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Testimonial Option

In the Kata theme, the Testimonial feature allows you to showcase positive feedback from customers, users, or colleagues in an appealing and professional layout. This section is useful for building trust with visitors and enhancing your site’s credibility. You can display testimonials as text or include the reviewer’s photo and name. The Testimonial feature is commonly used on homepages or service pages, providing visitors with insights into real experiences, which encourages better engagement with the site.

There are two ways to use the Testimonial feature.

Select the Testimonial feature from the left side WordPress menu. Here you can view previous testimonials or add new ones.

WordPress dashboard with an arrow pointing to the Testimonial menu

Click on Add Testimonial Item to add a new testimonial.

Kata Testimonial admin page with an arrow pointing to Add New Testimonial Item

This page acts similar to a blog post page but in it, you can add all the relevant information for a testimonial.

Edit Testimonial Item screen with name, content, rating and featured image arrows

1- Enter their name

2- A testimonial description is added here

3- The position of the person giving the testimonial

4- The date of the testimonial was received

5- Picture or logo of the entity giving the testimonial

6- Click on Publish to save all this information

After we’ve added all the necessary testimonials for our project, we move on to the editing page to add them.

Search for the Testimonial widget from the search area.

Elementor widget search for testimonials showing Testimonials and Testimonials Vertical widgets

Note: To use the Testimonial widget you’ll need to make sure that the Post Type option Read from Testimonial Post Type is turned on.

Kata Testimonials widget with the use testimonial post type toggle highlighted

From the Testimonial Carousel Settings tab, you can change certain settings for your testimonials.

Kata Testimonials widget with numbered style and carousel settings

1- Number of items in each row

2- Slide speed

3- Set smart speed

4- Set stage padding

5- Set margin

6- Display arrows

7- Pagination display

8- Slider loop

9- Autoplay

10- Center items

11- Support RTL

12- Vertical Slider

From the Style tab, you can modify certain elements in the Testimonial such as Name, Date, Position, etc.

Kata Testimonials widget settings with a highlighted notice about the testimonial post type

This is a more direct way of adding a Testimonial directly from the backend.

Note: To use the Testimonial widget on the editing page you’ll need to make sure that the Post Type option Read from Testimonial Post Type is turned off.

You can add as many testimonials as you want by clicking the “Add Item” button.

Kata Testimonials widget item list highlighted with three testimonial cards

By clicking on each testimonial, you can adjust specific settings for them.

Kata Testimonials widget with numbered content settings and a testimonial carousel preview

1- Choose your desired image

2- Choose rate

3- Choose the icon type

4- Choose an icon

5- Set name

6- Set role

7- Set description

8- Date of the testimony

9- Display time

10- Display shapes

11- Add custom HTML

And once again, we can edit some data regarding the team members from the Style tab similar to the first method.

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