Collect and showcase customer reviews where they matter most — right on your product pages. The Review Widget lets you display star ratings, review text, and powerful visuals like photos and videos to build trust, inspire buying confidence, and turn customer feedback into social proof that sells.
Install the Review Widget
🎦 Learn how to install the Review Widget with our interactive guide
Step 1: Enable Judge.me app embed
In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
Find the theme you want to edit and click Customize.
Navigate to App embeds and enable Judge.me.
Click Save.
Step 2: Add the Review Widget
Click Add section > Apps > Review Widget.
Drag the block to adjust its position.
Click Save.
Review Widget settings
All customization options can be accessed from Widgets > Review Widget > Customize in your Judge.me settings.
Hide the review date
To hide your review date:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Review Widget > Customize.
In the Theme section, uncheck the box Show review date.
Click Save to apply your changes.
Customize the widget colors
To customize your widget colors:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Review Widget > Colors.
Adjust the color options as needed.
Click Save to apply changes to your storefront.
Basic color customizations
Option | What it applies to |
Primary color | Stars, buttons, and links across widgets and emails |
Star color | Stars in the Review Widget only |
Secondary color | Reply backgrounds, dividers, and other secondary elements |
Advanced color customizations
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Option | What it applies to |
Review filter color | Rating filter buttons |
"Write a review" text color | Text color in the "Write a review" button |
"Write a review" background color | Background color of the Write a review button |
Reviewer name text color | Color of the reviewer’s name |
Verified buyer badge text color | Text color of the Verified Buyer badge |
Verified buyer badge background color | Background color of the Verified Buyer badge |
Pagination color | Text color of pagination numbers |
Set the default sorting method
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To set your default sorting method:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Review Widget > Customize.
Scroll down to Search and pagination.
Under Default sorting method, choose your preferred option from the dropdown, then click Save.
Option | What it does |
Most Recent | Shows the newest reviews first |
Highest Rating | Displays reviews with the highest star ratings first |
Lowest Rating | Displays reviews with the lowest star ratings first |
Only Pictures | Shows only reviews that include at least one image |
Pictures First | Prioritizes image reviews, followed by text-only reviews |
Videos First | Shows reviews with videos before others |
Most Helpful | Displays reviews with the most thumbs-up (likes) from customers first |
Choose how reviewer names are displayed
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To customize how reviewer names appear:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Review Widget > Customize.
Scroll to the Review card details section.
Under Reviewer name format, choose one of the following options, then click Save.
Option | How names will appear |
Show full name | Reviewer name will appear as "John Smith" |
Shorten last name | Reviewer name will appear as "John S" |
First name only | Reviewer name will appear as "J. Smith" |
Initials | Reviewer name will appear as "J. S" |
Anonymous | Reviewer name will appear as "Anonymous" |
Show review source
You can choose to:
Show links to Judge.me Review Site
Show review collection policy information: A link will be added at the bottom of the widget with information about the collection process and policies.
Choose Review Widget themes
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To change the theme of your Review Widget:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Review Widget > Customize.
In Theme > Widget theme, choose from these options:
Hide the Review Widget when there's no review
To hide the Review Widget on products without reviews:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Manage Reviews > Moderation > Review restriction > Web reviews,
Choose either "Only buyers who have received a review request email and API users" or "Only buyers who have received a review request email".
Click Save.
Other Review Widget customization options
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Use this table as a guide to see what you can customize in the Review Widget.
Option | Description |
Text |
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Border style |
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Photos/videos |
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Medals |
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Review search bar |
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Keyword search |
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Widget rating filter |
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Pagination/Load more |
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Reviewer card details |
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Custom forms |
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Customize the texts in the Review Widget
To adjust the texts in your Review Widget:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Review Widget > Customize.
Click Customize text.
Adjust the texts to your likings and click Save.
In the Heading tab
Review list
Available on the Awesome plan
Option | Default texts |
Widget title | Customer Reviews |
Average rating text |
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Text header
Option | Default texts |
Header (with reviews) label | Based on |
Header (no reviews) label | Be the first one to review this product |
Customize the Review Widget with CSS
To apply more custom styling to your Review Widget:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Review Widget > Customize.
Scroll down to Advanced and open the Custom CSS (Advanced) editor.
Add in the CSS code.
Click Save.
To remove the "Review Title" from the Review Widget form | .jdgm-form__fieldset:nth-child(3) { |
To hide the "Review Title" from all reviews in the Review Widget | .jdgm-rev__title { |
Collect reviews with the Review Widget
In addition to sending review request emails, you can collect reviews directly on your product pages using the Review Widget.
When a customer submits a review via the Review Widget:
They’ll receive a confirmation email to verify their review.
The review is marked as verified if:
Judge.me detects a fulfilled order tied to the reviewer.
The reviewer confirms by clicking the link in the confirmation email.
Manage how reviews are displayed
You have full control over how reviews appear on your widget. To adjust moderation settings, go to Manage Reviews > Moderation in your Judge.me admin. For full details, see our review publishing guide.
Setting | What it does |
Auto-publish | Automatically publish new reviews as they come in. |
Rating for auto-publish | Only auto-publish reviews with a rating in your chosen criteria. |
Web reviews | Enable or disable the option for customers to submit reviews directly via the Review Widget. |
Spam filter | Automatically block spammy reviews. |
Censor PII | Hide personal identifiable information in submitted reviews. |
Profanity filter | Block reviews containing inappropriate or offensive language. |