Review plugin with rating of post [closed]

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While there are a lot of plugins that adds rating type of stars, I would suggest that you code your own. Mainly because most of these are very feature rich with things you will not need.

This is a relatively simple process:

  1. Add a custom user metadata using update_user_meta(), name it posts_voted.

  2. Add a custom post meta value using update_post_meta(). The string value will be the rating, for example, 4.5. Name it post_rating.

  3. Then add rating stars to your single.php using wp_star_rating().

  4. When user selects their rating, you should update the user’s post_voted value and store the post’s ID in the array, and then you should use their choice of rating and add a simple algorithm for the post_rating value.

  5. Finally, on loading the page, do a check if the user’s posts_voted contains the ID of the post; if it does, disable the voting for this user.

Doesn’t this sound a lot better than adding a random plugin that contains tons of unnecessary features?