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Create a\nreusable product catalogue, define your own criteria, write in the familiar\nWordPress editor and publish responsive comparison tables, cards and rankings.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Professional comparison creation<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Comparison editor:<\/strong> Build each comparison from clear Information,\nProducts, Criteria, Content, Design, SEO and Publication sections.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Classic WordPress editing:<\/strong> Write the comparison description and complete\nproduct content in Visual or Text mode with the native WordPress editor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rich editorial formatting:<\/strong> Use paragraphs, H2-H6 headings, lists,\nblockquotes, links, separators, code, media, captions and editable\ninformation, success and warning callouts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reusable product catalogue:<\/strong> Maintain product names, brands, prices,\nplatforms, features, descriptions, images, galleries and commercial data in\none place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Custom comparison 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Use labelled controls, keyboard-compatible\nactions, semantic headings and meaningful image alternative text.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Theme-aware design:<\/strong> Apply configurable presets, colours, widths and\ndisplay options while keeping the public output responsive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Notifications and editorial workflow<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Notification centre:<\/strong> Follow important catalogue, publication, link and\nextension events from a dedicated notification screen and administration\ntoolbar indicator.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read and unread status:<\/strong> Identify new events immediately, mark individual\nnotifications as read and clear items that no longer require attention.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notification search:<\/strong> Search the notification history instead of manually\nbrowsing every message.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notification preferences:<\/strong> Choose which types of information should appear\nand configure the plugin's error-notification behaviour.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Actionable alerts:<\/strong> Open the relevant product, comparison, affiliate link\nor settings area directly when a notification requires intervention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Appearance and ready-to-use templates<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Global appearance workspace:<\/strong> Configure the visual foundation used by\npublic comparisons from one administration screen.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colours and typography:<\/strong> Select the primary colour, font family and other\nvisual values without editing theme files.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Corners and shadows:<\/strong> Control border radius and shadow intensity to match\nthe WordPress site's existing identity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Custom CSS:<\/strong> Add carefully scoped presentation adjustments when the built-in\ncontrols are not sufficient.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Responsive preview:<\/strong> Inspect appearance changes in a live preview before\napplying them to public content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>10 included comparison 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selection of the best products from\na comparison.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pros and cons block:<\/strong> Reuse detailed advantages and disadvantages for a\ncomparison or a selected product.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best choice block:<\/strong> Promote the recommended product with its score, price,\nlabel and call to action.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Affiliate button block:<\/strong> Add a traceable product offer button with size,\nalignment, colour and new-tab controls.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Product grid block:<\/strong> Build responsive catalogue grids with a configurable\nproduct limit and number of columns.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editorial note block:<\/strong> Add a signed and dated editorial note using a\nconfigurable visual style.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Server-rendered previews:<\/strong> Select products and comparisons from the editor\nand preview dynamic output without duplicating saved catalogue information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shortcode compatibility:<\/strong> Use equivalent presentations in classic 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user agents and tracking\ncookies from the plugin's statistics tables.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Retention controls:<\/strong> Choose how long statistics and activity logs remain in\nthe WordPress database.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>User access and permissions<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Role-based access:<\/strong> Decide what administrators, editors, authors,\ncontributors and the dedicated custom Comparator role can do.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Granular permissions:<\/strong> Control viewing, creation, editing, publication and\ndeletion of comparisons separately from product, affiliate, statistics,\nsettings, user and import\/export permissions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>User overview:<\/strong> Review WordPress users, their assigned role and their last\nrecorded Comparator activity from the plugin interface.<\/li>\n<li><strong>User invitations:<\/strong> Invite a user by email and assign an appropriate role\nfor the comparison workflow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protected administration:<\/strong> Keep administrator permissions protected while\nallowing safer delegation of editorial responsibilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Complete extension settings<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>General settings:<\/strong> Configure language, currency, price presentation, score\nscale, default product count, drafts, automatic display and autosave.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Affiliate settings:<\/strong> Manage nofollow and sponsored attributes, click\ntracking, sponsored badges, transparency notices, UTM values and automatic\nlink verification.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SEO settings:<\/strong> Control structured-data types, indexation, canonical URLs,\nsitemap and robots options, title affixes, authors, reviewers and metadata for\nanswer engines.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance settings:<\/strong> Configure comparison caching, image optimisation,\nlazy loading, WebP conversion, CSS\/JavaScript delivery, font preloading and\ndatabase cleanup.