Visitors trust reviews more than your description on the home page. Research confirms that positive reviews directly increase trust in a business. And the vast majority of buyers read online reviews before their first purchase.

The problem is that recommendations on a Facebook page are only visible to those who visit it. Most traffic goes to your website. If there's no social proof there, you're losing conversions simply because the reviews aren't where people look for them.

The right plugin solves this in 5 minutes: it connects to the Facebook API, pulls recommendations, and displays them with a widget or shortcode on any page. No manual copying, no screenshots, no hassle. In practice, we tested every solution in this roundup, 4 tools with current support in 2026 and different approaches to storage, design, and pricing.

💡 Quick overview:

• Decide whether you need a free plugin with a basic set of widgets or a premium solution with support for multiple platforms (Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor in addition to Facebook)
• Choose a tool from the comparison table: we covered pricing, limits, page builder compatibility, and key limitations of each
• Install the plugin, connect your Facebook page via OAuth, and embed the widget with a shortcode or block, the process takes 2-3 minutes for any solution on the list

Comparison table: 4 Facebook review plugins for WordPress

1. WP Business Reviews

WP Business Reviews from the WPBiz team, a premium plugin designed for aggregating reviews from four platforms: Facebook, Google, Yelp, and Zomato. You connect all platforms in one interface and manage collections through tags.

The plugin downloads reviews to the WordPress database and stores them locally. Each time a page is opened, no request is sent to the Facebook API, the widget loads quickly and doesn't depend on external service availability. New reviews are pulled automatically on schedule.

Pros:

• One dashboard for Facebook, Google, Yelp, and Zomato, no need to install 4 different plugins
• Local review storage speeds up loading and doesn't depend on Facebook API limits
• Flexible filtering: you set a minimum rating, and everything below isn't shown
• Manual addition of your own reviews through the admin panel
• 30 days money back guarantee, no questions asked

Cons:

• No free version, only paid plans
• Zomato in the platform list isn't relevant for Russian-speaking businesses
• Support via email, no live chat

Price: from $49/year (Basic, 1 site) to custom pricing (Agency, 10+ sites). 🔗 Official website

2. Rich Plugins, Reviews Widgets for Google, Yelp & TripAdvisor

Plugin from Rich Plugins (formerly fb-reviews-widget), one of the oldest tools for displaying Facebook recommendations. In version 2.7, the architecture was completely rewritten: now it's not just a Facebook widget, but a combine for Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor, and Facebook in one feed.

The key feature is unlimited locations and widgets. Connect as many Facebook pages as you want and configure a separate shortcode with its own layout for each. There are no limits on the number of pages, widgets, and insertion points.

Facebook recommendations are displayed without limits through the official Graph API. For Google, up to 10 reviews through the public API with manual refresh every 3 days. For Yelp, up to 3.

Pros:

• Unlimited Facebook pages and widgets in the free version
• Unified feed: Google + Facebook + Yelp + Tripadvisor in one shortcode
• 3 layouts: list, grid, carousel
• Manual moderation of each review (show/hide in one click)
• Lazy loading of images, doesn't slow down main content
• Gutenberg block included

Cons:

• Google and Yelp have reduced limits (10 and 3 reviews respectively)
• No local caching, each view goes through the API
• Facebook connection interface via OAuth requires page administrator login

Price: Free (core). Pro via Business Reviews Bundle from $49/year.

🔗 Rich Plugins on WordPress.org

3. Trustindex, Widgets for Reviews & Recommendations

Trustindex stands out among competitors with the number of preset styles: 40 widget types and 25 ready-made designs out of the box. Supports more than 40 languages, including Russian. In the free version, up to 10 Facebook reviews and 1 widget.

Trustindex's strong side is the ecosystem. In addition to widgets for displaying reviews, the platform offers tools for collecting them: email campaigns, QR codes, NFC cards. This goes further than just "show reviews on the site", you can build a cycle: asked, received, showed.

For developers, this is critical: the plugin uses CDN for assets and supports lazy load, so it has virtually no impact on performance. Compatible with Linux and Windows environments (XAMPP, WAMP), works in multisite configuration.

Pros:

• 40 widget layouts and 25 styles, no need to write CSS manually
• Dark theme out of the box
• Support for 40+ languages, including Russian interface
• Filter reviews by rating before display
• Anonymize review author name (for GDPR)
• Lazy load + CDN, minimal impact on PageSpeed

Cons:

• Free version only has 10 Facebook reviews and 1 widget
• To remove limits you need to register on trustindex.io and subscribe
• Facebook connection interface via separate Trustindex OAuth flow (not direct)

Price: Free (10 reviews, 1 widget). Pro from $9.99/month when paid annually. 🔗 Trustindex on WordPress.org

4. WP Review Slider

WP Review Slider (developer jgwhite33) uses a different storage approach: the plugin downloads Facebook recommendations through the official API ONCE and saves them to your database. After that, reviews are served from your server locally, without repeated Facebook requests on each page view.

