{"id":2527,"date":"2026-10-20T08:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/change-overall-rating-label-and-rating-image\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:41:01","slug":"change-overall-rating-label-and-rating-image","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/multiratings-and-reviews\/change-overall-rating-label-and-rating-image\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change the Overall rating label and use an image for the rating stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the MultiRatings and Reviews add-on is active, the Reviews section on a listing shows the overall rating above your own rating categories. The label is plain text from the plugin, so you change it with a translation, and the stars can be swapped for your own image in the review design settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change the &#8220;Overall&#8221; text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Translate the string to the word you want, even if your site is in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/translations\/how-to-change-just-one-language-string\/\">How to change just one language string<\/a> shows the quickest way. If you already use a translation file and the string is missing from it, update the file from the latest plugin template so it picks up new strings, then translate it. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-tos\/how-to-translate-or-localize-geodirectory\/\">How To Translate Or Localize GeoDirectory<\/a> covers that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use a transparent image instead of Font Awesome stars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to GeoDirectory &gt; Settings &gt; Design &gt; Reviews.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <em>Show Advanced<\/em> so the advanced options appear.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set <em>Rating type<\/em> to <em>Transparent Image<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload your image in <em>Rating transparent image<\/em> and save.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This changes the main rating stars. Each rating category added with MultiRatings has its own style, set when you create the rating. See <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/multiratings-and-reviews\/how-to-add-new-ratings-and-rating-styles\/\">How to Add New Ratings and Rating Styles?<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the <em>Upload Image<\/em> button does nothing, another plugin is usually breaking the media uploader on that screen. Turn off other plugins one at a time to find it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the MultiRatings and Reviews add-on is active, the Reviews section on a listing shows the overall rating above your own rating categories. The label is plain text from the plugin, so you change it with a translation, and the stars can be swapped for your own image in the review design settings. Change the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[213,414],"class_list":["post-2527","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-extensions-features","gd_placecategory-multiratings-and-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2705,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2527\/revisions\/2705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=2527"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=2527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}