Testimonial Fader
Powerful Testimonials Joomla Extension
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Instant access Ready to install right after checkout
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One-click updates New releases install from the Joomla administrator
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Lifetime option Pay once and keep future releases
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30-day guarantee Full refund if it is not the right fit
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Version 9.0.0 Updated 41 days ago
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Works with Joomla 4, 5 and 6
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PHP 8.1 or later recommended
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Downloads 10.0K+
- 5.0 rating See the reviews
Features
What can Testimonial Fader do for you?
Ten feature areas, one install package for Joomla 4, 5 and 6.
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Turn Reviews Into Trust
Social Proof That Converts
- Collect once, shine everywhereGather customer quotes once, then show them on your homepage, landing pages, product pages, and blog posts without rebuilding the same content.
- Every format buyers expectAnimated sliders, review walls, star badges, full reviews pages, and in-article embeds from one toolkit.
- Always in syncApprove a quote once and it can appear on every surface where you placed testimonials.
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Design Without Code
Theme Studio
- See it before you publishClick colour presets, card skins, layouts, and form styling while a live preview updates on desktop, tablet, and phone.
- Brand-ready in minutesTrust, Sunset, Midnight, Bubble, Glass, Ticket, and more, so polished reviews match your site without custom CSS.
- One look, many placesSave a design once and reuse it on modules, menu pages, and article embeds.
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Slider / Grid / Masonry / Badge
Homepage Showcase
- Hero moments that feel premiumFade, slide, zoom, or flip through your best quotes, or build a review wall that fills the page with social proof.
- Built for attentionArrows, dot or pill navigation, auto-play, pause on hover, swipe on mobile, and featured quotes when you want hand-picked stories up front.
- Real ratings, real impactShow a live average star badge from published reviews, not a fake number pasted into your template.
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Read And Submit In One Place
Reviews Page
- A home for customer storiesGive visitors one dedicated page to browse reviews, read full quotes, and submit feedback without hunting around your site.
- Forms that feel modernChoose a fixed form, a subtle toggle button, or a popup modal, with instant success messages and no full page reload.
- Grows with your libraryCategory filters, pagination, load more, and read-more options keep long review lists easy to explore.
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Faces, Stars, And Stories
Credible Review Cards
- Trust you can seePhotos, star ratings, job titles, company names, locations, and video links turn plain text quotes into believable social proof.
- Stronger search signalsOptional structured review markup helps search engines understand your ratings and testimonials.
- Clean by defaultEmpty fields stay hidden so cards look polished even when visitors only fill in the basics.
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Articles, Sidebars, Landing Pages
Embed Anywhere
- Drop reviews into contentPlace a review block or submit form inside any article when a landing page needs proof beside your offer.
- Editor button includedPick the design, layout, and categories from a simple modal instead of writing code.
- Sidebar and footer formsAdd a standalone form module anywhere your template exposes a position.
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Captcha And Moderation
Stop Spam, Stay Safe
- Three captcha choicesUse a customizable built-in image captcha with no Google account, or switch to reCAPTCHA v2 or invisible v3.
- Bots kept outHoneypot traps, rate limits, and duplicate checks protect every public form.
- You approve what goes liveHold new submissions for review, get email alerts, and publish pending quotes from your inbox with one click.
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Sample Data And CSV
Launch In Minutes
- Preview before you go liveLoad 50 sample testimonials and six categories to explore sliders, forms, and Theme Studio on a staging site.
- Bring existing reviews with youImport a spreadsheet of testimonials in bulk, or export anytime for backup and offline editing.
- Start fast, scale laterPerfect for agencies pitching a client demo or shops migrating from another platform.
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Organize And Highlight
You Stay In Control
- Curate your best quotesSearch, filter, publish, feature, and reorder testimonials from a clear admin list.
- Group by purposeSeparate Homepage, Product, Support, and custom categories so each page shows the right voice.
- Private notes for your teamKeep internal context on submissions without exposing it on the front end.
