Praising.ai gives you four widget types for displaying reviews on your website: Carousel, Grid, Pop-up and Badge. This guide compares the first three; Badge shows your overall rating and review count in a small box instead of review cards. The right choice depends on your site's layout and what you want visitors to do.
Active Praising.ai account with collected reviews
Access to your website's code or content management system for widget embedding
Navigate to the Widgets page to see the widget types
From the left-hand navigation, click Visibility, then select Widgets from the submenu. This opens the Widgets page at /dashboard/visibility/widgets, where you can compare the formats in a live preview.
Review the Carousel widget format (default view)
The Carousel widget displays reviews in a horizontal scrolling format. It works well in headers, footers, or narrow sections where vertical space is tight. Click the Carousel button at the top of the page to preview this format in the live preview pane.
Switch to the Grid widget format
Click the Grid button to see your reviews arranged in rows and columns. Multiple reviews appear at once, so this format suits dedicated testimonial pages or wider site sections well.
Switch to the Pop-up widget option
Click the Pop-up tab to see a single review card that moves to the next review every 5 seconds. On your website it sits wherever you paste the code, as a compact card, rather than floating over your page.
Access embedding options for your chosen widget
Once you've picked a format, click Embed Widget in the top-right area of the Widgets page to get the embed code. This button works the same way regardless of which type you've selected. To change what the widget shows first, click the round filter button next to it, which opens Widget Filters.
Choose Carousel when:
Your available space is narrow, like a sidebar, header, or footer
You want visitors to swipe or scroll through reviews in a single row
Choose Grid when:
You have a dedicated testimonials or reviews page
Your layout can handle multiple columns and you want visitors to browse several reviews at once
Choose Pop-up when:
You want to show one review at a time in a small space
You'd like the reviews to change on their own every few seconds
After picking a type, click the round filter button next to Embed Widget to open Widget Filters. There you choose a Light or Dark theme, a minimum star rating, which review sites to show and how many reviews appear, and you can add a Leave a Review Button. Click Save, then check the widget on desktop and mobile to confirm it displays correctly.
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