Getting Started
Introduction to MuRu Reviews
Last updated: October 23, 2026
MuRu Reviews turns the reviews you already earn into social proof on your own Joomla site. Reviews are fetched server-side, normalised, stored in a local file cache, and rendered as real HTML by four display paths: a module, a {murureviews} shortcode, a menu-item page, and an SP Page Builder addon.
How it works
- A provider (Google, Trustpilot, Yelp, …) fetches reviews from the source's official API.
- Each review is normalised into one shape and written to the cache.
- Every display path reads the cache only and renders the same data - visitors never wait on an API.
Free and Pro
- Free - Google Business Profile (one location), Cards / List / Basic carousel layouts, minimum-rating and count filters, all four display paths.
- Pro - everything in Free plus Trustpilot, Facebook, Tripadvisor, Yelp, G2, JED, Capterra and manual reviews, multiple Google locations, an aggregated rating, eight more layouts, keyword / source / location / date filters and review moderation.
Pro installs over Free as a normal Joomla update and keeps your settings. If a Pro licence lapses, your site falls back to Free-level output - it never breaks a page.
