Tripadvisor review downloads hang indefinitely
Review downloads for Tripadvisor pages hang on the downloading message and never finish, even after reconnecting or recreating the widget.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
25 public reports · first reported 6 June 2024 · last reported 1 March 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners using the WP Tripadvisor Review Widgets plugin report that after connecting a Tripadvisor page, the review download never completes. The settings keep showing a message that reviews are being downloaded for hours, days, or months, while Google and Facebook sources on the same sites work fine. Some owners say reviews never arrive even after reconnecting, reinstalling, or recreating the widget, and others see errors in the browser console. Small businesses and travel operators who depend on fresh reviews are left with stale or empty widgets. The pattern points to a fragile Tripadvisor retrieval step that needs clearer status, retries, and a diagnostic path owners can act on.
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Products affected
WP Tripadvisor Review Widgets.
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Who has this problem
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