How to Add a Google Reviews Widget to Your Beaver Builder Website (2026)

Beaver Builder does not ship a Google reviews module, so there is no drag-and-drop way to do this out of the box.

I get asked about this constantly, usually by people running local businesses who have good reviews sitting on Google and nothing showing them on the site.

Below is the exact route I use, which runs on a shortcode and takes about ten minutes end to end.

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Why Add Google Reviews to Your Beaver Builder Website

Think about that time you bought something online? The chances are you checked reviews or ratings for the product before pulling the trigger.

The reason to put reviews on the page rather than leaving them on Google is that most visitors will not go looking. Research from the Spiegel Research Center found product page conversion rates climb by as much as 270% when reviews are displayed.

Since it’s the #1 customer review platform out there, Google is a fantastic place to find customer reviews and testimonials of your business.

All you have to do is add a Google reviews widget, and your e-commerce site can convert even more visitors into customers.

What’s more, showing fresh reviews with relevant keywords is great for your website’s SEO as well. So, you can rank higher in search results and reach more potential customers.

How to Add Google Reviews Widget to Beaver Builder (Tutorial)

Here’s how it goes: You install Smash Balloon Reviews Feed Pro, create a feed with Google as the source, connect it with a Google API key and your Place ID, style and moderate it in the visual customizer, then paste the shortcode into a Beaver Builder Text Editor module.

Five steps, roughly 10 minutes, and your reviews widget is fully set up.

Step 1: Install and Activate the Reviews Feed Pro Plugin

If you want to display review widgets the easy way, you can simply try the Reviews Feed Pro plugin.

As the best reviews widget plugin, Reviews Feed Pro lets you display customer reviews in just a few simple clicks – no coding needed!

The best part is that Reviews Feed Pro works perfectly with WordPress page builders like Beaver Builder. In fact, your Google reviews widget will automatically copy your site’s design right away.

To get started, you can get your copy of Reviews Feed Pro here. Once you do that, install and activate the plugin on your website.

You can find more information on how to do that in this guide on installing WordPress plugins.

Install this before you go hunting for a Beaver Builder module. There is no native reviews module in Beaver Builder, and the third-party addons that add one still need the same API key and Place ID you are about to set up here.

Step 2: Create a Google Review Widget

Now, go to your WordPress dashboard area and then open the Reviews Feed » All Feeds menu.

Once you’re there, click on Add New to proceed.

You can now start adding a source to this review widget. The plugin will then fetch reviews from this source and embed them on your website.

To proceed, you can hit the Add Source button here.

Next, you can choose the review platform that you want to use as a source. Aside from Google, you can also display reviews from other trusted platforms like Facebook, Tripadvisor, Yelp Reviews, Trustpilot, Aliexpress, and WordPress.org.

I just selected the Google option here, but you can go for any other platforms if you like.

After that, click on the Next button.

Pick your source platform now rather than later. Reviews Feed Pro can pull from several platforms, and adding a second source to an existing feed is easy, but the layout you choose in step 4 will look different depending on how many platforms are feeding it.

Step 3: Connect Your Google Business Page

By connecting your Google business page, your new widget can start fetching the reviews of your business.

For that, the simplest way is to use your Google API key.

Don’t have your API key yet? Then, you can follow this tutorial on how to create a Google API key.

After that, you can paste your API key into the popup before clicking on Next. 

You can then enter the Google Place ID of your business so this reviews widget will start fetching your reviews.

To do that, open the Place ID generator and scroll down to find the Google map widget. There, you can use the search bar to look for your business.

Once you select your business, Google will show additional information in the map below.

You can copy the code beside the Place ID field there.

After that, return to your website so you can enter this ID into the widget.

Simply paste the code into the Place ID field before clicking on the Finish button.

Just like that, you have a new source that you can use for your review widgets.

To continue, select the source and click on Next.

The Place ID is not your business name and not your Google Maps link, it is a specific code, and pasting the wrong thing here is the single most common reason a widget comes back empty.

Step 4: Customize Your Google Review Widget

Now, this user-friendly plugin will let you import templates to quickly create review widgets with unique designs. You can choose from 7 different options here:

• Default
• Simple cards
• Masonry
• Single review
• Showcase carousel
• Carousel
• Grid carousel

Once you do that, click on Next and the template’s design will be imported to your widget.

You’ll then see the reviews widget open in the plugin’s visual customizer. On the right, you have a live preview of your widget to track your changes easily.

