Plugin 'Reviews' tab should provide more information to logged-out users

[DannyCooper]

To a logged out user, it doesn't appear there is any way to review a plugin:

The Support tab is a bit clearer:

However, if a plugin already has a lot of support threads, then that tab is unclear too as the message gets pushed down to the bottom. Example: ​https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/olympus-google-fonts/

It would be useful if these messages showed at the top for logged-out users.

[pratikgandhi]

Hello @DannyCooper

Thank you for the ticket.

I just checked the plugin's review tab and I think it's now updated. I can see the reviews without login and with login in this tab easily. Hope it is visible to you as well.

Thank you

[DannyCooper]

Hi @pratikgandhi,

This isnt fixed, please check a plugin that has no reviews when you are not logged in:

​https://wordpress.org/plugins/design-experiments/#reviews

The tab is completely blank.

[pratikgandhi]

Hi @DannyCooper

yes, There should be some message like 'This plugin has not been rated yet, Add my review'.

Thanks

[DannyCooper]

I'm not familiar enough with the .org codebase to submit a patch, but I think something as simple as this would work:

[dufresnesteven]

Plugin has no review: User not logged In.

[dufresnesteven]

Plugin has no reviews: User logged In.

[dufresnesteven]

Patch attachment:4383.diff​.

I've submitted a patch to add a message on the left side of the reviews tab for the following scenarios:

The Plugin has no reviews and the user is logged out.

The Plugin has no reviews and the user is logged in.

Notes:

• I made use of our newer "notice" styles for the messaging

Deployment Instructions:

• Need to recompile wporg-plugins css.

[dufresnesteven]

Did I interpret your expected change properly?

[DannyCooper]

Yes, it looks like you did @dufresnesteven :-)

[dd32]

In 9652:

Plugin Directory: Add a login link to add reviews, and a notice when there's no reviews for the plugin.

This differs from the ticket patches slightly, in that it adds the login link to the sidebar rather than the notice, for consistency when a plugin has existing reviews.

Props dufresnesteven.
Fixes #4383.

[pedromendonca]

Hi @dd32,

The Log in to WordPress.org string should have capital P.
The trac is autocorrecting the capital P, so I can't report it correcly

Please see ticket https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5124

[Otto42]

In 9654:

Plugin Directory: Capital P correction for [9652]. See #4383.