Testimonials

How to add and customize a testimonials section in Zest theme - Provide customer reviews and boost sale in one section

The Testimonials section lets you feature quotes from customers. It's a type of social proof that talks about your brand, service, and overall experience of your existing customers, building confidence and trust in your potential customers.

How to add a Testimonials section to your Shopify store

1. In the theme editor (Customize) > click Add section

2. Locate Testimonials

3. Make necessary changes.

4. Save the settings.

How to edit a Testimonials section

Section settings

General

See how to adjust the Container settings

See how to adjust the Color scheme settings

Section header

• Desktop padding bottom: Modify the space under the Section header, controlling how much gap exists before the next section.

• Content spacing: Adjust the space between the heading and description, ensuring optimal readability and layout balance.

Use the provided text fields to add a suitable Heading and Description.

• Leave them blank if you do not want to display them

Change the Heading size to the desired size:

• Heading - Medium

• Heading - Large

• Heading - Extra large

• Heading - Extra extra large

• Mega title - Base

You can also change the Heading color:

• Leave it blank if you do not want to use the default color setting in the Color scheme.

See: How to apply Highlight text to the section heading and block headings?

Testimonial settings

You can choose the Design as Focused/ Standard/ Fancy/ Card/ Zigzag.

Standard

Fancy

Focused

Card

Zigzag

This layout is available on ✨ Zest version 7.0.0 onwards. See our Changelog.

Choose a predefined Card color scheme for the testimonial cards.

This setting is only applicable when the Card design is selected.

The Card color scheme field is only available in Zest version 9.0.0 and above. ✨

See Changelog.

Customize the color of rating stars displayed in testimonials in the Star color field.

Grid settings

Adjust the Number of columns on desktop (2-8 columns) and the Column gap between Testimonial blocks.

Grid settings only work with Standard layout.

Carousel settings

To activate the testimonial carousel on desktop, ensure the Enable carousel on desktop checkbox is selected.

Enabling Show pagination displays the number of slides.

Enabling Show navigation adds left (←) and right (→) arrows for manual navigation between slides.

The pagination and navigation might show a bit differently depending on the Design.

When Auto-rotate content is enabled, slides transition automatically without user interaction.

The duration between transitions can be set using the Change slides every setting (2 - 10s).

Block settings

You can add multiple Testimonial blocks to the Testimonials section.

Add Text, Author name, and Bio, and choose an Image for credible reviews.

You can also select a Product to showcase under each testimonial.

In case you are using the Card layout, you can also select a product to showcase on each testimonial.

Add a rating star or a quote to the testimonial.

Quote

5 stars

You can change the color of the rating stars in Testimonial settings.