PrestaShop 1.6.x. How to change default product rating

If a customer gives product comment but does not rate with the stars, the product gets 3 stars out of 5 by default. We’ll show you how to change default product rating in Prestashop and set default star rating for each criterion to 5 stars.

1. Go to the installation root of your site, open themeXXX/modules/productcomments/productcomments.tpl file.

2. Search for the following code:

   {if $criterions|@count > 0}
   
   {foreach from=$criterions item='criterion'}
   
   {$criterion.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   {/foreach}
   
   {/if}

3. Move the checked=”checked” to the value=”5″ line so that it looks as follows:

4. After you’re done, save the changes and check the site.

That’s it! Now you know how to make default star rating for each criterion to be 5 stars.

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below: