Comments display module

This module displays a listing of recent product comments from your HikaShop store anywhere on your website. It provides a clean, styled display of customer feedback with star ratings, comment excerpts, author names, dates, and direct links to the reviewed products.

• Displays the most recent published product comments and reviews.
• Star rating display with configurable maximum stars.
• Comment text automatically truncated to 200 characters for a clean layout.
• Author name display (uses comment pseudo, then registered username, then display name).
• Formatted date and direct link to the reviewed product.
• Respects Joomla access levels for both products and categories.
• Only shows comments on published products in published categories.
• Configurable number of comments to display.
• Multiple ordering modes: latest, random, or most useful.
• Option to only display 5-star reviews.
• Carousel mode: display one comment at a time with automatic slide transitions.
• Optional progress bar showing time until the next slide.
• Carousel pauses on hover and resumes on mouse leave.
• Clean card-based layout with hover effects and responsive design.
• Included CSS stylesheet for out-of-the-box styling.
• Support for Joomla template layout overrides.

• 1) Download the module on our website via the download link provided to you after the purchase.
• 2) Install it on your Joomla website via the extension manager or via the "install plugin" button of System > Plugins on Wordpress.
• 3) On Joomla, go to Extensions > Modules, find "HikaShop Comments" and configure it.
• 3) On Wordpress, you will have a block "HikaShop Comments" which you can add to your pages and you'll be able to configure its settings.

• Number of comments: how many recent comments to display (default: 5).
• Ordering: choose between Latest (newest first), Random (random selection on each page load), or Most useful (comments with the most "useful" votes first).
• 5 stars only: when enabled, only comments with the maximum star rating are displayed.
• Carousel: when enabled, only one comment is displayed at a time and it automatically slides to the next one.
• Carousel delay: time in seconds between each slide transition (default: 5).
• Progress bar: display a thin progress bar at the bottom of the comment showing the time remaining before the next slide.
• Layout: select an alternative template layout if available.
• Module Class Suffix: add custom CSS classes for styling.

• This module is compatible with all the editions of HikaShop
• Compatible with PHP 7.4 minimum
• Compatible with Joomla 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x and Wordpress
• No limit of time
• No limit of use

1.0.0 - 28 march 2026

• Initial release of the module.