An important technical point: Facebook switched from a 5-star scale to a "recommend / don't recommend" format. WP Review Slider can convert recommendations back to stars. You set up the option, and positive recommendations are displayed as 5-star reviews.

Since version 11.5, stars have been converted to SVG, a "verified" checkmark option has been added, and avatar management (show/hide/initials). The Pro version supports loading from 80+ platforms, including Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor, Airbnb, WooCommerce.

Pros:

• Local review storage in WordPress database, fast loading, no dependency on Facebook API
• Convert Facebook recommendations to 5-star reviews
• Twitter (X) support: search tweets and display together with Facebook reviews
• Configure number of reviews per row, sort by date or randomly
• 14 ready-made templates, customization via Custom CSS and child themes (Pro)
• Schema markup for Google Search Results (stars in search results)

Cons:

• Pro version needed for rating filtering and manual moderation
• Free version only has Facebook and Twitter, other platforms in Pro
• When updating versions there were bugs with duplicate reviews (fixed in 14.3)

Price: Free (Facebook + Twitter). Pro: $99/year or $199 lifetime. 🔗 WP Review Slider on WordPress.org, 🔗 Pro version

Watch a 2-minute demonstration from Rich Plugins: connecting a Facebook page, configuring the widget, and inserting a shortcode on the site. The principle of operation is the same for all plugins in the roundup, only interfaces and additional platforms differ.

⁉️🤔 Frequently asked questions

Do you need access to a Facebook page for review plugins to work?

Yes. All plugins in the roundup use the official Facebook Graph API and require page administrator rights to connect. Without them, the API won't return recommendations, this is Facebook's policy, not a plugin limitation. Connection happens via OAuth: you log in to Facebook, allow the plugin access to the page, and it pulls reviews automatically. No plugin stores your password, only an access token, which can be revoked at any time in Facebook settings.

How do Facebook recommendations differ from star reviews?

Since 2018, Facebook for many pages replaced the 5-star scale with a binary format: "recommend" or "don't recommend". At the same time, old star ratings remained for some pages. Plugins handle this situation differently. WP Review Slider and Trustindex can map recommendations to a 5-star scale. Rich Plugins shows recommendations "as is", with original text and a "Positive/Negative" label. WP Business Reviews displays both formats.

Does a review plugin slow down site loading?

It depends on the architecture of the specific plugin. WP Review Slider and WP Business Reviews store reviews locally in the WordPress database, the Facebook API isn't called on each view, speed doesn't suffer. Trustindex and Rich Plugins use CDN and lazy load for images, assets load asynchronously and don't block rendering. If caching is already enabled on the site (WP Rocket, Flying Press), you won't notice additional slowdown. In practice, the PageSpeed difference is 2-3 points, no more.

Can you display reviews from multiple Facebook pages?

Yes, but not in all plugins. Rich Plugins in the free version supports unlimited pages and widgets. WP Business Reviews allows grouping reviews from different sources into "collections" through a tag system. WP Review Slider in the Pro version lets you specify a specific Facebook page for each template. Trustindex in the free version is limited to one page per widget, for multiple pages you need a subscription.

Do you need Facebook Pixel to display reviews?

No. Facebook Pixel is a conversion tracking and retargeting tool, it has nothing to do with reviews. Common confusion arises from the word "Facebook" in the name. Pixel is installed separately, via the official-facebook-pixel plugin or directly in theme code. Review plugins use the Facebook Graph API, not Pixel. These are two different Facebook for Developers products, and one doesn't replace the other.

What to choose if budget is limited?

For a completely free solution, look at WP Review Slider (Facebook + Twitter without limits, local storage) or Rich Plugins (Facebook without limits on number of reviews and pages, plus Google and Yelp with limits). If you need maximum free platforms, Trustindex gives you access to dozens of sources in Pro, but the free version is limited to 10 reviews. Commercial WP Business Reviews for $49/year immediately covers Google, Facebook, Yelp, and Zomato with local caching. For a business that earns from the site, this is more profitable than building a bundle of three free plugins.

What to install in 2026: final breakdown

Four plugins cover four different scenarios.

If you run a business site and are willing to pay for convenience, WP Business Reviews for $49/year will collect Google, Facebook, Yelp, and Zomato in one dashboard. Local caching means reviews won't disappear if the Facebook API temporarily goes down.

When you have multiple Facebook pages and need to display them in different places on the site, Rich Plugins gives unlimited pages and widgets for free. The only compromise is Google and Yelp with reduced limits.

For maximum visual variety out of the box, Trustindex. 40 layouts and 25 styles cover any design needs without a line of CSS. But be prepared for a subscription if you have more than ten reviews.

If speed is critical and you don't want to depend on an external API, WP Review Slider. Local database, conversion of recommendations to stars, and a Twitter feed as a bonus. The Pro version adds 80+ platforms and schema markup for search results.

Choose for your task, not for someone else's rating. And try it out, three out of four plugins have a free version on WordPress.org.