Yelp Review Widget for Joomla — Free, Fills Yelp's Embed Gap
BlooTrue's Yelp Review Widget for Joomla is a free, extension-free embed that displays your Yelp reviews on any Joomla site. Yelp 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 Yelp business page and turning them into a paste-ready Joomla embed. 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 Yelp API key required.
How to embed Yelp reviews on Joomla in 60 seconds
- Paste your Yelp business URL (yelp.com/biz/your-business-slug) into the configurator above.
- Pick a widget style and customize colors, theme, and layout.
- Click Copy Code to get the one-line HTML embed.
- Open Content → Site Modules (J4/J5) or Extensions → Modules (J3), click + New, choose Custom, click Toggle Editor to switch to HTML, and paste.
- Set the Position (e.g.
position-7) and Menu Assignment, then Save.
Why doesn't Yelp have an official embed?
Yelp'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. Yelp does not publish a paste-ready embed widget the way Trustpilot publishes TrustBox or Google publishes Place Cards. Third-party widgets are the standard way Joomla sites surface their Yelp reviews on their own pages — BlooTrue is the free option in that category.
