Whether you’re a theme developer, plugin builder, or site administrator, ACF Star Rating Field Extended gives you multiple ways to render ratings:

Shortcode

Drop this shortcode anywhere in your content editor, text widget, or page builder to display a rating:

[acf_star_rating field="your_field_name"]

Programmatic PHP Rendering

Need to render a rating directly in your theme files? Use the static method:

echo \ACF_Star_Rating_Extended\Field_Type::static_render_rating('my_field_name', $post_id);

Custom Filters & Hooks

Customize the Font Awesome classes used for star icons in the admin panel:

add_filter('acf_star_rating_field_admin_star_classes', function($classes) {
    // [Empty, Half, Full]
    return ['fa fa-star-o', 'fa fa-star-half-o', 'fa fa-star'];
});

This level of extensibility makes the plugin ideal for agencies and developers who need fine-grained control over their star rating implementation.