PLEASE NOTE: The LSX Testimonials plugin has been designed for the LSX theme, and has not been tested with other WordPress themes.
LSX Testimonials is compatible with LSX Extensions, WooCommerce, The Events Calendar, Sensei LMS, Envira Gallery, Soliloquy and WP Forms.
Installation
Installation from WordPress admin dashboard:
- Log into your WordPress admin panel and go to Plugins > Add new.
- Enter LSX Testimonials into the search field.
- Click Install Now when you find the plugin
- Click Activate once the installation is complete
Download from WordPress.org
- Go to the plugin page – https://wordpress.org/plugins/lsx-testimonials/
- Click the Download button to download the zip file.
- Log into your WordPress admin dashboard and go to Plugins > Add new.
- Then click Upload plugin.
- Choose the zip file and click Install now.
- After installation is successful click Activate plugin.
Now add your testimonials and then configure the settings to control how testimonial posts will display.
Settings
To configure the display settings, go to Appearance > Theme Options > Display > Testimonials.
- Disable Single Posts – Check this option if you only want an archive Testimonials page.
- Placeholder – assign a placeholder image that will be used if no featured image is set for a testimonial.
Adding a New Testimonial
To add a new team member, go to Testimonials > Add New:
- Add the title for the testimonial in the title field.
- Set a Featured Image for the team member.
- Add your content in the post editor.
- Configure the following banner display options:
- Enter the Testimonial Details. Checking Featured enables the testimonial to display in the Testimonial widget.
- This section is also where you can link your testimonial to LSX Projects, LSX Services and LSX Team, if these LSX Extensions are installed.
Display Testimonials with a Shortcode
Once you have added all your Testimonials and configured their content, you can then add these Testimonials via shortcodes. These shortcodes are configured using the following shortcode options:
Below is an example of a shortcode and what your testimonials will look like on the frontend:
The following options are used to configure the shortcode and control how the testimonials will display on your website.
Columns
set the number of columns to display
options: 1, 2, 3, 4
default: 1
eg: [testimonials columns=4]
Orderby
Choose how the testimonials should be ordered
options: none, ID, name, date, rand (or any of the orderby options accepted by WP Query)
Default: name
eg: [testimonials orderby=rand]
Order
whether to display testimonials in ascending or descending order (based on the orderby parameter)
options: ASC, DESC
default: ASC
eg: [testimonials order=’DESC’]
Limit
set the maximum number of testimonials to be returned
eg: [testimonials limit=4]
Include
Specify which testimonials to include by entering a comma seperated list of IDs. (This overrides the order and limit parameters; testimonials will display in the order in which the IDs are entered)
Eg: [testimonials include=’7, 38, 19′]
Size
Set the featured image or Gravatar size to display on each testimonial. Accepts numbers only, exclude the ‘px’.
default: 150
Eg: [testimonials size=200]
Responsive
Choose whether the images should resize according to the size of the viewport (enabled by default)
default: true
Eg: [testimonials responsive=false]
Show_image
Choose whether the images should display (enabled by default)
default: true
Eg: [testimonials show_image=false]
- Combine these options to create the testimonials display you desire. Eg: [testimonials size=100 show_image=true include=’1, 3, 35′]
Displaying Testimonials using a Widget
- To add testimonials as a widget go to: Appearance > Widgets to find the LSX Testimonial Widget. You can modify the following settings:
- Once complete, select “Save & Publish” at the top of your WordPress Customiser Menu.
Developers
Template Tag:
The team function can be called directly in your theme templates. It accepts an array of the same parameters used in the shortcode.
eg:<?php if ( class_exists( 'LSX_Team' ) ) { lsx_team( array( 'size' => 150, 'show_social' => false, 'columns' => 3, 'limit' => 6 ) ); }; ?>
