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Pop-up Reviews widget

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The Pop-up Reviews widget lets you display your top reviews as a small pop-up on the corner of your store pages. The pop-ups catch your store visitors’ attention, build trust with social proof, and encourage them to purchase the products.


How it looks


How it works

Once installed:

  1. The Pop-Up Reviews widget automatically shows up to 15 of your most recent published 5-star reviews as a small pop up on a corner of your store.

  2. You can also select which 15 reviews to show in the pop-up.


Set up your Pop-up Reviews widget

To start using the Pop-up Reviews widget, follow these steps:

Step 1: Add the Pop-up Reviews widget

To install the Pop-up Reviews widget:

  1. Go to your Shopify theme editor:

    • From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.

    • Find the theme you want to edit and click Customize.

  2. From the menu on the left, click the App embeds icon (the third icon).

  3. Enable "Judge.me" and "Pop-up Widget" app embed.

  4. Click Save.

To remove the Pop-up Reviews widget:

  1. Go to your Shopify theme editor:

    • From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.

    • Find the theme you want to edit and click Customize.

  2. From the menu on the left, click the App embeds icon (the third icon).

  3. Disable the "Pop-up Widget" app embed.

  4. Click Save.

Step 2: Choose the reviews to show in the pop-up

To choose which reviews appear in the pop-up:

  1. From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Widgets.

  2. Scroll down to find the Pop-up Reviews card and click Customize.

  3. Open the Review selection section.

  4. Choose from the following options:

    • "Recent 5-star reviews" to show the 15 most recent published 5-star reviews from your store

    • "Recent reviews with pictures" to show the 15 most recent published 5-star reviews that include photos. If there are fewer than 15, the rest will be filled with recent 5-star reviews

    • "Choose reviews manually" to manually choose the specific reviews to highlight in the pop-up.

      • If you select this option, you'd need to feature at least 1 review from the Reviews Dashboard for the Pop-up Reviews widget to show.

      • To feature a review:

        • From your Judge.me admin, go to Reviews.

        • In the Reviews dashboard, click the "heart" icon on the left of the reviews you want to feature.

      • These featured reviews will also appear in the Reviews Carousel if you have set to "Choose reviews manually" for the carousel.

  5. Click Save.


Customize the Pop-up Reviews widget

1. Border style

To change the border style of the pop-up:

  • From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Widgets.

  • Scroll down to find the Pop-up Reviews card and click Customize.

  • Scroll down to the Theme section.

  • Under Border style, select either "Square corners" or "Round corners".

  • Click Save.

2. Review details

To control how much details you want to show for each featured review in the pop-up:

  • From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Widgets.

  • Scroll down to find the Pop-up Reviews card and click Customize.

  • Scroll down to the Design section.

  • Under Review details, enable some or all of the following options:

    • "Show review title"

    • "Show review body"

    • "Show reviewer name"

    • "Show product name"

  • Click Save.

3. Pictures

To set how images will appear in the Pop-up Reviews widget:

  • From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Widgets.

  • Scroll down to find the Pop-up Reviews card and click Customize.

  • Scroll down to the Design section.

  • Under Pictures, select from these options:

    • "Disabled" to not show any photos in the pop-up

    • "Show product pictures" to show picture of the product

    • "Show review pictures if available" to show picture from the reviews if any

  • Click Save.

4. Where the pop-up will appear

To select which pages you want the Pop-up Reviews widget to show:

  • From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Widgets.

  • Scroll down to find the Pop-up Reviews card and click Customize.

  • Scroll down to the Display properties section.

  • Under Pages to display, enable some or all of the following options:

    • "Home page"

    • "Product pages"

    • "Collection pages"

    • "Cart page"

  • Click Save.

To customize where on the page the pop-up will show:

  • From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Widgets.

  • Scroll down to find the Pop-up Reviews card and click Customize.

  • Scroll down to the Display properties section.

  • Under Widget position on desktop, choose from the following options:

    • "Bottom left"

    • "Bottom right"

    • "Top left"

    • "Top right"

  • Click Save.

To enable or disable the pop-up on smaller devices:

  • From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Widgets.

  • Scroll down to find the Pop-up Reviews card and click Customize.

  • Scroll down to the Display properties section.

  • At the bottom of the section, enable or disable "Hide widget on mobile and tablet devices".

  • Click Save.

5. How the pop-up will appear

To customize the pop-up behaviors:

  • From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Widgets.

  • Scroll down to find the Pop-up Reviews card and click Customize.

  • Scroll down to the Display properties section.

  • In the Delay before first pop-up field, enter the number of seconds to wait before the first pop-up appears.

  • In the Pop-up duration field, enter how long each pop-up stays visible.

  • In the Interval between pop-ups field, enter the time between each subsequent pop-up.

  • Click Save.

To set the number of pop-ups per page:

  1. From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Widgets.

  2. Scroll down to find the Pop-up Reviews card and click Customize.

  3. Scroll down to the Display properties section.

  4. Under Number of pop-ups per page, enter your desired number of reviews (maximum: 15).

  5. Click Save.

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