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Free Facebook Review Widgets for BigCommerce

Embed Facebook reviews on any BigCommerce store in 60 seconds — works with Stencil themes, Page Builder, and Web Pages. Facebook has no official embed; BlooTrue gives you the missing widget for free.

Key facts: 60-second install on BigCommerce · fills Facebook's missing embed gap · works on every BigCommerce plan · Stencil + Page Builder compatible · no Facebook API key required · schema.org markup on paid plans

Last updated September 16, 2026·by Mike Ragimov

SEO + AI schema · paid plans

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Install guides

Same Facebook widget, platform-specific install guide. Pick where your store lives.

Looking for a different review source? See all Facebook widgets

Setting this up on a different platform? See all Facebook review widgets · Want a different review platform on BigCommerce? All review widgets for BigCommerce

Why Use BlooTrue for Facebook on BigCommerce?

The only free way to put Facebook reviews on your BigCommerce storefront — Facebook itself doesn't offer an embed.

Fills Facebook's Missing Embed

Facebook doesn't publish an official embed widget for merchants. BlooTrue is the free, paste-and-go alternative — pulls reviews from your public Facebook page automatically.

No BigCommerce App Required

Pure HTML embed. No App Marketplace install, no permission scopes, no recurring app fee. Works on every plan from Standard to Enterprise.

Stencil + Page Builder Compatible

Works with every Stencil theme (Cornerstone, Supermarket, custom) and the legacy Blueprint engine. Drop into Web Pages, Page Builder, or product description HTML views.

No Facebook API Key Required

Works with any public Facebook Page. No Facebook Fusion application, no API quotas, no business-level claim required.

What makes a Facebook widget different from a Google review widget?

Facebook's recommendation system works differently from star-based platforms like Google. Knowing how recommendations become stars, and how Page moderation works, avoids surprises after you embed.

How BlooTrue turns Facebook recommendations into star ratings

Facebook retired numeric star ratings in 2018. Instead, visitors tap Recommends or Doesn't recommend and write a short comment, and the Page shows a percentage of people who recommend it. BlooTrue normalizes that into the star format your other widgets use: each “Recommends” renders as a 5-star review, each “Doesn't recommend” as 1 star, and the Page's overall recommendation percentage becomes a clean 0–5 star header rating. The result is a Facebook widget that looks and reads exactly like your Google or Yelp widget — no confusing percentages on your site. The header rating always comes from Facebook's own published aggregate, never from averaging the individual cards.

Where the recommendations come from and how often they refresh

BlooTrue fetches the publicly-visible recommendations from your Facebook Page on a server-side schedule — roughly once every 24 hours on paid plans — and caches the result. Your site never calls Facebook directly, so visitor traffic to your page doesn't depend on Facebook being reachable, and the widget loads instantly from cache. Only recommendations that are public on your Page are included; anything set to private or hidden by the Page owner is never pulled. Each recommendation keeps its reviewer name, photo, and comment, and links back to your Facebook Page.

Turning on recommendations and what shows up in the widget

Recommendations only appear if your Page has the Reviews / Recommendations section enabled and public. If your Page is brand new or has recommendations switched off, there's nothing for the widget to import yet — turn the section on in your Page settings and the widget will populate as soon as your first public recommendation lands. Once enabled, the widget shows whatever your Page shows publicly: no more, no less. If a recommendation disappears from your widget after a sync, it almost always means the reviewer deleted it or Facebook removed it — the widget simply follows your Page's public state.

Moderation, Community Standards, and attribution

Facebook moderates recommendations under its Community Standards and removes spam, hate speech, and content that violates its policies. Because BlooTrue reads only your Page's public recommendations, the widget automatically reflects those removals on the next sync — you never display content Facebook has already taken down. Every card keeps the Facebook mark and the reviewer's name, and clicking a review links back to your Facebook Page, so attribution stays intact. BlooTrue never fabricates a rating: an empty “Recommends” with no comment is still shown as a real recommendation, and the header number is always Facebook's own aggregate.

Facebook tips for BigCommerce

BigCommerce Stencil themes support the Facebook widget in the page-builder text/HTML content area.
For multi-storefront BigCommerce setups, embed one Facebook widget per storefront so each store displays its own listing's reviews.
The Facebook page-data fetch does not interact with BigCommerce's built-in product review system — they are entirely separate data sources.

Want more on Facebook itself? See the Facebook widget overview or our guide to the best review widgets for websites.

How Do I Install BlooTrue Facebook on BigCommerce?

Takes less than a minute. No coding, no app install, no Facebook API key.

Build your widget on this page

Use the BlooTrue builder on this page. Paste your Facebook Page URL (e.g. facebook.com/yourpage-slug) and your real reviews load automatically into the live preview.

No sign-up, no Facebook API key, no business-level claim required.

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.

Copy the Embed Code

Publish and copy the embed code. The embed is a single HTML snippet — no BigCommerce app install, no theme file edits.

Paste into BigCommerce

Static page (About, Reviews, Testimonials): In your control panel, open Storefront → Web Pages, click the page to edit, then click the HTML view button (looks like </>) in the rich-text editor toolbar. Paste the embed code, switch back to visual view to confirm, and click Save.

Homepage / category page (Page Builder): Open Storefront → My Themes → Customize, navigate to the page, drag in an HTML widget from the left sidebar, paste the embed code, and save. Republish the theme.

