How to show Yelp reviews on your website
Yelp reviews is your ratings and reviews from Yelp, used by US restaurants, bars, salons and local service businesses. 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 Yelp's business owner tools, which provide review badges linking back to your Yelp page. For most people the right choice is the yelp badge — the official badge showing your rating and linking to your 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.
Yelp reviews: which option to use
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Yelp badge | The official badge showing your rating and linking to your page. |
| Review highlight quotes | Quoting review text on your page with attribution, which is fast and always works. |
| Third-party aggregator | A widget service pulling Yelp alongside Google and Facebook into one display. |
Step-by-step
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Find the code or link in your account
Yelp reviews keeps this in Yelp's business owner tools, which provide review badges linking back to your Yelp page. 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. Yelp badge: The official badge showing your rating and linking to your page. Review highlight quotes: Quoting review text on your page with attribution, which is fast and always works. 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
- ▸Yelp's terms restrict how review content may be reproduced. Badges and links are safe; wholesale copying of review text is not — quote briefly and attribute.
- ▸Yelp's review filter hides reviews it considers unreliable, so your embedded count may not match what you expected.
- ▸For most non-US businesses, Yelp carries far less weight than Google. Put your effort where your customers actually look.
- ▸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 put my Yelp rating on my website?
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Use Yelp's official badge from the business owner tools — it shows your rating and links to your Yelp page. For displaying actual review text, quote short excerpts with attribution rather than reproducing reviews wholesale, which Yelp's terms restrict.
Is Yelp worth it outside the US?
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Generally not. Yelp has real weight in the US and limited traction elsewhere, where Google reviews dominate almost completely. If you are outside the US, put your review effort into your Google Business Profile first and treat Yelp as optional.
Do I need a developer to add Yelp 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 Yelp 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.