Truewidgets – Google Reviews Widget

Truewidgets puts your Google reviews on your website, so visitors see what your customers say without leaving your page.

Connect your Google Business Profile in Truewidgets by signing in with Google, choose how the widget looks, then add it to any page with the Truewidgets Reviews block or the [truewidgets] shortcode.

What you get

• Your reviews, kept up to date by themselves. There is nothing to refresh by hand: on paid plans Truewidgets checks Google every day, and on Free your widget updates once a month.
• Five layouts, and a floating badge. Carousel, grid, list, masonry and a compact badge for a page, plus a floating badge that sits in a corner of every page of your site.
• Your look. Set the colours, fonts and layout in Truewidgets. Change them any time: your pages update by themselves, with no new code.
• An honest average. The rating counts every review, not just the ones the widget shows.
• More reviews. A “Write a review” button, plus a review link and QR code to share, make it easy for customers to review you on Google.
• Fast and self-contained. The widget loads in the background, only on pages that show it. It draws itself in a closed Shadow DOM, so your theme can’t break it and it can’t change your theme. Its fonts come from Truewidgets, never from Google Fonts.
• Works where you build. The block editor, the classic editor, page builders that accept shortcodes, and theme templates.
• A chat & call button. A round button in a corner of every page: visitors message you on WhatsApp, or call you. Set it up in Truewidgets, then switch it on in Settings → Truewidgets.

Free and paid plans

The Free plan shows your 5 newest Google reviews, updated once a month, in one widget, with a small “Powered by Truewidgets” line under it. Paid plans, from $9 a month, show all your Google reviews, checked every day, remove that line, add more widgets and locations, and add tools such as replying to reviews and finding the words your customers use. Every new account starts with 14 days of Pro, free. Plans are listed at truewidgets.com.

Truewidgets is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google. Google is a trademark of Google LLC. WhatsApp is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc. Truewidgets isn’t part of WhatsApp or Meta.

External services

This plugin shows your reviews from Truewidgets (app.truewidgets.com), the service that holds them. It connects to it, and to Google, like this:

• The widget script. Every page with a Truewidgets block or shortcode loads the widget from https://app.truewidgets.com/embed. With the floating badge switched on (Settings → Truewidgets), every page of the site loads it.
• Your widget’s reviews and settings. The visitor’s browser then fetches them from https://app.truewidgets.com/widget-data/ with your Widget ID. In the WordPress admin, “Check it” and the block’s preview fetch the same data.
• View counts. The widget tells Truewidgets, anonymously, when it was seen on a page, and when a visitor opens a review, taps “Write a review” or taps “See all reviews”, together with the address of that page (without anything after a “?”). It is sent to https://app.truewidgets.com/analytics/event. The widget sets no cookies and sends nothing about who the visitor is. As with any request on the web, the visitor’s browser sends its IP address and browser name; Truewidgets doesn’t keep them with the counts. The block’s preview in the editor is never counted.
• Fonts. If your widget uses one of the fonts offered in Truewidgets, the visitor’s browser loads it from https://app.truewidgets.com/widget-fonts/, never from Google Fonts.
• Google. Google reviewers’ profile pictures load from Google (googleusercontent.com).
• Links. “See all reviews” and “Write a review” open your reviews page and your review link on app.truewidgets.com. On the Free plan, “Powered by Truewidgets” links to truewidgets.com.
• The chat & call button. With it switched on (Settings → Truewidgets), every page of the site loads it from https://app.truewidgets.com/chat, and the visitor’s browser fetches its settings (your business’s name, numbers, opening hours, greeting and look) from https://app.truewidgets.com/chat-data/ with your Button ID. In the WordPress admin, “Check it” fetches the same. The button tells Truewidgets, anonymously, when it was seen on a page, when it is opened, and when a visitor chooses WhatsApp or a call, together with the address of that page (without anything after a “?”). It is sent to https://app.truewidgets.com/chat-event. It sets no cookies and sends nothing about who the visitor is. Its words are in the Inter font, which the visitor’s browser loads from https://app.truewidgets.com/widget-fonts/, as for the widget, never from Google Fonts. “Chat on WhatsApp” opens WhatsApp (wa.me) with your number and a ready message; a call opens the visitor’s phone app. On the Free plan, its opened panel shows a “Powered by Truewidgets” link to truewidgets.com.

Truewidgets’ terms: https://truewidgets.com/terms
Truewidgets’ privacy policy: https://truewidgets.com/privacy
Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
WhatsApp’s privacy policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy