Description
Testimonials and before/after photos are some of the highest-converting content healthcare and aesthetics practices publish, and some of the easiest ways to end up in an FTC inquiry or licensing board complaint if there’s no documented consent behind them. The FTC’s Endorsement Guides require testimonials to reflect real, current, and typical results. If you’ve never systematically tracked which testimonials and before/after posts actually have a signed release on file, you likely have gaps you don’t know about.
Testimonial & Before/After Consent Tracker scans your published posts, pages, and products the way a browser or Googlebot would, and checks the visible text for five signal patterns:
– Attributed testimonial quotes (a quote followed by a name-style attribution)
– Named patient stories (“in her own words,” “patient story,” “shared by [Name]”)
– Before/after content, tuned to ignore generic marketing language like “traffic before and after a redesign” and only flag genuine before/after references tied to photos, results, or treatment
– Video testimonials
– Star-rated reviews with attribution
Every match gets checked against a consent registry you maintain right on the results screen. For each flagged page, log a subject (initials or name), consent status (signed release on file, verbal only, stock/synthetic, or pending), an optional link to the release document, and notes. Anything flagged with no matching registry entry shows as “No consent record” until you log one, so gaps stay visible instead of buried in a spreadsheet nobody opens.
This is a tracking tool, not a document management system. It can’t confirm a release actually exists in a filing cabinet somewhere — it reports what it finds in your page text and whether you’ve logged a matching record. Treat every “No consent record” flag as a to-do, not an accusation.
What’s included:
– One-click sitewide scan (posts, pages, products) with live progress
– Five tuned detection patterns with false-positive guarding on before/after language
– Built-in consent registry: subject, status, release doc link, notes, logged date
– Per-match “Ignore” to dismiss a flag you’ve reviewed
– No third-party services, no data leaves your site
Facts only, not legal advice. Loop in whoever handles compliance for your practice if you’re unsure whether something needs review before it stays live.
Requires WordPress 5.8+, PHP 7.4+. Instant download, install and scan in minutes.
