Hi there 
I’d love to request a small enhancement to the Reviews extension around the “Write a Review” button.
On single listing pages, the review-submit-link template outputs:
<a href="#<?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>review_submit<?php else : ?>user_login<?php endif; ?>_modal"
class="hp-listing__action hp-listing__action--review hp-link">
<i class="hp-icon fas fa-star"></i>
<span><?php esc_html_e( 'Write a Review', 'hivepress-reviews' ); ?></span>
</a>
This works great, but the href changes depending on whether the user is logged in (#review_submit_modal vs #user_login_modal). When I tried to add my own custom “Write a Review” button elsewhere on the page, it initially only worked when logged in because my JS selector matched only #review_submit_modal.
What I’m asking for
It would be really helpful if there were:
-
A small helper or filter/action to easily reuse the “Write a Review” trigger logic, or
-
An officially recommended way to add custom buttons (e.g. floating button) that open the same modal or login flow.
What I ended up doing (working solution)
For now I’m using a floating “Leave a Review” button added via wp_footer and a bit of JS that simply finds your original link (hp-listing__action--review) and clicks it, handling both logged-in and logged-out cases:
add_action( 'wp_footer', function () {
// Only on single listing pages.
if ( ! is_singular( 'hp_listing' ) && ! is_singular( 'listing' ) ) {
return;
}
?>
<button id="mmb-floating-review-btn" type="button" aria-label="Leave a Review">
⭐ Leave a Review
</button>
<style>
#mmb-floating-review-btn{
position: fixed;
right: 1.5rem;
bottom: 1.5rem;
z-index: 9999;
padding: 0.75rem 1.25rem;
border-radius: 999px;
border: none;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 0.95rem;
font-weight: 600;
background: #0f766e;
color: #ffffff;
box-shadow: 0 10px 25px rgba(15, 118, 110, 0.35);
}
</style>
<script>
(function () {
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
var btn = document.getElementById('mmb-floating-review-btn');
if (!btn) return;
btn.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
// Logged-in: href="#review_submit_modal"
// Logged-out: href="#user_login_modal"
var trigger =
document.querySelector('a.hp-listing__action--review.hp-link[href="#review_submit_modal"]') ||
document.querySelector('a.hp-listing__action--review.hp-link[href="#user_login_modal"]') ||
document.querySelector('a.hp-listing__action--review.hp-link');
if (trigger) {
trigger.click();
}
});
});
})();
</script>
<?php
} );
This works nicely on desktop and mobile, logged in and logged out, and can be dropped into a plugin or the Code Snippets plugin.
It would be awesome if something like this pattern (or a helper around it) were officially supported or documented so other site owners can easily add custom review buttons without having to dig through the templates.
Thanks for considering! 