Then on the left, you can see the different options to customize your layout, review elements, header, and more.

Ready to customize how your Google reviews widget looks?

First, let’s change how the header above the widget looks by opening the Header option.

You can find the option to Enable or Disable the header above the Google reviews widget.

Under that, you can find other customization options for the header:

• Heading: Enter a line to be shown along with the header
• Button: Customize the button that lets users add a new review
• Average Review Rating: Choose how the average rating will be displayed

Plus, you can also use the checkbox to show or hide each of these elements.

Once you finish setting up your header, remember to click on Save to confirm the changes.

After that, click on the small Customize button to return to the main customization options.

Using the remaining customization options, you can change your review elements, layout, load more button, and more.

Remember to Save the changes once you’re happy with how your reviews feed widget looks.

After that, click on the Settings tab at the top and select the Moderation functionality.

On the left, you can choose to Enable moderation for your feed.

Then, you can choose from 2 ways of moderating your feed:

• Allow List: On the right, select the reviews that you want to show
• Block List: Choose the reviews that you want to hide from your widget

Finally, you click on the Save and Exit option to confirm your new Google reviews widget.

On top of that, you can also use filters to set up banned words or only show business reviews with specific keywords or star ratings.

After you’re done moderating your feed and setting up the filters, remember to click on Save once more.

Set your minimum star rating before you embed rather than after. Moderating later means going back into the customizer for every feed you have already placed on the site.

Step 5: Add Google Reviews in Beaver Builder

Finally, you can start embedding your widget right here from the visual customizer. Click on the Embed button to do that.

Reviews Feed Pro will show you different ways to embed this Google reviews widget on your website. You can add the widget to your page, sidebar, or even the footer.

While this plugin works perfectly with website builder plugins, you can also use the default Gutenberg block editor to embed review widgets.

For now, use the Copy button on the popup.

After doing that, open the Pages » Add New menu from your dashboard to create a new page on your site.

Then, click on the Launch Beaver Builder button to open this page using your page builder.

Then, you’ll see the page open in Beaver Builder, where you have a real-time preview on the left and different design options on the right.

To embed your Google reviews widget, first, look for the Text Editor module on the right.

Then, drag and drop this module onto your page on the left.

Doing that will open the options to set up your new module.

There, paste your shortcode into the text field before clicking on the Save button below.

Finally, hit the Done button at the top so you can Publish this page.

After you do that, your newly created Google reviews widget is going to be live on your Beaver Builder website. If you open the page, you can check out how it looks to your website visitors.

Save the row as a Beaver Builder template once it works. Every page that reuses it points at the same feed, so editing the feed later updates all of them at once.

Google Reviews Widget Questions

Does Beaver Builder have a Google reviews module?

Not natively. Beaver Builder has no built-in reviews module, so you either add a third-party addon pack or use a reviews plugin and embed its shortcode through the Text Editor module. Either route still needs a Google API key and your Place ID.

Where do I find my Google Place ID?

Open Google’s Place ID generator, search your business name in the map, and copy the code next to the Place ID field. It is not your business name and not your Google Maps link, which is why widgets often come back empty on the first try.

Can I show only my good reviews?

Yes. Reviews Feed Pro has moderation with an Allow List and a Block List, plus filters for minimum star rating and banned words. Worth knowing that showing only five-star reviews often reads as less trustworthy than a mix, so most businesses set a floor rather than hiding everything below perfect.

Will a Google reviews widget give me star ratings in search results?

Not by itself. Star ratings in Google search come from review schema on your page, which is separate from displaying the widget. If rich snippets are your goal, check what schema your setup outputs before assuming the widget handles it.

Why is my Google reviews widget blank?

The usual cause is an invalid API key or a mistyped Place ID, both set in step 3. Check the Place ID first, since that is the easier of the two to get wrong. Our guide to a blank reviews widget walks through the rest.

Start Showing Your Google Reviews Now

That is the whole build. One shortcode into a Text Editor module, and your Beaver Builder site is showing real reviews from real customers instead of your own copy saying you are good.

The part worth getting right is the moderation in step 4. A widget showing only perfect scores reads as filtered, and visitors notice. Set a sensible floor and let the rest through.

Smash Balloon helps website owners turn real social content into trust signals that increase credibility and conversions. On a local business site, Google reviews are the most direct version of that there is.

Get Smash Balloon Reviews Feed Pro

Want reviews elsewhere on your site too? Here is how to embed Google reviews in WordPress using the block editor.