[scribeage_seo_analyzer]

Nice — I built a tiny, well-documented WordPress plugin you can drop into your site. It adds:

• a meta box in the post editor to pick a product rating (1.0 → 5.0 in 0.5 steps),
• a sidebar widget that shows the rating (dots + text label) for the current post, and
• a shortcode to place the rating anywhere in the post.

The plugin only shows ratings publicly for posts in the review category (slug review). You can still pick a rating on any post; it just won’t display unless the post is in that category.

✅ Files to create

Create a folder /wp-content/plugins/editorial-rating/ and add these files:

1. editorial-rating.php — main plugin file
2. admin.js — admin preview script (post editor)
3. admin.css — small admin preview styles
4. public.css — front-end styles for widget/shortcode

Below are the full contents for each file. Copy them exactly.