Title: Google Reviews Widget Help
Last modified: June 29, 2024

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# Google Reviews Widget Help

 *  Resolved [Alicia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aliciagi/)
 * (@aliciagi)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-reviews-widget-help/)
 * I’m trying to embed Google reviews on my client’s homepage, but even with a place
   ID and API it is not working. My client’s google review page is here: [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Stay+Healthy+Fitness/@38.7632829,-121.292617,12z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x66d86533a12a9437:0x916a84b1220c904!8m2!3d38.7632829!4d-121.292617!16s%2Fg%2F11rxf4lh16?entry=ttu](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Stay+Healthy+Fitness/@38.7632829,-121.292617,12z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x66d86533a12a9437:0x916a84b1220c904!8m2!3d38.7632829!4d-121.292617!16s%2Fg%2F11rxf4lh16?entry=ttu)
   This is the place ID: ChIJN5QqoTNl2GYRBMkgEkuoFgk
 * My client doesn’t list a specific address. She has a service area of Roseville,
   CA. From what I was reading, the plugins with Google reviews that require an 
   API and place ID will only work for businesses that include a physical address
   on their business profile. I tried several plugins such as The Plus Addons for
   Elementor and Essential Addons for Elementor. This is the error I kept getting,“
   The provided Place ID is no longer valid. Please refresh cached Place IDs as 
   per [https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/place-id#save-id](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/place-id#save-id)“
 * I’ve also tried many plugins (including Widgets for Google Reviews, Plugin for
   Google Reviews, WP Google Review Slider, WP Social Ninja, WP Google Review Slider)
   that don’t require an API only need a place ID and/or maps URL to locate the 
   business. Then from there, I would customize the configuration I wanted and copy/
   paste the shortcode in Elementor. Even with the latest version of Elementor, 
   the shortcode would not display correctly no matter what plugin I would try. 
   I’m at a loss for what I can do at this point to get google reviews to display
   correctly, so any advice would be appreciated.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-reviews-widget-help/#post-17857510)
 * The error is from Google’s end, telling you to refresh your Place ID through 
   them.
 * No matter what plugin you try, it won’t work until you follow Google’s instructions.
 *  Thread Starter [Alicia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aliciagi/)
 * (@aliciagi)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-reviews-widget-help/#post-17858469)
 * I’m writing this to help anyone who comes across the same issue. I ended up figuring
   out a solution today! After doing lots of research, I was able to confirm that
   Google does not support service area GBP listings for getting a working Google
   places API. Unless Google fixes this, it will only work for people with a physical
   address listed on their Google profile. For those interested here’s a forum from
   Google that discusses this issue in detail: [https://issuetracker.google.com/u/2/issues/35828187?pli=1](https://issuetracker.google.com/u/2/issues/35828187?pli=1)
 * I realized that the only way around this issue for service area GBPs who want
   to display their reviews is to use a widget that doesn’t require an API and can
   look up the business using a place ID or google business URL. When I first used
   [Widgets for Google Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-reviews-plugin-for-google/)
   and copied the shortcode into Elementor, I thought there was some kind of glitch
   because the code did not display correctly in the edit view of Elementor, but
   when I published and viewed the website, lo and behold the reviews looked exactly
   how they should! This is probably obvious for most people, but as I have worked
   very little with coding, I had no idea that what you see in edit view is very
   different from how it will actually look on the published website.

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 * Last reply from: [Alicia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aliciagi/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-reviews-widget-help/#post-17858469)
 * Status: resolved

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