Where the code went
Older Judge.me guides and forum answers tell you to paste a <div class="jdgm-widget …"> snippet into your product template. On a current Shopify theme that is no longer how it works. Since Online Store 2.0, apps add their widgets as app blocks: pieces you place in the theme editor, the same way you place a heading or an image. Judge.me's own help says that on a 2.0 theme you “install the widgets using app blocks instead.”
We went looking for the code in the Judge.me admin of our own Shopify development store anyway.
| Where we looked | What we found |
|---|---|
| Settings → Widgets | More than 20 widget cards, each with an Install ↗ or Customize button. None shows code. |
| Banner on the same page | “App embeds missing from live theme. This is required for all widgets to show correctly.” With the embed off, Install was greyed out on the Review Widget and Star Rating Badge cards. |
| Install ↗ (Trust Badge card) | Opened the Shopify theme editor in a new tab, with addAppBlockId=…/trust_badge in the address: it adds an app block. |
| Settings search for “code” | Two results: “Qr Code” and “External Code”. External Code is a coupon setting. |
So the Judge.me admin itself no longer hands out widget code. The Install button is the shortcut: it opens the theme editor at the right place, and you save there.
Add the review widget on a 2.0 theme
First the app embed. In Shopify go to Online Store → Themes → Customize, open App embeds (its icon is in the left bar of the theme editor), switch on Judge.me and save. The embed loads Judge.me's script on every page; without it the widgets do not show, which is why our Install buttons were greyed out.
Then the widget. Either press Install on the Review Widget card in Judge.me → Settings → Widgets, or open a product page in the theme editor yourself, click Add block under the product information, pick the Judge.me Review Widget and save. The star rating badge works the same way, placed under the product title.
If you saved and the widget still does not appear on the live page, our guide to Judge.me reviews not showing goes through the causes we reproduced.
On a Vintage theme you still paste code
Vintage themes are the older Shopify themes without app blocks. Judge.me's guide for them still uses Liquid snippets, after the same first step of turning on the app embed.
| Widget | File |
|---|---|
| Review Widget | templates/product.liquid, under the product section |
| Star Rating Badge | sections/product-template.liquid, under the product title |
| Reviews Carousel, Medals, UGC Media Grid, review counters | templates/index.liquid |
| All reviews page (Happy Customers) | a new template, templates/page.judgeme_reviews.liquid |
The review widget snippet is about fifteen lines of Liquid. It wraps id='judgeme_product_reviews' class='jdgm-widget jdgm-review-widget' around the product's Judge.me metafields (product.metafields.judgeme.widget and review_widget_data). Copy it from Judge.me's article rather than from a forum, and keep a copy of the template before you edit it. Judge.me also offers to install the widgets for you on a Vintage theme if you contact their support.
Need the reviews somewhere Judge.me's widget does not go?
App blocks only exist inside a Shopify theme. If you want the same reviews on a landing page, a blog on another platform or a second store, one option is to export them from Judge.me and import them into Formgong. Our guide to moving reviews from Judge.me covers the export files. The Formgong review widget is one script tag that works on Shopify, WordPress, Wix, Webflow or plain HTML, You can start from the Formgong home page.
Found the code somewhere we missed?
If your Judge.me admin still shows widget code somewhere, or a plan we did not test works differently, tell us at support@formgong.com. We will check it and update the page.
What Formgong Reviews includes for free
- Unlimited review sites and reviews. Text, photo, video and voice reviews on Free.
- A widget with no view limit. The review widget, carousel, badge and stars in product lists load as often as your pages do.
- Review emails in your store's name. Sent after each order with your logo and colours, replies to you, no email service to set up; buyers can rate inside Gmail without leaving the email, and get one reminder (how it works).
- Bring your old reviews. Import from Judge.me, Yotpo, Loox, Shopify Product Reviews, WooCommerce, Etsy or a CSV.
- You decide what shows. Approve each review or choose a publishing mode, reply in public or in private, and let shoppers ask the author a question.
- Google. A Merchant Center review feed, and product rating markup through the WordPress plugin.
- Reviews from your form. People who filled in your contact form can get a review request automatically.
- One account for the rest. Contact forms with Telegram and Google Sheets, an AI help chat, and free website templates.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the Judge.me review widget code?
On an Online Store 2.0 theme there is none: the widget is an app block you add in the theme editor. On a Vintage theme, Judge.me's help article lists the Liquid snippet and the file it goes in.
Why is the Install button greyed out in Judge.me?
In our test it was greyed out while the Judge.me app embed was off. Turn the embed on under App embeds in the theme editor and save.
Where does the Judge.me all reviews widget go?
On a 2.0 theme it is the Happy Customers widget: add it to a page in the theme editor. On a Vintage theme, Judge.me's guide uses a new page template named page.judgeme_reviews.liquid.
Can I use the Judge.me widget outside Shopify?
App blocks only work inside a Shopify theme. To show the same reviews elsewhere, export them from Judge.me and use a widget that runs on any site.
Sources and documentation
Official references for this guide: Judge.me: Adding Judge.me widgets (Vintage themes). Move your reviews from Judge.me, where data is stored.