Per-product placement (Stencil): Open the product, scroll to the description, click the HTML view, and paste. For site-wide placement under every product, edit templates/pages/product.html in your Stencil theme.

Reviews auto-sync from Facebook every 24 hours.

How BlooTrue Compares to Other Facebook-on-BigCommerce Options

Facebook doesn't offer an embed. Here's how BlooTrue compares to the next-best paths.

Option	BlooTrue	Facebook official	Paid widget apps
Free Facebook embed available		—	Higher tier
No widget view caps		—	—
No Facebook API key needed		—	Sometimes
No BigCommerce app install		—	—
Custom layouts and accent colors		—	Limited
SEO rich snippets (JSON-LD)		—	Paid tier
Pricing for full features	$9/mo	N/A	$15+/mo

Facebook Review Widget for BigCommerce — Free, Fills Facebook's Embed Gap

BlooTrue's Facebook Review Widget for BigCommerce is a free, app-free embed that displays your Facebook reviews on any BigCommerce storefront. Facebook does not provide an official embed widget for merchants — its Fusion API is gated for partner apps. BlooTrue fills that gap by pulling reviews from any public Facebook business page and turning them into a paste-ready BigCommerce embed. Works on every BigCommerce plan (Standard, Plus, Pro, Enterprise), every Stencil theme (Cornerstone, Supermarket, custom Stencil themes), and the legacy Blueprint theme engine. No BigCommerce App Marketplace install, no per-month fee, no Facebook API key required.

Why doesn't Facebook have an official embed?

Facebook's Fusion API is positioned as a partner-channel product (used by sites like Apple Maps and Trivago) rather than as a merchant self-service product. Facebook does not publish a paste-ready embed widget the way Google publishes Place Cards. Third-party widgets are the standard way BigCommerce stores surface their Facebook reviews on their own storefront — BlooTrue is the free option in that category.

About Facebook reviews in this widget

The Facebook widget embeds the recommendations left on your Facebook Page. Facebook retired star ratings for Pages in 2018, so there is no native Facebook star average; the widget shows each Recommends as a 5-star card and turns the Page's overall recommendation percentage into a 0 to 5 star figure for the header, both read from your Page. A customer leaves a recommendation by tapping Recommends or Doesn't recommend and writing a comment, which only works once Reviews are switched on in your Page settings. Many owners reach for Facebook's Page Plugin instead, an iframe of your timeline with no way to feature recommendations.

Frequently Asked Questions

Facebook only lets people click Recommends, so what rating does my widget display?

Facebook dropped numeric stars for Pages in 2018, so the widget does not invent a Facebook star average. Each Recommends becomes a 5-star card, and the header converts the Page's overall recommendation percentage into a 0 to 5 star figure. Both come from your Page, not from a calculation over the cards on your site.

Can I use Facebook's own Page Plugin to embed my recommendations?

No. The Page Plugin drops your whole Page timeline into an iframe and has no setting to show only recommendations, and Facebook's own tools cannot place them on an external site at all. The BlooTrue builder takes your Page URL instead and gives you a one-line embed, with no Facebook ad spend and no plugin required.

My Page has no Reviews tab, so where would the recommendations come from?

They only exist once you turn them on: open your Facebook Page settings, find the Reviews or Recommendations option and switch it on. Until then customers cannot tap Recommends and the builder finds nothing to import. A free widget holds the recommendations found that day; paid plans check the Page daily and drop the BlooTrue badge.

Is the BlooTrue Facebook widget free for BigCommerce?

Yes. BlooTrue is completely free for BigCommerce. No app install, no marketplace fee, unlimited views, no credit card. The free plan shows your Facebook reviews with BlooTrue branding in the footer.

Does Facebook offer its own embed widget for BigCommerce?

No. Facebook does not provide an official embed widget for businesses to display their reviews on a storefront. Facebook's Fusion API is gated and primarily intended for partner apps, not merchant self-embeds. BlooTrue fills that gap by pulling reviews from any public Facebook business page and turning them into a paste-ready BigCommerce embed.

Do I need a Facebook API key or Facebook Fusion access?

No. BlooTrue works with any public Facebook Page — no Facebook API key, no Facebook Fusion application, no business-level claim required. Just paste your facebook.com/yourpage-slug URL into the BlooTrue builder.

Do I need a BigCommerce app to display Facebook reviews?

No. BlooTrue uses a pure HTML embed code. There is no BigCommerce App Marketplace install, no recurring app fee, and no permission scopes to approve. The embed pastes into a Web Page (HTML view), a Page Builder HTML widget, or a Stencil template file.

Where exactly should I paste the embed code on BigCommerce?

For a static page (About, Reviews, Testimonials), open Storefront → Web Pages, edit the page, click the HTML view in the rich-text editor, and paste. For homepage or category placement, open Storefront → My Themes → Customize, drop a Page Builder HTML widget, and paste. For per-product placement on Stencil themes, paste into the product description HTML view.

Will the widget slow down my BigCommerce store?

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 impact on Largest Contentful Paint is under 50ms — well within Google's Core Web Vitals thresholds.

Does the widget work with Stencil themes?

Yes. The widget is pure client-side HTML and JavaScript, so it works in every BigCommerce theme engine — Stencil themes (Cornerstone, Supermarket, custom Stencil themes) and the legacy Blueprint engine.