Testimonials Sections

A testimonials section shows quotes from customers or clients, each with the author’s name, role, an optional photo and an optional star rating. All six display styles read the same list of testimonials, so switching between them loses nothing.

When to use it

• Quotes from customers, clients, residents or partners that support the page’s message.
• A single strong quote just before a call to action (the Spotlight display style).
• Reviews from third-party platforms such as Google or Trustpilot, which can also be marked up for search engines.

For figures such as ratings averages or customer counts, use a Stats section.

Content

The Content tab has the header (Eyebrow Heading, Heading, Body Content), the testimonials, Buttons and Outro Content. Wrap words in the heading in {curly braces} to highlight them.

Each Testimonial has:

Field	What it is	Notes
Star Rating	Up to five stars, in half steps	Starts at 5. Select the left half of a star for a half star.
Testimonial Quote	The quote itself
Author Name	The person quoted
Author Role/Title	Job title, company or other context
Author Avatar	A photo, shown as a circle	Optional. Use Upload Images to fill several empty avatars at once.
Review Source	The platform the review came from, such as Trustpilot	Shown only when Review Source on the SEO tab is Third-Party.
Original Review URL	Link to the review on that platform	As above.

Layouts and display styles

Choose Display Style on the Layout tab, under Layout Structure.

Display Style	What it looks like
Grid	Cards in a responsive grid below the content. The default.
Scroll	One continuous horizontal row of cards that visitors scroll. No controls.
Carousel	A paged slider with arrows and dots: several cards per view, or one large quote at a time.
Marquee	A row of cards that scrolls on its own, like a ticker. Pauses on hover and focus, and has a pause button.
Inline	A single column of quotes beside your content. Reads best with one to three testimonials.
Spotlight	One large centred quote at display size. More than one testimonial stacks as several spotlights.

Testimonial Layout sets how each card is arranged: Default (quote at the top, author below) or Centered (avatar at the top, then name and role, stars and quote). It is not offered in Spotlight.

Options

All on the Layout tab unless noted. Controls that do not apply to the chosen display style are hidden.

Section theme

Option	What it does	Default
Heading Size	Default, L or XL.	Default
Theme Variant	Light or Dark. See Theme Variants.	Light
Section Palette	Replaces the site colours for this section with a saved palette.	Global colours
Scroll Animation	Enabled fades elements in on scroll.	Disabled
Background Type	Solid Color (with Background Color: Theme Default or Custom Color) or Image (with Size, Behavior, Repeat and Overlay).	Solid Color

Layout structure

Option	What it does	Applies to
Layout Variant	Left, Center or Right: where the header content sits relative to the section media. Inline falls back to Left when set to Center.	All
Testimonials Per Row	1 to 4.	Grid
Row Alignment	Left or Center for a last row that is not full.	Grid
Scroll Speed	Slow, Normal or Fast.	Marquee
Direction	Left (right to left, the default) or Right.	Marquee
Surface Banner	On places the quote on a single card, with Banner Background (Theme Default or Custom Color) and Banner Background Color.	Spotlight
Star Ratings	Show or Hide the stars on every testimonial.	All
Button Position	After Body or After Outro.	All

Carousel

Option	What it does	Default
Slides Per View	Auto (size-driven), 1 — Featured (one large quote at a time), 2 per view or 3 per view.	Auto
Peek Next Card	Shows a sliver of the next card. Offered with 2 or 3 per view.	On
Arrows / Dots	Show or Hide each control. Swipe and keyboard still work.	Show
Loop	Wraps round at the ends.	Off
Autoplay	Advances on its own, with Autoplay Interval of 3–8 seconds and a pause button. Pauses on hover and focus; never runs when the visitor has asked for reduced motion.	Off

Section media

Media Type (None, Image, Video or Shortcode) adds media beside or below the header, with Image Styling (Styled or Raw).

Review schema (SEO tab)

The SEO tab has one setting, Review Source, which controls whether these testimonials are marked up as reviews for search engines.

Value	What it does
Self-Collected	The default. Testimonials display normally and no review markup is added.
Third-Party	For reviews taken from independent platforms. Adds Review Source and Original Review URL to each testimonial; review markup is added only for testimonials with both filled in.

Warning

Choose Third-Party only when the reviews really come from an independent platform. Marking up testimonials you collected yourself as reviews breaks Google’s structured data policy and can lead to a manual action against the site.

See SEO Panel & Schema for the rest of the page’s structured data.

Remix

Select the remix icon at the top of the settings panel (tooltip Remix layout - Try a random variant combination) to try another combination of display style, columns and card layout chosen to suit your testimonials. Your content stays as it is. Undo with Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on a Mac).

Limits and common problems

• Grid columns, card layout and layout variant do nothing in Spotlight. Spotlight is always centred; the settings are kept for other styles.
• Inline shows only one column. Inline is always a single column beside the content; Testimonials Per Row does not apply.
• The marquee is still. It stops for visitors who have asked their device to reduce motion and shows the cards as a static grid instead.
• No review markup appears. Review Source is Self-Collected, or a testimonial is missing its Review Source or Original Review URL.

Related pages

• Stats Sections — Figures such as counts, percentages and years, with an optional count-up animation — the four display styles, the stat fields and every option.
• SEO Panel & Schema — The editor's SEO panel, the structured data (schema.org JSON-LD) Promptless WP builds from your sections, and how to check it, change the page type and add review data.
• Theme Variants — Switch any section between Light and Dark, override its background, and how Promptless WP keeps text, links and icons readable on it.
• Working with Sections — Add, edit, reorder, duplicate, copy, convert, remix and delete the sections that make up a page, and the keyboard shortcuts for each.