--- title: "How to Exclude Social Reviews by Id in Elementor?" url: https://theplusaddons.com/docs/exclude-social-reviews-by-id-in-elementor/ date: 2023-10-28 modified: 2026-09-21 lang: en author: "Aditya Sharma" description: "When you pull reviews from Facebook or Google you take what the platform gives you, spam included. The Social Reviews widget lets you drop individual reviews without dropping the source..." image: https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/How-to-Exclude-Social-Reviews-by-Id-in-Elementor_-1024x536.jpg word_count: 887 --- # How to Exclude Social Reviews by Id in Elementor? ## - Social Reviews is a Pro-only widget in The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro, and it requires Elementor free to be installed and active. - Display Id & Exclude turns on review IDs inside the Elementor editor, where each review shows an ID and a copy button. - Exclude Post Ids hides selected reviews by ID, and multiple IDs are separated with commas in the field. - Social Reviews keeps IDs editor-only, so published pages show no IDs, hiding a review does not change the source on Facebook or Google, and edited reviews can generate a new ID. When you pull reviews from Facebook or Google you take what the platform gives you, spam included. The **Social Reviews** widget lets you drop individual reviews without dropping the source they came from. Each review has an id. Turn the ids on, copy the one you want gone, and paste it into the exclude list. For the full settings tour of the **Social Reviews** widget, see [Social Reviews Widget Settings Overview](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/social-reviews-widget-settings-overview/). ***Requirement - This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro, make sure it's installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.*** [LIVE WIDGET LINK](https://theplusaddons.com/elementor-widget/reviews-wall/?utm_source=tpae&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=text) ## Before You Start - **Edition:** **Pro** — **Social Reviews** ships only in The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro. The widget does not exist in the free plugin at all: no widget file, no CSS and no JavaScript, so there is nothing to fall back to.- **Prerequisite:** [Elementor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/) (free) installed and active.- **Widget to enable:** go to **The Plus Addons > Widgets**, search for **Social Reviews** and turn its toggle on.- **No account needed:** the **Manual** source needs no token, no key and no login. It is the one source you can use straight away. ## Exclude a review - Edit the page with Elementor and add the **Social Reviews** widget, with **Type** on **Reviews**.- Add your reviews under **Social Reviews**, from whichever sources you want.- Open **Content > Review Option** and turn **Display Id & Exclude** on.- Look at the canvas. Each review now carries its id, with a copy button beside it. Copy the id of the review you want to hide.- Paste it into **Exclude Post Ids**. For more than one, separate them with commas — the field's own placeholder says **Add Ids With A Comma To Exclude**. ![Display Id and Exclude turned on, with the Exclude Post Ids field below it.](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/socialreviews-exclude.webp) > *Copy the ids while you are still in the editor. They are printed in the Elementor canvas only; the published page shows no ids anywhere, so there is nothing to copy from once you have left the editor.* ## The two controls | Setting | What it does | Default | | ------- | ------------ | ------- | | **Display Id & Exclude** | Prints each review's id, with a copy button, inside the Elementor editor. | off | | **Exclude Post Ids** | The ids to leave out, comma separated. Only appears once the toggle above is on. | empty | ![Copying a review id and pasting it into Exclude Post Ids.](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/social-reviews-exclude-post-id.gif) ## How It Behaves - **The ids are an editor-only aid.** They are drawn in the Elementor canvas and nowhere else. Loading the published page prints no id at all, which is what you want — but it does mean you cannot look one up later without reopening the editor.- **Leaving Display Id & Exclude on does not affect visitors.** Because the ids only render in the editor, you can leave the toggle on without changing the published page.- **Excluding is per widget.** The list belongs to this widget, not to the source, so the same review can be hidden here and shown by another widget elsewhere. ## Limitations - **The review ids are visible in the Elementor editor only.** **Display Id & Exclude** prints the id next to each review inside the editor; on the published page no id is printed anywhere. Copy the ids while you are still editing.- **The id format is not something you can guess.** It is generated by the widget from the review's own data, and it differs between Facebook, Google and manual rows. Copy it; do not type it.- **Hiding a review does not change the source.** It is still on Facebook or Google, and any rating average those platforms show is unaffected.- **If the review changes, its id may change with it.** The id is derived from the review content, so an edited review can reappear. ## Not verified So you know exactly what has and has not been checked: - **Exclude Post Ids actually removing a review.** The ids are editor-only, and the five values tried without opening the editor did not remove anything. That is inconclusive: it is not evidence the feature is broken, and it is not evidence it works.- **A wall of real Facebook or Google reviews.** This page was checked without ever entering a real access token, API key or place id, so what the finished Facebook or Google feed looks like once connected was not observed for this revision. Everything below that does not need a credential was checked on a published page.- **Whether multiple comma-separated ids work.** The field's placeholder says they do; that was not exercised.- **The copy button itself.** It was not clicked. ## Troubleshooting ### I cannot find the ids on my page They are only drawn inside the Elementor editor. Open the page in Elementor, with **Display Id & Exclude** turned on, and look at the review cards on the canvas. ### The Exclude Post Ids field is not there It only appears once **Display Id & Exclude** is on. Both controls live in **Content > Review Option**, which itself only exists when **Type** is **Reviews**. ### The review is still showing Copy the id again rather than retyping it, and check for a stray space or a missing comma. Remember the result is cached too — lower **Refresh Time** under **Content > Extra Options** or wait for the cache to expire before judging. ### A review I excluded came back If the reviewer edited it, the id it generates can change. Turn the ids on again and copy the new one. ## Related Docs - [Social Reviews Widget Settings Overview](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/social-reviews-widget-settings-overview/)- [How to Add Reviews Manually in Elementor?](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/add-reviews-manually-in-elementor/)- [How to Turn Negative Facebook Review into Positive Review in Elementor?](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/turn-negative-facebook-review-into-positive-review-in-elementor/)- [How to Create a Multi-Social Media Wall Review in Elementor?](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/create-a-multi-social-media-wall-review-in-elementor/)