — Set an exact date and time
  • 🎲 Randomize Date — Instantly set a random date within the last 365 days, great for seeding imported reviews naturally
  • Fast saves — Uses optimized database updates to avoid triggering WooCommerce’s expensive rating recalculation hooks.
  • Admin-only — Adds nothing to your public storefront

Who is this for?

  • Store owners migrating reviews from Etsy, eBay, or other platforms
  • Anyone who imported reviews and needs to fix product assignments
  • Stores that want to clean up review dates or names after a bulk import

How to use

  1. Go to WordPress Admin Comments
  2. Find any product review and click Edit
  3. Scroll to the ⭐ Review Details panel
  4. Make your changes and click Update Comment

A small ⭐ Review Editor badge appears next to the Edit link on product reviews in the Comments list so you can spot them at a glance.
Plugin URI: https://wordpress.org/plugins/review-editor-for-woocommerce

Automatic installation

  1. Go to Plugins Add New in your WordPress dashboard
  2. Search for Review Editor for WooCommerce
  3. Click Install Now and then Activate

Manual installation

  1. Download the plugin zip
  2. Go to Plugins Add New Upload Plugin
  3. Upload the zip file and click Install Now
  4. Activate the plugin
  1. Review Details panel on the comment edit screen

    Review Details panel on the comment edit screen

Does this work without WooCommerce?

No. The plugin only activates its edit panel on comments attached to WooCommerce product posts. It won’t interfere with regular blog comments.

Will saving a review trigger WooCommerce’s rating recalculation?

No — intentionally. The plugin writes directly to the database and does a lightweight cache clear instead. This keeps saves fast (under a second) rather than triggering WooCommerce’s full recount which can take minutes on large stores.

Does this add anything to my public storefront?

No. Everything this plugin does is confined to the WordPress admin area.

Is it safe to move a review from one product to another?

Yes. The plugin updates the comment’s product assignment and clears the relevant caches for both the old and new product so review counts stay accurate.

Will this work with my theme or other review plugins?

The plugin edits the underlying WordPress comment data, so changes will be reflected wherever WooCommerce reads its reviews — including most themes and review display plugins.

1.0.4

  • Change: Plugin URI updated to buymeacoffee.com/tommyboy180, GitHub link removed

1.0.3

  • Add: “Buy Me a Coffee” support banner at the bottom of the review edit panel

1.0.2

  • Add: 🎲 Randomize Date button — sets a random date and time within the last 365 days, with a brief highlight flash to confirm the change
  • Change: Plugin renamed to “Review Editor for WooCommerce” to avoid implying official WooCommerce affiliation

1.0.1

  • Fix: Replaced wp_update_comment() with direct $wpdb writes to bypass WooCommerce’s expensive rating recalculation hooks, which caused 3+ minute save times
  • Fix: Cache busting is now lightweight — clears comment cache, comment count, and product transients only
  • Add: VERSION constant in plugin class

1.0.0

  • Initial release
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