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title: How to Add and Configure Custom Post Type Reviews in ReviewX
description: "While WooCommerce product reviews are essential for e-commerce, modern WordPress websites frequently showcase custom content that requires social validation—such as online courses, portfolio case studies, directory listings, downloadable software, and real estate properties. **ReviewX** provides first-class support for **Custom Post…"
url: "https://reviewx.io/docs/how-to-add-and-configure-custom-post-type-reviews-reviewx/"
updated: "2026-10-04"
category: Configuration
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# How to Add and Configure Custom Post Type Reviews in ReviewX

While WooCommerce product reviews are essential for e-commerce, modern WordPress websites frequently showcase custom content that requires social validation—such as online courses, portfolio case studies, directory listings, downloadable software, and real estate properties. **ReviewX** provides first-class support for **Custom Post Types (CPT)**, allowing you to collect ratings, enable multi-criteria evaluations, and inject structured schema markup into any registered post type across your WordPress site.

  ![ReviewX Custom Post Type Review Setup and Schema Configuration](https://reviewx.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/rvx_cpt_create_form_expanded_annotated.png)

Full Feature Parity for Custom Content

Custom Post Type reviews in ReviewX inherit the full power of the platform: multi-criteria ratings, photo/video attachments, Google rich snippet schema, review voting, and customizable review forms.

## Step-by-Step Guide: Adding Reviews to a Custom Post Type

### Step 1: Open the Custom Post Reviews Center

In your WordPress sidebar, navigate to **ReviewX → Custom Post Reviews**. Click the **Add post type** button (marked with **Badge 1**) in the top right corner.

### Step 2: Select Your Target Post Type

In the expanded creation form, locate the **Post Type** dropdown (marked with **Badge 2**). ReviewX automatically detects and lists all publicly queryable post types registered on your site (e.g. `portfolio`, `courses`, `downloads`, `books`, `listings`). Select the post type you wish to enable reviews for.

### Step 3: Configure Schema Type & Display Settings

Customize the behavior of the review module for this specific post type:

- **Schema Entity Type:** Select the Schema.org object that matches your content: *Article*, *Course*, *Service*, *SoftwareApplication*, or *Product*. ReviewX will automatically output valid JSON-LD rich snippets.
- **Form Position:** Choose whether the review form renders before the review list, after the review list, or via shortcode/Elementor widget.
- **Enable Multi-Criteria:** Assign unique rating criteria tailored specifically to this post type (e.g., for an online course: *Content Quality*, *Instructor Support*, *Value*).

### Step 4: Save & Publish

Click **Save changes**. ReviewX will immediately activate customer reviews on all single posts of that custom post type.

## Displaying CPT Reviews via Shortcodes & Elementor

If your custom post type uses a custom page builder template (Elementor Pro Theme Builder, Divi, or Gutenberg), you can place ReviewX widgets anywhere in your layout:

- **Review List Shortcode:** `[rvx-woo-reviews post_type="your_cpt_slug"]`
- **Review Form Shortcode:** `[rvx-review-form post_type="your_cpt_slug"]`
- **Elementor Native Widget:** Drag and drop the **ReviewX CPT Widget** directly into your Elementor Single Post template.