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Free Booking.com Review Widgets for WordPress

Embed your verified-guest Booking.com reviews on any WordPress site in 60 seconds — works with Gutenberg and Classic Editor. No plugin required.

Key facts: 60-second install on WordPress · free forever · works with any public Booking.com hotel page · no plugin required — Gutenberg or Classic Editor · schema.org markup on paid plans · unlimited widget views

Last updated September 25, 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 Booking.com 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.

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Why Use BlooTrue for Booking.com on WordPress?

The easiest way for boutique hotels, inns, guesthouses, resorts, and hotel groups to display verified-guest reviews — no plugin, no coding, unlimited views.

Any Public Booking.com Hotel Page Supported

Just your hotel’s public Booking.com URL. Embed reviews from any public Booking.com hotel page on your WordPress site — no login, no setup on the Booking.com side.

Unlimited Views

Your widget views are unlimited on every plan, free or paid. Show your Booking.com reviews on your homepage, menu page, and private-event page with no per-domain fees.

No Plugin Bloat

Pure HTML embed runs in Gutenberg and Classic Editor. No plugin to install, update, or break on the next WordPress core release.

Auto-Sync with Booking.com

New verified-guest reviews appear on your site automatically on paid plans; free widgets keep the reviews imported at setup. No manual refresh, no scheduled tasks, no WP-Cron dependency.

How Do I Install BlooTrue on WordPress?

Takes less than a minute. No coding, no plugin install.

Paste Your Booking.com hotel URL (in the BlooTrue Builder)

In the BlooTrue builder on this page, paste your Booking.com hotel URL (e.g.https://www.booking.com/hotel/your-hotel) into it. Your real verified-guest reviews load automatically into the live preview.

Takes about a minute. Free plan, no credit card.

Customize the Look

Pick one of 100+ styles (Slider, Marquee, Grid, List, Masonry, Badge, Compact Badge), choose light or dark theme, set your accent color, and toggle reviewer names / dates / profile images on or off. Everything updates in real time.

Copy the Embed Code

Publish and copy the embed code. The embed is a single HTML snippet — no WordPress plugin, no external scripts to whitelist.

Paste into WordPress

Gutenberg (Block Editor): In your page or post editor, click the + button → search for "Custom HTML" → paste the code into the block → click Preview to verify → Publish.

Classic Editor: Switch to the Text tab (not Visual), paste the code where you want the widget to appear, then switch back to Visual and click Update.

Sidebars / Footers: Appearance → Widgets → drag the Custom HTML widget to your sidebar or footer area → paste → Save.

Booking.com reviews auto-sync every 24 hours — no further WordPress maintenance needed.

How does BlooTrue compare to manual copy-paste and Elfsight on WordPress?

Why WordPress hotels pick BlooTrue for Booking.com

Feature	BlooTrue	Manual copy-paste	Elfsight
Works with any public Booking.com hotel page		Manual
Widget view caps	None		200/mo
No WordPress plugin required			—
100+ widget styles		—
SEO rich snippets (JSON-LD) built-in		—	Paid tier
Custom accent colors on free plan		—	—
Widgets pricing	$9/mo	Free	$12/mo

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Booking.com Review Widget for WordPress — Free, No Plugin Needed

BlooTrue's Booking.com Review Widget for WordPress is a free, plugin-free embed that displays your Booking.com reviews on any WordPress site. It works with both Gutenberg (block editor) and the Classic Editor, requires no coding, and works with any public Booking.com hotel page — from boutique hotels and boutique inns to guesthouses, resorts, and multi-location hotel groups. Every review comes from a verified guest who booked through Booking.com and honored the booking, and the widget shows real 1–5 star ratings — the header rating is your live Booking.com average, no conversion, no percentages. Unlimited widget views on every plan. 100+ widget styles (slider, marquee, grid, list, masonry, badge, compact badge) with light and dark themes plus a free custom color picker. On paid plans, schema.org Review + AggregateRating JSON-LD is added to the page where the embed runs inline rather than inside an iframe, so search engines and AI assistants can read the reviews as structured data. Google does not show review stars for reviews a business shows about itself, so the gain is readability, not stars.

Does BlooTrue work on WordPress.com?

Self-hosted WordPress (wordpress.org, the 95% case) supports the widget fully. On WordPress.com, the Business tier or higher supports custom HTML and works. The free WordPress.com plan strips script tags for security, so the widget will not render there.

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 WordPress?

Yes, BlooTrue is completely free for WordPress. No credit card, no plugin needed, and BlooTrue never caps widget views on any plan, free or paid. The free plan shows Booking.com reviews with BlooTrue branding in the footer.

Does Booking.com have an official review widget for WordPress?

No. Booking.com’s official website widget only takes bookings — it never displays your reviews. BlooTrue fills that gap and works with any public Booking.com hotel page. Just paste your booking.com/hotel/your-hotel URL into the BlooTrue builder.

Do I need a WordPress plugin to use BlooTrue?

No. BlooTrue uses a pure HTML embed that works in Gutenberg's Custom HTML block, the Classic Editor's Text tab, and the Custom HTML sidebar/footer widget. No plugin to install, configure, or update.

Will the BlooTrue Booking.com widget slow down my WordPress site?

No. The widget loads asynchronously after your page content, so it never blocks rendering. The script is under 20KB and reviews are served from a CDN cache. Typical load impact is under 50ms — well within Core Web Vitals thresholds.

Does it work on WordPress.com or only self-hosted WordPress?

Self-hosted WordPress works perfectly. WordPress.com Business plan and above also allow custom HTML and work fine. The free WordPress.com plan strips script tags for security — the widget will not load there. Upgrade to a paid WordPress.com plan or migrate to self-hosted WordPress (wordpress.org) to use the widget.

Can I customize the widget to match my WordPress theme?

Yes. The widget supports light and dark themes, 8 preset accent colors plus a free custom hex picker, two card layouts (reviewer-first or review-first), and toggles for reviewer names, dates, review text, and profile images. The outer background is transparent, so it blends with any WordPress theme automatically.