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The Reviews Carousel helps you showcase your top reviews in a dynamic, eye-catching carousel. By placing the carousel on your homepage, you can boost trust, engage shoppers, and drive conversions effortlessly.
Note: Reviews synced from your other Shopify stores cannot be included in the Reviews Carousel. Only reviews collected directly from your store will be displayed.
Add the Reviews Carousel to your store
Installation steps differ based on your platform and page builders. Check the detailed guidelines below:
Reviews Carousel settings
1. Customize the texts in the Reviews Carousel
To adjust the texts in your Reviews Carousel:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Click Customize text.
Adjust the texts to your likings and click Save.
Option | Default texts |
Header title | Let customers speak for us |
Text | from |
2. Summarize your reviews using the AI tool
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Our AI tool generates a concise summary of your reviews for display in the Reviews Carousel, helping buyers quickly understand key feedback without reading every review. This makes it easier for them to make informed purchasing decisions.
To enable the AI review summary in your Reviews Carousel, follow our step-by-step guide.
3. Select reviews for your Carousel (automatic or manual)
To customize which reviews appear in your Reviews Carousel:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Review curation.
Choose from these options and click Save.
Option | What it does |
Recent 5-star reviews | Automatically shows the latest 15 five-star reviews |
Recent reviews with pictures | Automatically shows the latest 15 reviews with images. If fewer than 15 are available, recent five-star reviews will fill the slots |
Choose reviews manually | Pick specific reviews to highlight
To choose reviews manually:
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For other e-commerce platforms
For other e-commerce platforms
In the Reviews Carousel settings, navigate to Review Carousel Installation.
Under How to feature reviews, select Manual or Automatic.
If you choose Manual, go to Manage Reviews and click the heart icon to feature specific reviews.
4. Choose a Reviews Carousel theme
To change the theme of your Reviews Carousel:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
In Theme > Widget theme, choose from these options:
Gallery (available on the Awesome plan) |  |
Compact no pictures | 
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Centered |  |
Compact with pictures | 
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Cards style |  |
Vertical sliding |  |
Focused view |  |
For other e-commerce platforms
For other e-commerce platforms
In the Reviews Carousel settings, go to the Carousel Themes section.
Choose the theme you prefer.
5. Adjust the slider arrows
To choose where to place the slider arrows in your Reviews Carousel:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Theme.
Under Slider arrows, choose from these 2 options:
Show arrows on the sides of the carousel
Show arrows below the carousel
Click Save.
To change color of the slider arrows:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Color.
Adjust the color to your preference.
Click Save.
5. Show/Hide some elements from the Reviews Carousel
To choose which details you want to show in your Reviews Carousel:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Design.
Under Review details and Reviewer information, check or uncheck the elements you want to display.
Show review title
Show review title
Show review body
Show review date
Show reviewer name
Show product name and URL
Click Save.
6. Show product or review pictures in the Reviews Carousel
To choose the type of pictures you want to show in your Reviews Carousel:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Design > Pictures.
Choose from these options and click Save.
Option | What it means |
Disabled | To not show any pictures |
Show product pictures | To show pictures of the products |
Show review pictures if available | To show pictures from the reviews. If no review pictures are available, fall back to use pictures of the products. |
You can also adjust the physical size of the images to make them less blurry:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Design > Pictures.
Under Picture physical size, adjust the pixel to your preference.
Click Save.
7. Adjust the number of reviews and how fast the carousel slides
By default, the Reviews Carousel will show 3 reviews on each slide.
To change how many reviews the carousel will show on each slide on desktop:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Design.
Under Number of reviews on desktop, adjust the number to your preference.
Click Save.
To change how fast the carousel slides:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Design.
Under Autoslide interval, adjust the seconds to your preference.
Click Save.
8. Show longer reviews in the Reviews Carousel
By default, the carousel height is set to 250px, but you can increase its height to prevent longer reviews from being cut off.
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Design > Block height and adjust the pixel to your preference.
Click Save.
9. Adjust the width of the Reviews Carousel
By default, the Reviews Carousel is set to 80% width of the block it is installed in.
To adjust this width:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Design > Page width and adjust the percentage to your preference.
Click Save.
10. Remove the header of the Reviews Carousel
To remove the header ("Let customers speak for us") from the Reviews Carousel:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Header and disable "Show the header".
Click Save.
11. Link your carousel to a Reviews page
To link the Reviews Carousel to your Reviews page:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Header and enable "Link text to All Reviews Page if available".
Enter the link to your Reviews page.
Click Save.
12. Customize the Reviews Carousel with CSS
To change background color of the Reviews Carousel block in Shopify:
From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
Find the theme you want to edit and click Customize.
On the left menu, click the Theme settings icon.
Scroll down to Custom CSS to add this CSS code and click Save
.shopify-section:has(.jdgm-carousel-wrapper) {
background-color: RED;
}
To apply more custom styling to your Reviews Carousel:
From your Judge.me admin, go to Widgets > Reviews Carousel > Customize.
Scroll down to Advanced and open the Custom CSS (Advanced) editor.
Add in the CSS code.
Click Save.
To fix product name being cut off in the Reviews Carousel | .jdgm-carousel-item { |
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