Using GD Star Ratings

• 1). Sign in to your WordPress site. Click on "Plugins." Click on "Add New." Search for the "GD Star Rating" plugin. Click "Install," and then click on "Activate."
  
  
• 2). Click on "GD Star Rating" beneath the "Settings" header, then click on "Settings."
  
  
• 3). Click on "Integration." Check the box next to "Prevent saving more than one rating per user or visitor" if you want to disable the same user from rating a post twice.
  
  
• 4). Click on the "Article" button with the star next to it. Here you'll set up your "Star" ratings. Check the box next to "Insert Star Ratings" for the "Individual Post" and "Individual Page" option, if desired. If you don't want to display the star rating system, leave these boxes blank. Choose the inserted location (top, bottom, or bottom and top).
  
  
• 5). Click on the "Article" button with the "Thumbs Up" symbol. Choose whether or not to display the thumbs up rating system on posts or pages, then choose the location. Click on "Save Settings."
  
  
• 6). Click on the "Graphics" link. Choose the star rating graphic you want to use, then choose the "Thumbs Up" rating you want to display. Click on "Save Settings."
  
  

Using the Rating Widget

• 1). Sign in to your site and click on "Plugins." Click on "Add New." Search for "Rating Widget." Click on "Install" then "Activate."
  
  
• 2). Click on "Ratings," then fill out the "CAPTCHA" puzzle. Click on "Verify Captcha." This automatically provides you with the API key and enables the plugin.
  
  
• 3). Choose whether to display the rating system on articles and pages, then choose the location (top left, top center, top right, bottom left, bottom center or bottom right).
  
  
• 4). Choose whether you want to display the "Thumbs Up" system or the "Star" rating system. Click on "Save Changes."
  
  

Using the Rate Plugin

• 1). Sign in to your site and click on "Plugins." Click on "Add New." Search for "Rate." Click on "Install" then "Activate."
  
  
• 2). Click on "Editor" beneath "Appearance." Open the single post template (usually named single.php).
  
  
• 3). Paste the following code where you want the rating widget to appear:
  
  <?php the_rating(); ?>
  
  
• 4). Click on "Update."