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Joomla 4 / 5 / 6
Built For Modern Joomla
- Fast on the front endNative JavaScript powers sliders, forms, and pagination without jQuery weight on your template.
- Upgrade with confidenceMove from version 8 to 9 without losing the testimonials you already collected.
- Mobile-ready and accessibleTouch-friendly controls, responsive layouts, and thoughtful dialog behaviour for real visitor devices.
Changelog
What's new
28 releases since version 3.9. Updates install from the Joomla admin with a valid licence.
- New Feature: Six-in-one package: component, showcase module, ajax form module, rating badge module, content plugin, and editor button.
- New Feature: Photos, star ratings, categories, company profile fields, featured flag, and GDPR consent on testimonials.
- New Feature: Shared card engine for slider, archive page, ajax pagination, masonry/grid, and article shortcodes.
- New Feature: Multi-card carousel with arrows, category filters, featured filters, and showcase badge display mode.
- New Feature: Ajax form with optional rating, photo upload, approve-from-email, and thirteen configurable fields in Theme Studio.
- New Feature: CSV import and export with duplicate skip on email plus quote text.
- New Feature: JSON-LD Review and AggregateRating markup plus computed rating badge from live reviews.
- New Feature: Article shortcodes {tf form} and {tf display} with editor insert button.
- New Feature: Grid and masonry layouts with client-side load more and inline expand read-more mode.
- Major release: Theme Studio visual designer with live preview, 12 color presets, 8 card skins, and 9 card layouts.
- Data-safe upgrade from 8.x: existing testimonials stay; new database columns add with empty defaults.
- Joomla 4, 5, and 6 with native JavaScript (no jQuery).
- New Feature: Fully redesigned Ajax Form Module with comprehensive styling, label, validation, and security settings.
- New Feature: Expanded component menu form settings with full styling, security, labels, and validation fieldsets matching the Ajax Form Module.
- Bug Fix: Fixed quote icon scale setting not applying correctly at large percentage values.
- Bug Fix: Fixed admin module parameter labels not loading when editing modules in Joomla administrator.
- New Feature: Introduced four layout templates for the showcase module: Card (default), Minimal, Bubble, and Classic.
- New Feature: Added Display Mode option: Slider (fade/slide showcase) and Grid (static multi-column layout with no animation).
- New Feature: Added responsive grid column controls for desktop, tablet, and mobile in Grid display mode.
- New Feature: Added seven transition effects for the slider: Fade, Slide, Slide Up, Zoom, Flip, Blur, and Rotate.
- New Feature: Added touch swipe support, pause on hover, and configurable auto-play for the showcase slider.
- New Feature: Added dot pager navigation with Round and Pill styles plus customizable pager colors.
- New Feature: Added ten SVG quote icon styles with adjustable quote color and scale percentage.
- New Feature: Added popup read-more dialog for long testimonials in the showcase module and component list (vanilla JavaScript, no jQuery or third-party popup library).
- New Feature: Added Read More text link and pill button styles with custom colors and hover states.
- New Feature: Added expanded slide order options when sourcing from the component: manual admin order, ID ascending/descending, name A-Z/Z-A, and random.
- New Feature: Added sequential or random order for manual slides in slider mode.
- New Feature: Added card styling controls: background, border, radius, padding, and shadow presets (none, soft, medium, strong).
- New Feature: Added optional Google Fonts support in the showcase module.
- New Feature: Added honeypot field, rate limiting, and duplicate submission checks to the Ajax Form Module.
- New Feature: Added per-module override for form field labels and validation messages.
- New Feature: Component list view now shares quote icons, read-more popup, and empty-state handling with the showcase module via shared helpers.
- New Feature: Added show/hide author option and random testimonial order on the component list page.
- New Feature: Added list Extra CSS field on the component menu item for custom list styling.
- Complete front-end redesign of the Testimonial Fader showcase module with a modern card-based layout system.
- Replaced legacy slider and popup scripts with lightweight vanilla JavaScript (jx-tf-slider.js, jx-tf-popup.js, jx-tf-form.js).
