RatingStar puts review widgets and schema in Joomla

Businesses often need to show testimonials, ratings and branch-level feedback on their own sites, even when the reviews originate in several places. Joomla core does not provide a review-collection service, an importer for Google reviews, or a ready-made rating widget. A site can use a custom HTML module for a manually maintained testimonial, or a template override and custom code for a bespoke presentation. Structured data can also be added through a template or another extension, but that requires managing the markup and its data source yourself.

According to the listing, RatingStar goes beyond those core options by connecting Joomla to a RatingStar account. Its module displays the service's seals and widgets, while its system plugin adds one cached, server-side LocalBusiness JSON-LD block per page. The listing says only reviews submitted through RatingStar contribute to the aggregate rating; reviews imported from other portals do not. Live widgets make browser requests to ratingstar.de, which has privacy-policy and consent implications.

This is aimed at businesses with a RatingStar profile, especially those with multiple branches or a marketing team that wants to change widget settings outside Joomla. A brochure site with a few hand-written testimonials, or a site that does not use RatingStar, has little reason to install it.

The extension is a free download under the GPLv2 or later, but the listing says live widgets and Google-star data require the 4-Star plan, and does not give plan prices. It requires Joomla 6, PHP 8.3 or later, and a public RatingStar account. The directory shows no reviews, so it offers no user track record; the listing also leaves support terms, service limits and migration details unanswered.

Listed on the Joomla Extensions Directory.