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Free Yelp Review Widgets for Big Cartel

Embed Yelp reviews on any Big Cartel shop in 60 seconds — works on every plan including Gold (free). Yelp only embeds one review at a time and Big Cartel has no Yelp app; BlooTrue is the only free path.

Key facts: 60-second install on Big Cartel · fills Yelp's missing embed gap · works on every Big Cartel plan · Gold-tier (free) compatible · no Yelp 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 Yelp widget, platform-specific install guide. Pick where your shop lives.

Looking for a different review source? See all Yelp widgets

Setting this up on a different platform? See all Yelp review widgets · Want a different review platform on Big Cartel? All review widgets for Big Cartel

Why Use BlooTrue for Yelp on Big Cartel?

The only free way to put Yelp reviews on a Big Cartel shop — Yelp only embeds one review at a time, and Big Cartel has no Yelp app.

Your Whole Yelp Page, Not One Review

Yelp only embeds one review at a time. BlooTrue is the free, paste-and-go alternative — pulls reviews from your public Yelp page automatically.

Works on Every Big Cartel Plan

Gold (free, 5-product), Platinum, Diamond, Titanium — all supported via the Pages editor. No tier upgrade required.

Fills the Big Cartel App Gap

Big Cartel has no Yelp-specific app in its catalog and no native Yelp integration. BlooTrue is the only free third-party path.

No Yelp API Key Required

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

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

Yelp's review ecosystem has its own API rules, review filter, and attribution requirements. Knowing them up front avoids surprises after you embed.

Where the reviews and the Yelp rating come from

The star rating and review count in the widget header come from Yelp, exactly as Yelp publishes them for your listing. They are never averaged from the cards on your page. The cards are reviews from your public Yelp page, each credited to Yelp and linked back to your yelp.com/biz page. Paid plans refresh them every day; a free widget keeps the reviews from the day you built it.

Yelp's own options are narrower. The Embed review button on yelp.com puts one recommended review on your site at a time, and it is only on the desktop site. The Yelp Places API (formerly Fusion) returns up to three review excerpts of about 160 characters per business, and it is paid after a 30-day trial.

Yelp's recommendation software and your rating

Yelp's software sorts every review automatically. Yelp says about three quarters of reviews are recommended. The rest sit under “not currently recommended” at the bottom of your Yelp page and do not count toward your star rating or review count. Because the widget header uses Yelp's own rating and count, those reviews never move it. The sorting is automated and Yelp says no employee can override it, so a review can move in or out of the recommended set over time.

Yelp asks businesses not to ask for reviews

Yelp's rule is plain: “Don't ask anyone to review your business.” That covers customers, mailing lists, friends and family, so review-request emails and signs pointing at Yelp work against you there. A widget fits inside the rule: it shows the Yelp reviews you already have and asks nobody for one. If you want to ask customers for reviews, ask on platforms that allow it, such as Google.

Yelp display compliance: logo, star icon, attribution

Yelp's display guidelines require that any third-party widget (a) display the Yelp logo or wordmark on each review card or in the widget header, (b) use Yelp's official red star icon for ratings rather than a substitute, and (c) link each review back to its source URL on yelp.com. BlooTrue handles all three automatically — you don't need to add anything to your embed code. Removing the Yelp logo or replacing the star icon (e.g. with a gold star to match your brand) violates Yelp's terms, so the widget doesn't expose those as customizable. If you need full visual control, use the BlooTrue Google widget instead, which has no such third-party constraints.

Yelp tips for Big Cartel

Big Cartel's Custom Content area is the right place for the Yelp widget — not the product description field.
Yelp reviews are about the business, not individual items, so the widget belongs on a homepage or About page.
Big Cartel's mobile theme handles the Yelp widget gracefully without layout shift.

Want more on Yelp itself? See the Yelp widget overview or our guide to embedding Yelp reviews on any website.

How Do I Install BlooTrue Yelp on Big Cartel?

Takes less than a minute. The Pages route works on every plan including Gold.

Add or Edit a Page in Big Cartel Admin

Log into your Big Cartel admin and open Pages. Click Add a page for a fresh custom Page, or open an existing custom Page (About, Reviews, Testimonials) to edit it.

This works on every Big Cartel plan — Gold (free), Platinum, Diamond, Titanium.

Switch to Source (HTML) View and Paste

In the page editor, find the Source button at the top-right of the editor toolbar — it looks like </>. Click it to switch to HTML view.

Paste the BlooTrue Yelp embed code you copied above into the HTML view. Click Source again to flip back to the visual view and confirm the widget renders before saving.

Save the Page

Click Save to publish the page. Your Yelp reviews appear on the live page instantly. No app install, no Yelp API key, no plan upgrade required.

Optional — Sitewide Placement (Diamond+)

For sitewide placement in your header, footer, or homepage, open Customize design → Theme code → Edit code, find your active theme's layout.html file, and paste the embed code just before the closing </body> tag.

