Show guest reviews with a little more privacy by shortening the guest’s name and simplifying the stay date, in the style you choose.
What it does #
A full guest name sitting next to a public review can feel like more personal information than a stranger reading your site needs. Review Display reformats how the guest’s name and review date show on your property page’s reviews section, in a style you pick from a few options.
What a visitor sees, using the defaults:
- The guest’s name is abbreviated to first name(s) and a last initial, so “Sarah Mitchell” becomes “Sarah M.” A name with more than two parts keeps everything but the last word, so “Mary Jane Watson” becomes “Mary Jane W.” A single-word name is left as is.
- The review date follows the name after a small dot, as just the month and year: “Sarah M. · March 2026”. A review from any day in March shows the same way, so the exact stay date stays private. Prefer something shorter? An abbreviated style shows “Sarah M. · Mar 2026” instead.
- If a review has no guest name recorded, only the date shows. If a review has no review date recorded, the date it was added to your site is used instead.
How to turn it on #
1. Enable the module #
In the HomeRunner Toolkit Hub, switch on Review Display. The default name and date formatting applies right away to your property page’s built-in reviews section.
2. Adjust the name and date style (optional) #
Open the Review Display settings panel in the Hub if you want a different name style, a different date format (including the abbreviated month), or to hide the date entirely. Click Save Review Display Settings when you are done. See the Settings table below for what each option does.
Settings #
| Setting | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Guest name style | How the reviewer’s name is shown. First name + last initial (the default) displays “Sarah Mitchell” as “Sarah M.”; Initials only displays “S. M.”; Full name shows the name as stored. |
| Review date | Whether and how the review date is appended after the guest name. Month + year (the default) shows “March 2026”; Abbreviated month + year shows “Mar 2026”; Site date format uses the date format from your WordPress general settings; Off hides the date. |
Tips #
- This only changes how reviews display on the page. Your own admin and the structured data search engines read keep the guest’s real name and exact date.
- The date is added as plain text after the name, so it displays correctly even on sites with a customized reviews template.
- Built for sites using the core plugin’s reviews section. If your site’s review section is built in YOOtheme instead, this module has no effect there.
- Works with reviews from any source, PMS sync, CSV import, or manual entry. See Review Importer for bringing in historical reviews.
- Pairs well with Review Visibility if you also want to hide specific reviews from the list.