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Free Booking.com Review Widgets for Joomla

Embed verified guest reviews on any Joomla hotel site in 60 seconds — works with Joomla 3, 4, and 5 via a Custom HTML module. Booking.com's official widget only books tables; BlooTrue gives you the missing review widget for free.

Key facts: 60-second install on Joomla · verified guest reviews only · works on Joomla 3, 4, and 5 · Cassiopeia + Protostar compatible · no Booking.com API key required · schema.org markup on paid plans

Last updated September 27, 2026·by Mike Ragimov

SEO + AI schema · paid plans

Review schema markup, on paid plans

Paid widgets add schema.org Review and AggregateRating JSON-LD to the page they sit on, so search engines and AI answer engines can read your Google reviews as structured data. Google does not show review stars for reviews a business shows about itself, so the gain is readability, not stars. The free plan shows the reviews without the schema. See how the schema works

Install guides

Same Booking.com widget, platform-specific install guide. Pick where your hotel's site lives.

Looking for a different review source? See all Booking.com widgets

Setting this up on a different platform? See all Booking.com review widgets · Want a different review platform on Joomla? All review widgets for Joomla

Why Use BlooTrue for Booking.com on Joomla?

The only free way to put Booking.com reviews on a Joomla site — Booking.com's own widget only takes bookings.

Shows Reviews, Not Just a Booking Form

Booking.com's official widget embeds a booking form and nothing else. BlooTrue is the free, paste-and-go complement — it pulls the verified-guest reviews from your public Booking.com hotel page automatically.

No Joomla Extension Required

Pure HTML embed. No Joomla Extensions Directory install, no extension permissions, no recurring license fee.

Works on Joomla 3, 4, and 5

Works with Cassiopeia (J4/J5), Protostar (J3), and every third-party template (JoomShaper, YooTheme, JoomLart).

No Booking.com API Key Required

Works with any public Booking.com hotel page. No developer application, no API quotas, no hotel-account integration required.

How Do I Install BlooTrue Booking.com on Joomla?

Takes less than a minute. No coding, no extension install, no Booking.com API key.

Build your widget on this page

Use the BlooTrue builder on this page. Paste your Booking.com hotel page URL (e.g. https://www.booking.com/hotel/your-hotel) and your real verified-guest reviews load into the live preview.

No sign-up, no Booking.com API key, no hotel-account integration required.

Customize the Look

Pick one of 100+ styles, choose light or dark theme, set your accent color, and toggle reviewer names / dates / profile images on or off.

Copy the Embed Code

Publish and copy the embed code. The embed is a single HTML snippet — no Joomla extension install, no PHP overrides.

Paste into Joomla

Module placement (Joomla 4/5): Open Content → Site Modules, click + New, choose Custom, click Toggle Editor (or </>) to switch to HTML, paste, set the Position and Menu Assignment, then Save.

Joomla 3: Same flow via Extensions → Modules → New → Custom HTML.

Inline article placement: Edit the article, click Toggle editor, and paste the embed code where you want reviews.

Reviews auto-sync from Booking.com every 24 hours.

How BlooTrue Compares to Other Booking.com-on-Joomla Options

Booking.com's widget only books tables. Here's how BlooTrue compares to the next-best paths for showing reviews.

Option	BlooTrue	Booking.com official	Paid JED extensions
Displays Booking.com reviews		—	Higher tier
No widget view caps		—	—
No Booking.com API key needed		—	Sometimes
No Joomla extension required		—	—
Custom layouts and accent colors		—	Limited
SEO rich snippets (JSON-LD)		—	Paid tier
Pricing for full features	$9/mo	N/A	$20+/yr

Booking.com Review Widget for Joomla — Free, Shows the Reviews the Official Widget Won't

BlooTrue's Booking.com Review Widget for Joomla is a free, extension-free embed that displays your Booking.com reviews on any Joomla hotel site. Booking.com's official website widget only takes bookings — it never displays the verified-guest reviews your hotel earns; those stay on booking.com. BlooTrue fills that gap by pulling reviews from any public Booking.com hotel page and turning them into a paste-ready Joomla embed. Every review comes from a verified guest who booked through Booking.com and honored the booking, and the widget shows your real 1–5 star average exactly as it appears upstream. Works on Joomla 3, Joomla 4, and Joomla 5 via the built-in Custom HTML module type, with the default Cassiopeia template (J4/J5), the older Protostar template (J3), and any third-party template. No Joomla Extensions Directory install, no per-month fee, no Booking.com API key required.

