Widgets are the embeddable snippets you drop into your website to showcase testimonials. VideoTestimonials ships 19 distinct widget layouts. Here's a guided tour.
The 19 layouts, at a glance
| Layout | Good for |
|---|---|
| Grid | Marketing pages, sales enablement — the workhorse layout |
| Quote Grid | Emphasis on quote text over photos (Pinterest-style masonry feel) |
| Carousel | Limited vertical space, hero areas |
| 3D Carousel | Product pages, premium feel |
| Marquee | Always-on hero ribbon |
| Ticker | News-style slow scroll |
| Single | Hero blocks, email signatures |
| Hero Quote | Landing page hero sections |
| Highlight | One carefully chosen quote, full-width |
| Spotlight | Centered focal testimonial with small thumbnails below |
| Bubble List | Chat-style, playful brands |
| Popup | Social proof overlay that fires on scroll |
| Badge | Sidebar, footer — shows aggregate rating |
| Rating Badge | Trustpilot-style badge with rating + count |
| Avatars | "Join 500+ happy customers" pattern |
| Logos | B2B — grid of customer company logos |
| Social Star | Aggregate rating from social sources |
| Bento | Mixed grid with varied card sizes |
| Image Gallery | Photo-first testimonials (product shots + quote) |
Where to build widgets
- Go to Dashboard → Studio → Widgets.
- Click New widget.
- Pick a layout, then customize in the widget builder — design, content source, animation, filter rules.
How widgets render
Each widget is served as a tiny JS snippet you paste once into your site's HTML. The snippet loads an iframe with the widget content, so it stays sandboxed from your page's CSS. Updates to the widget in VideoTestimonials propagate to every site where it's embedded within seconds.
Filtering what shows up
Every widget has content rules:
- All approved testimonials (default)
- Only testimonials with a specific tag
- Only video / only text / mixed
- Minimum rating (e.g. 4-stars-and-up)
- Specific testimonials hand-picked
Combine rules to target a widget to the right audience — e.g. "5-star SaaS testimonials on my pricing page, 4-star mixed testimonials on the homepage".