How to disable product reviews in OpenCart 2.0.x

OpenCart is very powerful, useful and rich, and it also comes with a lot of predefined settings and options, both for the customers and the admins of a store. However, as a store owner, the decision what functionality your website has, rests on your shoulders. In this article, we will show you how to manipulate the product review section of your store, specifically, how to enable/disable it.

Let’s get started!

• Login to your admin control panel. 
• Go to System → Settings and click on Edit. 
• Go to Options.

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• ​Under the section Reviews, you will see three options: Allow Reviews, Allow Guest Reviews and New Review Alert Mail.

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Allow Reviews and Allow Guest Reviews represent our interest. If you disable Allow Reviews, even if Allow Guest Reviews is enabled, no one would be able to post reviews on your website. If, however, you enable the Allow Reviews, with Allow Guest Reviews you can toggle whether guests will have the right to review your products.
You should also keep in mind that when disabling product reviews, you also disable the AddThissharing buttons in the products page, which are responsible for quick sharing of content on social media.

With product reviews:

Without product reviews:

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Another thing to watch out for is the fact that if a client wants to compare some products, the reviews will no longer be in the categories for comparison.

Product comparison with product reviews:

Product comparison without product reviews:

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Conclusion

There you have it! You are the master of product reviews on you website. Your OpenCart knowledge just got even wider. In case you are wondering, the same method applies to OpenCart 1.5.x with the difference that Allow Reviews is  located in the section Products in System →Settings → Option. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to post a comment below.