Turn your reviews into bookings and sales.
Every review source in one Joomla widget: Google in Free, plus Trustpilot, Facebook, Tripadvisor, Yelp, G2, JED and Capterra in Pro with one aggregated rating. Cached for speed and styled to match your template.
- 5-minute setup, no coding
- Cached -- never slows your pages
- One setup feeds every display
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Why sites use MuRu Reviews
Google reviews, end to end
Connect your Business Profile once and show reviews anywhere, free: rating, text, author, avatar and date.
Every other source in Pro
Trustpilot, Facebook, Tripadvisor, Yelp, G2, JED and Capterra, combined into one weighted rating with a per-source breakdown.
11 layouts
Cards, Carousel and List in Free; Masonry, Testimonial, Badge, Slider, Minimal, Dark, Summary and Wall of love in Pro.
Four ways to place them
A module, a shortcode in articles, a menu page, or an SP Page Builder addon, all from one setup.
Fast and cached
Reviews are fetched server-side and cached, so your pages never wait on a review API.
You stay in control
Pro adds date, source and location filters and one-click moderation to hide any review everywhere.
See it in action
Real views from the visitor side.
The homepage classic: a responsive grid of review cards with stars, avatars, and Google attribution under a 4.8 rating summary.
Show your reviews in 3 steps
- 1
Install in ~2 minutes
Install the bundle zip from System > Install Extensions -- component, module, shortcode plugin, and SP Page Builder addon in one go. Then enable the two plugins under System > Manage > Plugins.
- 2
Connect Google once
Open Components > MuRu Reviews > Settings, paste your Google Place ID and API key, pick a layout and count, and hit Refresh Now on the dashboard. Your average rating, total count, and reviews appear.
- 3
Publish anywhere
Drop a module in any position, a {murureviews} shortcode in any article, a full-page menu item, or the MuRu Reviews addon in SP Page Builder -- all four read the same data, so they never disagree.
Installation, the Google setup guide and every setting are in the documentation
Free and Pro
Free
Google reviews end to end, all four display paths, three layouts and caching. No account or licence.
Pro
All other review sources with one aggregated rating, eight more layouts, smart filters, multiple Google locations and moderation. Included with a Lyzerslab plan.
Everything it does
Filter by job. Tags show what's free and what's Pro.
Sources
Google Business Profile
Place ID + API key config, connection test, fetch and normalize reviews with rating, text, author, avatar, and date.
TrustpilotPro
Reviews and TrustScore through the official Trustpilot Business Units API, using your business unit ID and API key.
FacebookPro
Page recommendations and ratings through the official Graph API with a Page access token.
TripadvisorPro
Reviews and rating through the official Tripadvisor Content API (up to 5 reviews per location).
YelpPro
Rating and review excerpts through the official Yelp Fusion API (up to 3 per business).
G2Pro
Survey responses and product rating through the official G2 API with your vendor token.
JED & CapterraPro
Neither publishes a reviews API, so paste the reviews of your own listing as JSON -- shown with the right source badge, never scraped.
Manual / custom reviewsPro
Paste your own testimonials as JSON (sample included); they merge with every other source under one combined score.
Aggregated ratingPro
One weighted average across all sources with a per-source breakdown, and an attribution line crediting and linking every source.
Multiple Google locationsPro
Add extra Place IDs with labels; each review carries its location and you can filter by branch.
Official APIs only
Every connector uses an official API with your own credentials, and a failing source is reported without discarding the others. No scraping, now or ever.
Display
Module
MuRu Reviews module in any template position, with layout, count, minimum-rating, and show toggles.
Shortcode
{murureviews layout="cards" count="6" min_rating="4"} in any article or Custom HTML module.
SP Page Builder addon
Native addon with the same options plus a live editor preview that updates as you edit.
Min-rating & count filters
Show only 4+ stars, cap at 6 reviews, or pass 0 to show everything cached -- on every path.
Keyword, source, location & date filtersPro
Search review text, narrow by one or several sources, pick a branch, or show only the last 7 days to 12 months -- on every path.
Review moderationPro
Hide or show any cached review from the dashboard; hidden reviews disappear from every display path and survive refreshes and updates.
Layouts
Cards
Responsive grid of review cards -- the homepage social-proof classic.
List
Compact stacked rows for sidebars and narrow columns.
Basic carousel
Dependency-free horizontal slider with prev/next and dots, vanilla JS.
MasonryPro
Pinterest-style staggered grid that fits reviews of any length.
SliderPro
Multi-card horizontal slider with native scroll-snap, prev/next buttons, and keyboard arrows.
TestimonialPro
Large-quote spotlight layout for a single featured review.
BadgePro
Compact trust badge: your score and count at a glance.
MinimalPro
Borderless pull-quotes with an accent rule -- quiet social proof for editorial pages.
DarkPro
The whole widget on a dark surface for dark sections and hero bands.
SummaryPro
A rating-distribution overview: star-by-star bars across all your reviews.
Wall of lovePro
A dense, compact masonry wall that shows many short reviews at once.
Speed & SEO
Server-side fetch + file cache
Google is contacted on refresh only; the frontend serves the local cache with a 1h-7d TTL.
No remote assets
No CDN scripts, fonts, or images. Avatars lazy-load with an initials fallback.
Real HTML + structured data
Reviews render as crawlable markup with schema basics in Free.
Accurate SVG stars
A 4.8 paints four full stars plus a partial one; the exact value stays in the aria-label.
Admin
Redesigned dashboard
Header with one-click Refresh, KPI tiles, per-source status, a rating-breakdown chart, and a reviews table -- in Joomla styling, dark-mode friendly.
Sectioned Settings
A sticky section menu, source tiles, and a sticky Save bar for credentials, display defaults, cache, and manual reviews.
License tabPro
Paste a key and Activate/Deactivate; the dashboard badges licensed installs and flags unlicensed Pro.
Native Joomla updates
Free and Pro each ship their own update feed -- updates appear in System > Update > Extensions.
Settings, examples and walkthroughs for every feature are in the documentation
What's new
Version 1.1.0 · 15 October 2026
- Every source is live (Pro) — Trustpilot, Facebook, Tripadvisor, Yelp, and G2 connect through their official APIs; JED and Capterra take pasted JSON because neither has a public reviews API. A failing source shows a warning and never discards the rest.
- One aggregated rating (Pro) — A weighted average across all sources with a per-source breakdown chip row, and an attribution line that credits and links every source.
- Multiple Google locations (Pro) — Add extra Place IDs with labels. Each review shows its location, and a location filter shows a single branch.
- Date, source & location filters (Pro) — Show only the last 7 days to 12 months, one or several sources (
source="yelp,g2"), or one branch -- on the module, shortcode, menu page, and SPPB addon. - Review moderation (Pro) — Hide or show any review from the dashboard; hidden reviews vanish from every display path and survive refreshes and updates.
- Five new layouts (Pro) — Slider, Minimal, Dark, Summary (rating distribution), and Wall of love join Masonry, Testimonial, and Badge -- 11 layouts in total with Cards, List, and the Basic carousel.
Requirements
- Joomla 5 or 6
- PHP 8.1 or newer
- SP Page Builder 4, 5 or 6 for the addon (optional)
- Google Places API key for Google reviews
Frequently asked questions
Your best reviews deserve better than Google's basement
Setup takes about five minutes, the Free edition covers Google reviews end to end, and every placement updates from one setup. Install it once, connect Google, and let your own pages close the sale -- MuRu Reviews keeps them fresh from there.