How to show Houzz reviews on your website
Houzz reviews is your Houzz profile reviews and project photos, used by interior designers, architects, builders, landscapers and home renovation professionals. Here's how to put it on your own website, which embed option to pick, and what goes wrong.
Quick answer
Get the code from your Houzz Pro or professional profile, in the badges and website widgets area. For most people the right choice is the houzz badge — a profile badge showing your rating and linking to your Houzz page. Paste it into a code or embed block on your site — not a plain text field — then place it beside your main call to action and test the whole flow on a phone before relying on it.
Houzz reviews: which option to use
| Option | What it does |
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| Houzz badge | A profile badge showing your rating and linking to your Houzz page. |
| Reviews widget | Recent reviews displayed on your site. |
| Project embed | Houzz project photos, which for design trades carry more weight than any star rating. |
Step-by-step
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Find the code or link in your account
Houzz reviews keeps this in your Houzz Pro or professional profile, in the badges and website widgets area. Copy what you need before touching your website — most of the time people lose is spent hunting for the snippet, not installing it.
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Pick the right option for the job
The table above is the decision. Houzz badge: A profile badge showing your rating and linking to your Houzz page. Reviews widget: Recent reviews displayed on your site. Choosing before you paste saves rebuilding the section later.
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Paste it into a code or embed block
This needs an HTML, code or embed block — not a plain text field, where the code will simply appear as text on your page. On Adviita, ask the AI editor to add an embed section and drop the code in. On WordPress use a Custom HTML block, on Squarespace a Code block (Business plan or above), and on Wix an Embed HTML element.
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Put it where the decision happens
Proof works hardest next to the decision, which means beside your contact button rather than in the footer. A widget three scrolls down does a fraction of the work of the same widget beside your main call to action. Decide what the page is for, then place it at the point the visitor is deciding.
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Check it on an actual phone
Most visitors to a small business website arrive on a phone, and embeds are where mobile layouts break. Open your live site on your own phone and confirm it loads, fits the screen without sideways scrolling, and does not push your contact button out of view. Third-party embeds are also the most common cause of a slow page, so if it noticeably delays loading, consider a plain link instead.
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Test it end to end before you rely on it
Run through the whole flow yourself as a customer would — confirm it renders and links correctly — and confirm what should happen actually happens. Broken embeds fail silently, and the first person to notice is usually a customer who has already given up.
Tips & best practices
- ▸For design and renovation work the photographs are the proof. Prioritise showing project imagery over showing a numeric score.
- ▸Photos hosted on Houzz remain Houzz's to serve. Keep your own copies and put your best work directly on your own site.
- ▸Houzz Pro is a paid product; check what your membership tier actually includes before planning around a widget.
- ▸Re-test the embed after any change to your site, your plan, or the connected account — third-party widgets break quietly and nothing tells you.
Common questions
How do I add Houzz reviews to my website?
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From your Houzz professional profile, open the badges or website widgets section and copy the code for a badge or reviews widget, then paste it into a code block on your site. For design trades, also embed or upload your project photos — visual proof outperforms a rating.
Is Houzz Pro worth it for a small design business?
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It depends almost entirely on whether your local market uses Houzz to find professionals, which varies a lot by country and city. The photos and reviews are genuinely useful, but the same effort spent on your own portfolio site and Google Business Profile compounds instead of renting.
Do I need a developer to add Houzz reviews to my site?
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No. Every option here is copy and paste into a code or embed block, which every mainstream website builder provides. The only genuine blocker is a builder or plan that does not allow custom code at all — Squarespace, for instance, requires a Business plan or above for code blocks.
Will adding Houzz reviews slow down my website?
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Any third-party embed has some cost, because it loads code from another company's servers. One is usually unnoticeable; four or five on the same page is where small business sites become visibly slow. If page speed matters to you, prefer a plain link over a script wherever the option exists, and keep embeds to the pages that genuinely need them.