Stars Documentation

Stars is a structured reviews and comments system for Craft CMS 5 — star ratings, threaded comments, four-state moderation, pros/cons, admin responses, a submitter blocklist, pluggable captcha, spam protection, and schema.org JSON-LD markup for Google Rich Results.

Getting Started

Welcome to the Stars documentation. Use the sidebar to navigate through the available guides.

Installation

Get Stars installed in your Craft CMS project.

Reviews

Submit and display reviews, ratings, and schema.org markup.

Comments

Add a threaded comment system to your entries.

Configuration

Moderation, captcha, privacy, comments, and every setting.

Permissions

Control who can manage, moderate, and delete content.

Troubleshooting

Common issues and solutions.

Feature Highlights

  • Star ratings — configurable maximum scale (1–5 or up to 1–10)
  • Threaded comments — a full comment system with configurable reply depth
  • Four-state moderation — pending, approved, rejected, spam (reviews and comments)
  • Pros & cons and timestamped admin responses
  • Blocklist — block submitters by email, IP, or user ID
  • Pluggable captcha — reCAPTCHA v3, reCAPTCHA v2, hCaptcha, or Cloudflare Turnstile
  • Spam protection — honeypot, per-IP rate limiting, submission-time check
  • Privacy controls — independently disable storing IP, user agent, or referrer
  • Schema.org — Review + AggregateRating JSON-LD output
  • Email notifications and granular user permissions