Plan note: Theme code editing is gated behind the Diamond plan and up. Gold and Platinum shops should stick with the Pages route in steps 1–3.

Reviews auto-sync from Yelp every 24 hours.

How BlooTrue Compares to Other Yelp-on-Big-Cartel Options

Yelp only embeds one review at a time. Big Cartel has no Yelp app. Here are the only paths.

Option	BlooTrue	Yelp official	Hand-rolled HTML
Whole Yelp page in one widget		—	Manual scrape
Works on Big Cartel Gold (free)		—
Auto-sync new Yelp reviews		—	—
No Yelp API key needed		—	Sometimes
No coding required		—	—
SEO rich snippets (JSON-LD)		—	Manual
Pricing for full features	$9/mo	N/A	Dev time

Yelp Review Widget for Big Cartel — Free, the Only Free Path

BlooTrue's Yelp Review Widget for Big Cartel is a free, app-free embed that displays your Yelp reviews on any Big Cartel shop. There is a triple gap to bridge here: Yelp only embeds one review at a time, Big Cartel has no native Yelp integration, and the Big Cartel App catalog does not list a Yelp-specific app. BlooTrue fills all three gaps as a pure HTML embed that works on every Big Cartel plan from Gold (free, 5-product) to Titanium. Install path: Pages editor — add a custom Page, click the Source button to switch to HTML view, paste the snippet, save. Diamond and Titanium shops can also paste into theme code (layout.html before </body>) for sitewide placement. Six widget styles 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.

Why isn't Yelp's own embed enough?

Yelp's own Embed review button puts one review on a page at a time, and Yelp publishes no widget for a whole business page. For Big Cartel sellers in particular, the gap is wider — Big Cartel does not list a Yelp-specific app in its catalog, so third-party widgets like BlooTrue are the canonical way to surface Yelp reviews on a Big Cartel storefront.

About Yelp reviews in this widget

The Yelp widget puts your Yelp business page's recommended reviews on your site, with the star rating and count Yelp publishes for that page at the top. Yelp's recommendation software sorts every incoming review, and the ones it files as not recommended sit in a separate section at the bottom of your Yelp page, outside the public rating, so they never move your widget's number. Each card is credited to Yelp and links back to your yelp.com/biz page. A common mistake is pasting Yelp's own embed code, which shows one review in an iframe.

Frequently Asked Questions

A customer left me a Yelp review but it is not in my widget, why?

First check whether Yelp filed it under 'not recommended' at the bottom of your Yelp page. Yelp's recommendation software keeps those reviews out of the public rating, and the widget follows the listing as Yelp shows it. On the free plan, a review posted after you built the widget waits until a paid plan refreshes it daily.

Why not just use Yelp's own embed code?

Because it shows one review. The Embed review button on the desktop yelp.com puts a single recommended review on your page. The widget shows many at once, with Yelp's own star rating and review count in the header and each card linked back to your listing at yelp.com/biz/your-business.

Will a Yelp review widget give me star snippets in Google results?

No. The Yelp widget deliberately adds no review schema markup, and since July 2026 Google does not show review stars for reviews a business shows about itself through a widget. You still get the reviews on your pages with Yelp's rating and count in the header; you do not get star snippets from this source.

Is the BlooTrue Yelp widget free for Big Cartel?

Yes. BlooTrue is completely free for Big Cartel. No app install, no recurring fee, unlimited widget views, no plan upgrade required. The free plan shows your Yelp reviews with BlooTrue branding in the footer.

I'm on the Gold (free) plan — can I still install this?

Yes. The Pages route works on every Big Cartel plan including the free Gold tier. You add a custom Page in admin, click the Source button to switch to HTML view, paste the embed code, and save. Theme code editing is the only feature gated behind Diamond+, but Gold-tier shops don't need it.

Does Yelp offer its own embed widget for Big Cartel?

Not for a whole page. Yelp only embeds one review at a time. Combined with the fact that Big Cartel itself has no native Yelp integration and no Yelp app in its catalog, BlooTrue is effectively the only free path.

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

No. BlooTrue works with any public Yelp business profile — no Yelp API key, no Yelp Fusion application, no business-level claim required. Just paste your yelp.com/biz/your-business-slug URL into the BlooTrue builder.

Where do I find the Source button in the Big Cartel page editor?

The Source button is at the top-right of the page editor toolbar — it looks like </> (angle brackets with a forward slash). Clicking it toggles between the visual rich-text view and the raw HTML view.

Will the widget slow down my Big Cartel shop?

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 Core Web Vitals thresholds.

Can I customize the widget to match my Big Cartel theme colors?

Yes. The style gallery on this page and the BlooTrue builder let you pick from 100+ styles, light or dark themes, and a custom accent color (free hex picker). The outer background is transparent so the widget blends with any Big Cartel theme.