Why doesn't Booking.com's own widget show reviews?

Booking.com's first-party widget is built to do one thing: book tables. It embeds a booking form, not social proof — the guest reviews that convince someone to book stay on booking.com. Booking.com does not publish a paste-ready review embed the way Google publishes Place Cards. Third-party widgets are the standard way Joomla hotel sites surface their Booking.com reviews on their own pages — BlooTrue is the free option in that category.

About Booking.com reviews in this widget

For Booking.com the widget shows the guest reviews from your property page at booking.com/hotel. The number at the top is your Booking.com review score on its 10-point scale, with the review count, both taken from the page rather than the cards. Only a guest who completed a stay booked through Booking.com can leave a review, and Booking.com invites them after checkout, so every card ties to a real stay. It is easy to confuse the star class next to a property name on Booking.com, a hotel category, with a review rating; the widget shows the guest score.

Frequently Asked Questions

My Booking.com score is 8.7, does the widget show that or convert it to stars?

The header carries the score as Booking.com reports it on its 10-point scale, so an 8.7 stays an 8.7, along with the review count from your property page. The widget does not average the reviews on your site to make its own number. Each card keeps the score the guest gave after their stay.

Can someone who never stayed at my hotel post a Booking.com review that ends up on my website?

No. Booking.com only invites a review once a stay booked through Booking.com is completed, so a person who never checked in has no way to submit one, and the widget takes only what is on your booking.com/hotel page. Your widget therefore holds reviews from completed stays and nothing else.

Booking.com already gives me a widget for my website, why would I need another one?

Because Booking.com's widget takes bookings and shows none of your guest reviews; Booking.com keeps those on its own marketplace. The BlooTrue embed is built from your property page URL and shows the guest reviews with your review score out of 10 in the header. The free plan adds a small BlooTrue badge; paid plans refresh daily and drop it.

Is the BlooTrue Booking.com widget free for Joomla?

Yes. BlooTrue is completely free for Joomla. No extension install, no JED license fee, unlimited widget views, no credit card.

Doesn't Booking.com already offer a widget for Joomla?

Booking.com's official website widget only takes bookings — it does not display reviews. Your verified-guest reviews stay on booking.com. BlooTrue fills that gap by pulling reviews from any public Booking.com hotel page.

Do I need a Booking.com API key or developer access?

No. BlooTrue works with any public Booking.com hotel page — no Booking.com API key, no developer application, no hotel-account integration required.

Do I need a Joomla extension to display Booking.com reviews?

No. BlooTrue uses a pure HTML embed that drops into a built-in Joomla Custom HTML module. Joomla ships the Custom HTML module type on every install.

Does the widget work on Joomla 3, Joomla 4, and Joomla 5?

Yes, all three. The Custom HTML module type ships with every modern Joomla version. Admin navigation differs slightly — J4/J5 use Content → Site Modules, J3 uses Extensions → Modules — but the embed code is identical.

Where exactly should I paste the embed code on Joomla?

For module placement, open Content → Site Modules (J4/J5) or Extensions → Modules (J3), click + New, choose Custom, click Toggle Editor (or </>) to switch to HTML, paste, set the Position, and assign it to menu items. For inline article placement, edit the article, click Toggle editor, and paste.

Will the widget slow down my Joomla site?

No. The widget loads asynchronously, the script is under 20KB, and lazy loading defers image fetches. Typical impact on Largest Contentful Paint is under 50ms.