# Reviews

Reviews can be added for a Product or Variant.

A Review needs at least a star rating (1-5 stars). It can have an optional title and description as well as a list of pros and cons.

Reviews can be disabled completely via October's backend settings.

# Review categories

You can create additional review categories like Price, Design or Build quality and assign them to specific product categories.

This allows a customer to rate specific aspects of a product in more detail.

Review categories can be managed via the Product category edit form.

The following settings can be configured in the backend:

This option removes the reviews form and list from the Product component if disabled.

If this option is enabled, reviews need to be approved by the site admin manually. Unapproved reviews are not visible on the website.

By default, only logged in customers can create reviews. If this option is enabled, everyone can review products.