Manually Approved Reviews for WooCommerce is a plugin designed for WordPress that allows users to control the visibility of product reviews. By default, WooCommerce publishes reviews immediately, but this plugin changes that by placing new reviews in a pending status until they are manually approved. This feature is particularly useful for maintaining quality and relevance in customer feedback, ensuring that only appropriate reviews are displayed to potential buyers.

The plugin effectively overrides WooCommerce's default behavior, which does not adhere to the WordPress setting that requires manual approval of comments. With this tool, website administrators can oversee all incoming product reviews, providing a layer of moderation that can enhance the overall shopping experience. It is a free solution that caters to those looking to improve their product review management in a WooCommerce environment.