Rating System

The plugin uses a two-tier star rating system: an overall rating and optional subcategory ratings.

Overall Rating

Every review requires an overall 1–5 star rating. This is the primary metric displayed everywhere. The input uses a CSS-only star selector — no JavaScript required for the star interaction.

Subcategory Ratings

Reviewers can optionally rate five default categories, each on a 1–5 scale:

Category	What It Measures
Event Organization	How well the event was planned and run
Staff & Coordinator Helpfulness	Quality of event staff and organizer support
Table Cost Value	Whether the table cost was reasonable for what you got
Foot Traffic & Sales Potential	Volume of attendees and buying opportunity
Venue Quality	Condition and suitability of the event space

Subcategory ratings are completely optional. If a reviewer skips a category, it’s excluded from that category’s average — it doesn’t count as zero.

Pro: Subcategories can be fully customized from the Settings > Rating Fields tab. Add, remove, and reorder categories with the drag-and-drop repeater.

How Averages Are Calculated

The overall average sums all approved reviews’ overall ratings and divides by the review count. Each subcategory average is computed independently from only the reviews that rated that category.

Star Display

Stars render as Unicode characters. The display rounds to the nearest whole star. The exact decimal average is shown alongside the stars.