Google Review Widget for OpenCart — Free, No Extension Needed

BlooTrue's Google Review Widget for OpenCart is a free, extension-free embed that displays your 5-star Google reviews on any OpenCart storefront. OpenCart is a free, open-source PHP e-commerce platform widely used in MENA, Eastern Europe, and South-East Asia, and it ships with both a CMS Information system (Catalog → Information) and a bundled HTML Content module (Extensions → Modules). BlooTrue pastes into either — no PHP edits, no vQmod / OCMOD patches, no marketplace extension purchase. Works on OpenCart 3.x (the dominant deployed version) and OpenCart 4.x with any theme. The single biggest install gotcha is the Source button (the</> toggle that switches the editor between WYSIWYG and raw HTML) — without clicking it, the visual editor escapes the embedded <script> tag and the widget disappears on save. Six widget styles (slider, grid, list, masonry, badge, compact badge) with light and dark themes plus a custom color picker. SEO rich snippets — schema.org Review + AggregateRating JSON-LD — are injected automatically.

How to embed Google reviews on OpenCart in 60 seconds

1. Search your business in the configurator above (or paste your Google Maps share link).
2. Pick a widget style and customize colors, theme, and layout.
3. Click Copy Code to get the one-line HTML embed.
4. For a CMS page: open Catalog → Information, edit the page, click the Source button (</>) in the editor toolbar, and paste.
5. For a sidebar / footer module: open Extensions → Modules, install HTML Content, paste in its Source view, and assign it to a layout position via Design → Layouts.
6. Save — your Google reviews are live on OpenCart 3.x or 4.x.

Does BlooTrue work on every OpenCart version?

Yes. BlooTrue works on OpenCart 3.x and OpenCart 4.x. There is no minimum version because the widget is pure HTML — OpenCart allows custom HTML in CMS pages and HTML Content modules on every install, and BlooTrue does not need any server-side hooks or PHP file edits.

BlooTrue vs paid OpenCart marketplace extensions

The OpenCart marketplace lists multiple Google-reviews extensions priced from roughly $20 to $60 each (one-time or yearly). They typically wrap the same public Google data BlooTrue uses, and many require vQmod or OCMOD patches that conflict with theme upgrades. BlooTrue is free, has no view cap, and pastes into the core CMS Information system or the bundled HTML Content module — no patching, no theme conflicts, no recurring fee.