Trustpilot Review Age Highlighter

WHAT IT DOES

This userscript transforms your Trustpilot review list into a visual age dashboard. It reads each review's timestamp, calculates how many days have passed since the review was posted, and applies color-coded highlighting to every review card. The color system uses a four-tier gradient: green for new reviews (0-7 days), yellow for recent (8-30 days), orange for aging (31-90 days), and red for old (91+ days). Each review displays a compact badge showing the exact age in days and a category label. A summary panel shows counts of reviews in each age category with percentages. A filter bar lets you show only reviews in a specific age range, helping you focus on the most recent feedback or analyze older reviews. This is invaluable for business owners, reputation managers, and customer experience teams who need to monitor recent feedback, track review aging, and prioritize responses to new or critical reviews.

WHERE IT RUNS

The script runs on all Trustpilot web application pages at *.trustpilot.com/*, with automatic detection of company review pages and any page displaying review cards. It works across all Trustpilot interfaces by using multiple selector strategies to find review cards, timestamps, star ratings, and review content. The script detects dynamic content loading and re-applies highlighting when the review list changes, including after filtering, sorting, or pagination. It runs across the entire Trustpilot domain, ensuring coverage whether you're viewing your company's main review page, a filtered view, or a specific review category.

HOW TO USE

Install the script via the BotGentz extension and navigate to any Trustpilot company review page. Highlighting will apply automatically to every review card. Each review gets a subtle background tint and a colored left border matching its age category, along with a badge on the review title showing the exact age and label. The summary panel appears above your review list showing total reviews and a breakdown by age category with counts and percentages. The filter bar appears as a sticky row with buttons for each age category—click any button to show only reviews in that category, or click "All" to reset the view. Use the panel controls to toggle highlighting on or off, show or hide the summary panel, or enable or disable the filter bar. You can customize the day thresholds for each color category to match your review monitoring workflow. The "Refresh" button manually reapplies all highlighting if the page updates.

THE MECHANISM - DATE PARSING, AGE CALCULATION, AND VISUAL PRIORITIZATION

This script identifies review age by scanning each review card for timestamps. It uses a cascading selector strategy that looks for Trustpilot's date elements including .review-date, .date, .timestamp, .time-ago, and time tags. When relative time strings are found ("2 days ago," "3 hours ago," "1 month ago"), the script parses them into absolute timestamps by subtracting the time from the current moment. For absolute timestamps, it converts them to Date objects directly. The age is calculated as the difference between the current time and the review timestamp, expressed in days. This age is then mapped to a color category using the user-defined thresholds. The highlighting is applied via inline styles on each review card (background and border-left) that override Trustpilot's default styling. The badge is inserted into the review title element using DOM manipulation. For the summary, the script counts reviews in each category and calculates percentage distributions. The filter bar uses display toggling to show or hide reviews based on their age category.

THE PANEL

The control panel appears as a floating, draggable element that you can position anywhere on the Trustpilot page. Drag by the header to reposition it, and the position is saved per site using GM_setValue so it stays where you left it across sessions. Release the panel near any edge and it snaps into place, keeping your workspace organized. Click the panel header to collapse it into a small bubble showing only the chart emoji (📊), minimizing distraction while keeping controls accessible. Drag from the bubble to restore the full panel. The panel automatically resizes to fit its content and includes all setting toggles, threshold controls, action buttons, and a color legend. Press the Escape key to quickly collapse the panel to its minimized state. The panel remains visible across page navigation within Trustpilot, with highlighting updating automatically as you move between review views.

PLEASE NOTE

This script requires the free BotGentz extension to function. It is designed for Trustpilot users who need to monitor review age and prioritize responses. The script reads only visible review data from the DOM—it does not access Trustpilot's API, your account credentials, or any sensitive information. All settings (threshold values, toggle states, and panel position) are stored locally using GM_setValue and never leave your browser. The script does not modify your Trustpilot data—it only enhances the visual presentation of the review list. Age calculations are based on your system's current time and the timestamps visible on the page; if Trustpilot updates its website structure, the script may need to be updated to match new selectors. The filter bar works on all reviews currently visible in the list; if the list is paginated, the filter applies only to the current page. Reviews without a visible timestamp are not highlighted.