Extensions
DLS Reviews imports Google feedback into Joomla displays
DLS Reviews displays manually entered customer testimonials or Google reviews in several Joomla module layouts.
Customer testimonials come up when a business wants social proof on service, location or product pages. Joomla core can publish the words as an article, Custom module or other editor content, and a developer can reshape that output with a template override. Core does not provide a dedicated review collection with star filtering, carousel controls or an importer for Google Places reviews.
That is the gap this paid download is aimed at. According to the listing, DLS Reviews can show manually entered reviews as a quote, carousel, grid or compact rating badge. With a Google API key and Place ID, the developer says it can fetch Google reviews server-side, cache them and let the site administrator filter, order or hide entries. Those Google-specific data and display controls go beyond Joomla’s built-in publishing tools; a template override alone would change presentation, not add the integration or review-management settings.
It is intended for businesses, agencies and local-service sites that want a reusable testimonial module and are prepared to configure Google Places API access. A site with a few fixed testimonials, or one already presenting them through articles or custom HTML, has little reason to add it.
Before installing, check the following:
- The listing marks DLS Reviews as paid, but gives no price in the supplied information.
- The directory lists two other extensions from Dominik Lehner, while DLS Reviews has no user reviews yet.
- Confirm the purchase, download-key and support arrangements, Google API costs and quotas, privacy obligations, refresh behaviour, and whether the available layouts and styling cover the intended design. The listing does state J5 and J6 compatibility, but leaves those operational details unanswered.
Listed on the Joomla Extensions Directory.