Allows a post author to assign a simple 1-5 star rating to a post, page, or custom post type, which will then be displayed on the post.
As of April 2026, Author Post Ratings is a WordPress post plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 15K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.
There are plenty of plugins available which allow site visitors to rate posts, but I didn’t find any that gave the post author that functionality, so I wrote this plugin. Author Post Ratings adds a meta box to the post edit screen, allowing you to chose a 1-5 star rating for the post, or to leave it unrated. The plugin will automatically add the post rating (using stars, and an optional label) to the top or bottom of the post. If you wish, you can disable that functionality altogether and use a shortcode to insert the post rating anywhere in the post you choose. The plugin supports ratings for posts, pages, and custom post types, all of which can be individually enabled or disabled in the plugin settings. It is also fully internationalized, with Spanish language translation files in…
| WordPress | 3.1+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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