Ayasoftware Advanced Reviews extends Magento's native product review system with richer review metadata, configurable catalog review display, image uploads, owner notifications, spam-protection integration, and GraphQL exposure for advanced review data.
Key Features
- Rich Review Metadata — Pros, cons, usage period, recommendation value, and merchant responses on every review.
- Review Images — Customers can upload photos with their reviews, with configurable limits, file size, and allowed extensions.
- Verified Purchase — Reviews are automatically matched to existing customer orders for the reviewed product and stored with verified purchase data.
- Catalog Review Display — Configurable review count display and star-rating rounding on category, search, and listing pages.
- Store Owner Notifications — Email alerts when new reviews are posted, with configurable sender and email templates.
- Mail After Purchase — Post-purchase review request emails with configurable threshold, interval, and send limits.
- Spam Protection — Akismet, Cloudflare Turnstile, or Google reCAPTCHA on the review form, with reject or mark-pending handling.
- Admin Review Editing — Advanced Review fieldset on the admin review edit form for full control of review metadata.
- GraphQL Support — Advanced review data exposed via
ProductReviewandCreateProductReviewInputextensions.
Stack Requirements
Stack Requirements — ayasoftware/advancedreviews v0.1.0
Core Platform
| Dependency | Requirement | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Magento Open Source / Adobe Commerce | 2.4.x | Magento_Review module enabled |
Magento_ReviewGraphQl | Enabled | Required when using GraphQL review fields |
| Magento media directory | Writable | Required for review image uploads |
External Services (optional)
Valid credentials are required only when the corresponding spam-protection provider is enabled:
- Akismet API key
- Cloudflare Turnstile site + secret keys
- Google reCAPTCHA site + secret keys (or reuse Magento's built-in reCAPTCHA Review configuration)
Note: The module extends Magento's native review system (Magento_Review) and installs two additional database tables via declarative schema.
Changelog
0.1.0 July 14, 2026
Initial release
Features
- Rich review metadata: pros, cons, usage period, recommendation value, and merchant responses
- Review image uploads with configurable limits, maximum file size, and allowed extensions
- Verified purchase matching against existing customer orders
- Catalog review summary renderer with configurable review count display and star-rating rounding
- Store owner email notifications for new reviews
- Mail After Purchase review request configuration and email template
- Spam protection with Akismet, Cloudflare Turnstile, or Google reCAPTCHA (reject or mark-pending)
- Advanced Review fieldset on the admin review edit form
- GraphQL:
advanced_reviewfield onProductReviewandCreateProductReviewInputextension
Installation
Install via Composer after configuring your credentials. See your dashboard for your license key.
# 1. Add the repository to your project (one-time)
composer config repositories.ayasoftware composer https://www.ayasoftware.com/repo
# 2. Add your credentials to auth.json (one-time)
composer config --global http-basic.www.ayasoftware.com your@email.com YOUR_LICENSE_KEY
# 3. Require the extension
composer require ayasoftware/advancedreviews
# 4. Enable and upgrade
bin/magento module:enable $(bin/magento module:status --enabled | tail -n +3)
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento cache:clean