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Privacy settings:<\/strong> Control anonymous statistics, affiliate-click records,\nuser-action logs, consent, Cookiebot, Axeptio, ePrivacy, data requests,\nuninstall behaviour and retention periods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advanced settings:<\/strong> Access integration and technical controls intended for\nexperienced administrators.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diagnostic tools:<\/strong> Inspect the plugin environment, cache and database,\ntrigger maintenance actions and identify configuration problems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Safe reset controls:<\/strong> Restore an individual settings group without having\nto reset the entire extension.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>SEO and discoverability<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SEO title and description:<\/strong> Define comparison-specific search metadata or\nuse a clean, automatically shortened description fallback.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canonical URLs:<\/strong> Output consistent canonical destinations for dedicated\nproduct, comparison and catalogue pages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indexing control:<\/strong> Choose whether public 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destinations:<\/strong> Save product or offer URLs and configure button\nlabels without hard-coding links in page content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Link attributes:<\/strong> Apply sponsored, nofollow, new-tab and noopener behaviour\nto affiliate calls to action.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transparency notices:<\/strong> Display a configurable affiliate disclosure above\nor below the comparison.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optional link verification:<\/strong> Let an administrator check saved destinations\nand identify unavailable links.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local anonymous statistics:<\/strong> Optionally count views and affiliate clicks\ninside WordPress without storing visitor IP addresses or raw user agents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Data management and ownership<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Import tools:<\/strong> Import structured catalogue data from CSV, JSON, XML or an\nadministrator-provided remote URL.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Export tools:<\/strong> Export reusable CSV or JSON data and create complete plugin\nbackups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>WordPress-owned storage:<\/strong> Keep products, comparisons, criteria and optional\nevents in the website's own database.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Controlled uninstall:<\/strong> Preserve content by default and remove plugin data\nonly after an administrator explicitly enables that option.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No forced account:<\/strong> Use the complete free edition without a CritiquePlus\naccount, licence key, subscription or automatic connection to CritiquePlus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Optional CritiquePlus Comparator Pro add-on<\/h4>\n\n<p>The separately distributed CritiquePlus Comparator Pro add-on extends the Free\nplugin for teams that need guided configuration, interactive recommendation\nexperiences, artificial intelligence and centralised licence management. All\nFree features described above remain available without Pro.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Quick setup assistant:<\/strong> Configure comparison types, appearance, primary\ncolour, affiliate behaviour, artificial intelligence and licence activation\nthrough a guided seven-step workflow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saved setup progress:<\/strong> Resume an incomplete configuration without starting\nthe entire assistant again.<\/li>\n<li><strong>10 additional premium templates:<\/strong> Add ten Pro designs to the ten models\nincluded in Free, providing 20 comparison templates in total when both\nextensions are active.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Premium visual systems:<\/strong> Use Atlas, Prism, Executive, Magazine, Benchmark,\nConversion, Bento, Horizon, Aurora and Monochrome for different editorial,\nbenchmark and conversion-oriented presentations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Personalised calculator:<\/strong> Transform comparison criteria into visitor\nquestions and recommend products according to individual priorities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weighted recommendations:<\/strong> Combine visitor answers, criterion weights and\nsaved product scores to produce an understandable personalised ranking.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Calculator management:<\/strong> Create, edit, publish and reuse calculators linked\nto existing Free comparisons and catalogue products.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public calculator catalogue:<\/strong> Publish calculators on dedicated routes and\nmake them available from a browsable public catalogue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Calculator Gutenberg block:<\/strong> Insert a selected calculator directly from\nthe WordPress block editor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two-product Versus mode:<\/strong> Place two products face to face in a focused,\nresponsive presentation designed for direct purchasing decisions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shared Versus data:<\/strong> Reuse saved products, public criteria, features,\nscores and commercial information without maintaining duplicate records.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Versus Gutenberg block:<\/strong> Select a comparison and the two products to show\nfrom a dedicated dynamic WordPress block.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multi-provider AI assistant:<\/strong> Connect OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google\nGemini or DeepSeek and select the provider and model used by the assistant.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secure AI configuration:<\/strong> Store provider API keys encrypted on the\nWordPress server and test each connection before production use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Product and comparison assistance:<\/strong> Use catalogue context to accelerate\nproduct and comparison creation and ongoing management.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Criteria generation:<\/strong> Prepare structured criterion proposals adapted to a\nproduct family or comparison subject.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SEO assistance:<\/strong> Generate contextual SEO title and meta-description\nproposals for products and comparisons.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editorial assistance:<\/strong> Prepare advantages, disadvantages, FAQs, summaries\nand content suggestions from the selected catalogue context.