Featured Google Review Widget

One review, large and centred. Use it when a single testimonial does more work than ten.

Best for: Sales and service pages

★★★★★

“Booked a cab at short notice and the driver arrived early. Clean car, fair price, no haggling. Will use again.”

Priya S.
2 days ago

Live preview with sample reviews. On your site it shows your real Google reviews and updates itself.

When the Featured Review layout is the right choice

One review, large and centred. This is the layout for when a single testimonial does more work than ten — a review that names the exact objection a page is trying to overcome is worth more than a wall of generic praise.

When to use something else

Avoid it when your reviews are all short. A ten-word review set at 20 pixels looks thin rather than confident, and the empty space around it draws the eye to how little there is.

Practical tip Choose the review deliberately rather than defaulting to the newest. On a pricing page, the review that mentions value is worth more than the most recent one.

Add the Featured Review widget to your website

Connect your Google Business Profile, pick this layout, and paste the snippet where the reviews should appear. It works the same in WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow and plain HTML — there is no plugin and no build step.

<script src="https://growmelocally.com/widget/reviews/YOUR_TOKEN.js" async></script>

The async attribute means it never blocks your page from rendering, and it draws inside a shadow root so your CSS and the widget cannot interfere with each other.

Generate my widget — free

Questions about the Featured Review widget

Can I choose which review is featured?

Yes. You can pin a specific review, or let it rotate through your highest-rated ones with written text.

What if the featured review is very long?

Long reviews are trimmed with a read-more rather than being allowed to push the rest of your page down the screen.

Other layouts

Carousel Grid Review Wall Marquee Rating Badge Floating Widget Full Width

Frequently asked questions

Can I choose which review is featured?
Yes. You can pin a specific review, or let it rotate through your highest-rated ones with written text.
What if the featured review is very long?
Long reviews are trimmed with a read-more rather than being allowed to push the rest of your page down the screen.
Is the Google reviews widget free?
Yes. Generating the widget and embedding it on your site is free on every plan, including the free one. It keeps pulling new reviews as they come in, with no cap on how many pages you put it on.
Do I need to install a plugin?
No. It is one script tag, so there is no plugin to install, update or have break after a WordPress core release. That also means it works identically on Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow and hand-written HTML, none of which accept WordPress plugins.
Will the reviews update automatically?
Yes. The widget reads your live Google Business Profile, so a review left this morning appears without you touching the code. Responses are cached briefly so a busy page never hammers the API, which means a brand-new review can take a few minutes to show.
Will a reviews widget slow my website down?
It should not. The script loads asynchronously so it never blocks your page from rendering, and the reviews are fetched after your content is already on screen. The widget renders inside a shadow root, which also means it cannot inherit or fight your site CSS — the usual cause of embedded widgets looking broken.