Testimonials: how to show them?

[Patagonia]

Hi, I wanted to add some testimonials, but could not find any way to actually show them

I don’t use Visual Composer as it is clunky and slow, is there a way to show testimonials

– in a widget (there is no Testimonials widget?)?
– On a page

What shortcode would I need to show:
– a rotating testimonial, i.e. changing every x seconds to the next etc, with or without featured image?
– a random testimonial, which does not change, for example to place in a widget, for a certain tag?

Thanks

[Patagonia]

+ some more options needed:

– Display first xx characters/words only (or excerpt, but there is no excerpt field in the editor), with a link to the full testimonials or a specific page?

– A page with x testimonials, limited by tags etc.

Thanks!

[sharmstr]

The testimonial shortcode will work without VC. There are two many options for me to type out for you, so I suggest installing/activating it to build the displays you want. Then copy the shortcode and disable VC. Here’s the basic carousel

COPY CODE

[kleo_testimonials type="carousel" specific_id="no" number="3" tags=""]

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[Patagonia]

Thank you, I tried VC and could edit some basics, but did not find a way to answer these questions:

– with or without featured image (all are without, vc offers no image option? Where does the featured image go?)
– Display first xx characters/words only (or excerpt, but there is no excerpt field in the editor), with a link to the full testimonials or a specific page?

Thanks!

[Patagonia]

Ah, now I do see the featured image, though very small and it does not link to anything. Still I would like to see it limited to x words/characters, for the widget etc.

Thanks!

[sharmstr]

As you can see, neither one of those options are available. You can add them to the feature request forum.

With that said, you can try truncating the text with css. The class is .testimonial-content p: https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/truncate-string-with-ellipsis/

Something like

COPY CODE

.testimonial-content p {
  max-height: 45px;
  max-width: 500px;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;  
  white-space: nowrap;
}

You’ll have to play with the height and width settings to suit your needs.

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