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consistency and update suggestions:<\/strong> Identify incomplete information and\nprepare proposals for correction or future editorial updates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Explicit AI validation:<\/strong> Review generated proposals before applying them;\ncatalogue content is not modified without user validation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI activity history:<\/strong> Record the provider, model, operation, latency,\nstatus and available usage data for diagnostics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Support interface available 24\/7:<\/strong> Consult help resources or submit a\nsupport request at any time. Human response times depend on the active\nsupport plan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Licence and Help hub:<\/strong> Review activation status and open documentation,\nsupport and account resources from a central WordPress screen.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Centralised licence management:<\/strong> Authorise licences and domains from the\nCritiquePlus Panel before connecting the WordPress installation securely.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Licence visibility:<\/strong> Review the active plan, authorised site, activation\nusage and expiration information from WordPress.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secure licence storage:<\/strong> Encrypt the local licence key and avoid exposing\nthe saved value in the browser after activation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Authenticated Pro updates:<\/strong> Receive compatible Pro releases through the\nprivate update channel while the licence remains valid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>CritiquePlus Comparator Pro is a separate optional add-on. No premium\nexecutable code is included in this WordPress.org package. Activation creates\nthe required data structure only; it does not publish sample products or\ndemonstration comparisons.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Privacy<\/h3>\n\n<p>Anonymous statistics and affiliate-click tracking are disabled by default.\nWhen an administrator explicitly enables them, event information is stored\nlocally in WordPress. The plugin does not store visitor IP addresses, raw user\nagents or visitor cookies in its statistics tables.<\/p>\n\n<p>No analytics information is transmitted to CritiquePlus.<\/p>\n\n<h3>External services<\/h3>\n\n<p>CritiquePlus Comparator does not contact CritiquePlus servers automatically\nand does not require a CritiquePlus account. Help and Upgrade links open only\nafter an administrator chooses them.<\/p>\n\n<p>The plugin can contact another website in the following administrator-initiated\nor administrator-enabled situations:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Remote import: the plugin requests a CSV, JSON, XML or API URL entered by an\nadministrator. An optional API key is sent only to that configured URL.<\/li>\n<li>Affiliate-link verification: the plugin requests a saved destination to read\nits HTTP availability status. The destination can receive the WordPress\nserver IP address and link-checker user agent as part of the normal request.<\/li>\n<li>Affiliate navigation: a visitor who chooses an affiliate button is sent to\nthe destination configured by the site administrator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>No personal visitor information is sent to CritiquePlus by these operations.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>In WordPress, open Plugins &gt; Add New &gt; Upload Plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Select the CritiquePlus Comparator ZIP file.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Open Comparator in the WordPress administration menu.<\/li>\n<li>Add the products that will be reused in your comparisons.<\/li>\n<li>Create a comparison, complete its Description, Products, Criteria and SEO\nsections, then preview it.<\/li>\n<li>Publish the comparison and insert its block or shortcode where required.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"is%20an%20account%20required%3F\"><h3>Is an account required?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The free plugin works without a CritiquePlus account, subscription or\nlicence key.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20activation%20publish%20sample%20content%3F\"><h3>Does activation publish sample content?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Activation creates only the plugin database structure and permissions.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20use%20the%20normal%20wordpress%20editor%3F\"><h3>Can I use the normal WordPress editor?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Comparison descriptions and complete product descriptions use the native\nWordPress Visual\/Text editor when it is available. The toolbar remains visible\nwhile the editor content scrolls.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20insert%20a%20comparison%20in%20the%20block%20editor%3F\"><h3>Can I insert a comparison in the block editor?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. The plugin registers reusable comparison blocks. Shortcodes remain\navailable for classic content areas and compatible page builders.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20plugin%20replace%20my%20seo%20plugin%3F\"><h3>Does the plugin replace my SEO plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. It provides comparison-specific metadata and structured data and integrates\nwith Rank Math, Yoast SEO and All in One SEO. Your SEO plugin remains in charge\nof the rest of the website.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"which%20structured%20data%20types%20are%20supported%3F\"><h3>Which structured data types are supported?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Product, Review, ItemList, FAQPage and BreadcrumbList can be controlled in the\nglobal settings and for each comparison. Markup is generated from published\ncontent and real saved values.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"are%20affiliate%20links%20supported%3F\"><h3>Are affiliate links supported?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. You can configure destinations, button labels, sponsored and nofollow\nattributes, new-tab behaviour, transparency text and optional local click\ncounts.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"is%20visitor%20tracking%20enabled%20automatically%3F\"><h3>Is visitor tracking enabled automatically?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Anonymous statistics and affiliate-click tracking are disabled by default\nand can be enabled by an administrator.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"where%20are%20comparison%20data%20stored%3F\"><h3>Where are comparison data stored?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Products, criteria, comparisons and optional events are stored in tables owned\nby the WordPress installation.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20remove%20plugin%20data%20during%20uninstall%3F\"><h3>Can I remove plugin data during uninstall?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Data removal must first be explicitly enabled in the advanced settings.\nThe default uninstall behaviour preserves content.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20plugin%20include%20a%20paid%20trial%3F\"><h3>Does the plugin include a paid trial?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The WordPress.org plugin is the complete free edition. 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