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Free Yelp Review Widgets for OpenCart

Embed Yelp reviews on any OpenCart store in 60 seconds — works on OpenCart 3.x and 4.x via a CMS page or the bundled HTML Content module. Yelp only embeds one review at a time; BlooTrue is the only free path.

Key facts: 60-second install on OpenCart · fills Yelp's missing embed gap · works on OpenCart 3.x and 4.x · CMS page + HTML Content module · 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 store 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 OpenCart? All review widgets for OpenCart

Why Use BlooTrue for Yelp on OpenCart?

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

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.

No OpenCart Extension Required

Pure HTML embed. No marketplace purchase, no vQmod / OCMOD patch, no PHP file edits. Pastes into the core CMS Information system or the bundled HTML Content module.

Works on OpenCart 3.x and 4.x

Same install path on both major versions. The Source toggle in the editor and the HTML Content module from Extensions → Modules exist in core on both 3.x and 4.x.

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 OpenCart

OpenCart's HTML Content module is the right mount point for the Yelp widget — not the Product Review module.
For multi-store OpenCart installations, embed a Yelp widget per store with each store's respective Yelp listing.
The Yelp widget runs independently of OpenCart's built-in review approval workflow.

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 OpenCart?

Takes less than a minute. No coding, no extension, no Yelp API key.

Decide Where The Reviews Go

Log into your OpenCart admin and pick the placement:

A static Information page — Catalog → Information.
A sidebar or footer module using the bundled HTML Content module — assigned via Design → Layouts.

For a CMS Page: Catalog → Information

In the OpenCart admin, open Catalog → Information, edit the target page. In the rich-text editor toolbar, click the Source button (looks like </>) to switch to raw HTML view.

Paste the BlooTrue embed code there. This step is critical — if you paste in the visual view instead, OpenCart sanitizes the<script> tag and the widget disappears on save.

Save the page. Visit the storefront URL — your Yelp reviews are live.

Or Use the HTML Content Module

For sidebar / footer / homepage placement, open Extensions → Modules, find HTML Content (a core module — already installed in OpenCart 3.x and 4.x), click Add Module, give it a name like "Yelp Reviews", click the Source button in its editor, and paste.

Assign to a Layout and Publish

Open Design → Layouts, pick the layout to target, and add the HTML Content module to a position — Column Left, Column Right, Content Top, Content Bottom, or Footer.

Save the layout. Reviews auto-sync from Yelp every 24 hours.

How BlooTrue Compares to Other Yelp-on-OpenCart Options

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

Option	BlooTrue	Yelp official	Paid OC extensions
Whole Yelp page in one widget		—	—
No widget view caps		—	—
No Yelp API key needed		—	Sometimes
No marketplace purchase required		—	—
Works on OpenCart 3.x AND 4.x		—	Often 3.x only
SEO rich snippets (JSON-LD)		—	Sometimes
Pricing for full features	$9/mo	N/A	$20–$60 each

Yelp Review Widget for OpenCart — Free, Fills Yelp's Embed Gap

BlooTrue's Yelp Review Widget for OpenCart is a free, extension-free embed that displays your Yelp reviews on any OpenCart storefront. Yelp only embeds one review at a time, not for self-service merchant embeds. BlooTrue fills that gap by pulling reviews from any public Yelp business page and turning them into a paste-ready OpenCart embed. 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 OpenCart marketplace purchase, no PHP edits, no Yelp API key, no Yelp Fusion application, no business-level claim required. 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.

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. Third-party widgets are the standard way OpenCart stores surface their Yelp reviews — BlooTrue is the free option in that category.

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 OpenCart?

Yes. BlooTrue is completely free for OpenCart. No marketplace extension purchase, no recurring license fee, unlimited widget views, no credit card. The free plan shows your Yelp reviews with BlooTrue branding in the footer.

Does Yelp offer its own embed widget for OpenCart?

Not for a whole page. Yelp only embeds one review at a time. BlooTrue fills that gap by pulling reviews from any public Yelp business page and turning them into a paste-ready OpenCart embed.

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.

Why does my embed code disappear after I save the OpenCart page?

Because you pasted into the WYSIWYG (visual) editor, which strips or escapes the <script> tag. Click the Source button (looks like </>) in the editor toolbar to switch to raw HTML view, paste the embed code there, and save. The Source toggle is the #1 install gotcha on OpenCart.

Does this work on both OpenCart 3.x and OpenCart 4.x?

Yes. The embed is pure client-side HTML and JavaScript and the install path (Source toggle in the editor, HTML Content module from Extensions → Modules) exists in both major versions.

Where exactly should I paste the embed code on OpenCart?

Two paths. (1) For a static page (About, Reviews, Testimonials): Catalog → Information → edit the page → click the Source button (</>) in the editor → paste. (2) For sidebar/footer placement: Extensions → Modules → install HTML Content → edit it → click Source → paste → assign via Design → Layouts.

Will the widget slow down my OpenCart store?

No. The widget loads asynchronously after 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.