- Replaced deprecated non-AJAX form submit task with submitForm() Ajax endpoint on the component.
- Merged Navigation settings into the Card & Appearance fieldset in the showcase module admin for a cleaner configuration layout.
- Improved empty state message when no published testimonials are available.
- Conducted comprehensive code modernization for improved performance, accessibility, and maintainability.
- Continued full compatibility with Joomla 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x.
- New Feature: Added support for reCAPTCHA Version 3 (Invisible) in addition to Version 2, providing flexible security options.
- Fixed checked_out_time field default value issue when saving testimonials as copy.
- Fixed document property access in views to use getDocument() method.
- Bug Fix: Fixed PHP 8.1+ deprecation warning for htmlspecialchars() receiving null values in form helper.
- Bug Fix: Fixed undefined variable $scriptOptions warning in testimonial form module template.
- New Feature: Added AJAX Pagination support with enable/disable option for seamless page navigation without page reloads.
- New Feature: Introduced advanced layout options: Grid, Flex, and Masonry layouts for testimonial display.
- New Feature: Added responsive column controls with separate settings for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
- New Feature: Enhanced pagination styling options including style (round/square), alignment, box styling, and customizable colors.
- Fully upgraded to support Joomla 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x compatibility.
- Replaced all deprecated Joomla 3.x APIs with modern Joomla 4+ namespaced classes.
- Updated all controllers, models, views, and tables to use Joomla 4+ standards.
- Replaced deprecated JFactory, JLoader, JRegistry, JTable, JRoute, JHtml, and JText with namespaced equivalents.
- Updated toolbar helpers from JToolBarHelper to ToolbarHelper.
- Updated Factory::getUser() calls to Factory::getApplication()->getIdentity() for Joomla 4+ compatibility.
- Conducted comprehensive code modernization and optimization for improved performance and maintainability.
- Removed deprecated formbehavior.chosen asset calls (not available in Joomla 4+).
- Removed deprecated JHtmlSidebar usage (deprecated in Joomla 4+).
- Now compatible with Joomla 5.x, featuring support through the Backward Compatibility Plugin.
- Conducted code optimizations for improved performance and maintainability.
- No support and updates for Joomla 3.x
- Introduced a new Modal option for adding testimonials directly within the component view.
- Implemented an option to customize the alignment of testimonials and their authors.
- Added a feature to change the 'Read More' button color within the Fader module.
- Now compatible with Joomla 5.x, featuring support through the Backward Compatibility Plugin.
- Updates to Pagination Styling.
- Launched a Styling tab, aggregating all styling options for customizing the AJAX form.
- Conducted code optimizations for improved performance and maintainability.
- No support and updates for Joomla 3.x
- Fixed toggle issue on add show page of the component.
Show 22 older releases
- Fixed testimonial auto increment issue and error message
- Fixed string trim issue after testimonial submission
- Error Fixed : Field checked_out doesn't have a default value
- Supports Joomla 4.x
- Fixed ReCaptcha Reset issue after submission of testimonial.
- Option to set the maximum character of the testimonial.
- Auto Count of testimonial character while typing.
- Option show or hide the character count.
- Fixed the testimonial auto publish status issue.
- Backend duplicate testimonial on edit issue fixed.
- Extra CSS parameters for module fixed.
- Component has been upgraded and now has a single view which can be used to list testimonials, forms or both
- Styling for form, pagination and testimonials can be done for the menu item.
- Option to toggle testimonial form
- Package now includes an Ajax Based Testimonial Form Module
- Option to add width of the Testimonial Form Component Layout
- Changes to the CSS of the form and use of Joomla form validation
- Fixed backend issue with testimonial status.
- Fixed testimonial overlapping issue of the Module
- Database security fix
- Option to show or hide Author Name for Module
- Option to show or hide the quotes
- Option to change the quote to any color
- Modification to CSS, JS and PHP
- Fluid height for Module
- Fixed form submission issue
- Major Security issues fixed
- Modifications to the Backend of Module
- ReCAPTCHA has been added to the Component
- Allows multiple email admin address
- Sorting of Testimonials added to Component
- Fixed markup issue in component
- Changes to Menu settings of the component
- Fixes W3 Markup issue
- Included CSS in Head instead of body
- PHP issue fixed
- Joomla! Update System Added
- A single package file to install both component and module
- Backend Add New Testimonials Issue Fixed
- Joomla jQuery Framework have been used.
- Minor backedn javascript changes
- Read More for Module. The testimonial will open in a popup
- Option to link the read more to a URL.
Docs & setup
Get up and running fast
Written guides for installing and configuring Testimonial Fader, from first setup to the options that matter.
- Installation stepsOne install zip for Joomla 4, 5 and 6, installed from System, Install, Extensions.
- Configuration optionsThe settings in the guide, from first setup to the options that matter.
- Practical usage tipsShort examples you can adapt to your site.
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Reviews
What our users say
Average from 10 reviews on the Joomla Extension Directory
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Does what it says on the tin. Straightforward and simple. You can add your own translation in the component. Phenomenal support. I suggested two modifications and they were added in a very short time. Documentation not even needed. Excellent value for money. I used this in fact as an old-fashioned suggestion box without a problem.
Jan Joomla Extension Directory
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It is as described, and more. I had mine customized with an additional field. Very easy to install and configure. Thank you so much especially to Rohit for the assistance. I truly appreciate the fast resolution of my concerns. Very good value. I am now studying getting more extensions.
Jun Bernardo Joomla Extension Directory
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It does work withou any problem - with Bootrap too. Simply in use for everybody. Support works excellent- I had problem - conflict between my firewall & component. I got right answers in 10 minutes :-) There is no need for documentation, but If you need- you get it with component. Definitely recommend it! I used this with TE ver 4.0 in Joomla 3.4.3.
Andy Joomla Extension Directory
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Does what it says and a bit more. It's not the most straightforward extension, but with a bit of exploring you'll figure it out. Ridiculously good support. The best I've ever seen in the Joomla community. Responded to my first request within 5 minutes--at 1am. I suspect they could reduce their F2F support significantly if the documentation was better. Very good value for money. I used this for an NFP website.
Ken McAllister Joomla Extension Directory
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Bought the extension and installed but had problems with the configuration and contacted the team. They fixed it in a matter of minutes and even provided a CSS override to match my template design. Much appreciated.
Afrow Moses Joomla Extension Directory
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I have been using this extension for about a year now on our website. The functionality and aesthetics are great, as well as the ease of use. The response from the support team is absolutely stellar. I recently needed to upgrade to the version for Joomla 3 and encountered a couple of questions where I needed help. The support team was extremely fast and very helpful, everything resolved in less than an hour. Thank you so much!
Anna Joomla Extension Directory
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The extension does exactly what it says on the box. The support is lightning-fast responsive and helpful. Well worth the money.
Guillaume Erard Joomla Extension Directory
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I had a problem with the module in my responsive template. When used together with other modules the modules where placed beneath each other instead of beside each other. The support I got was really excellent and the issue solved in minutes. Wow never had such a good support before. Furthermore it works like a charm out of the box. Excellent extensions.
Ronald Joomla Extension Directory
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I had been using an older version of this application and wanted the new features as well as the order of the testimonials switched from last to first. I purchased the application and then support logged into my website, uninstalled the old version, installed the new version and set everything up perfectly...within 2 hours of purchasing the product. This is the best testimonial application available and backed up with the best support.
Darren Dykes Joomla Extension Directory
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I had a conflict with the module and other modules on the template I was using. Infyways responded within minutes, and had the issue resolved even faster! I'm still learning the settings, but it appears to be a clean, simple fading testimonial module, which is exactly what I wanted for the site I'm working on. Thanks, Infyways!
Pat Vanden Bosche Joomla Extension Directory
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FAQ
Questions about Testimonial Fader
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Which Joomla versions does Testimonial Fader support?
Testimonial Fader 9.0 supports Joomla 4, 5, and 6. PHP 8.1 or later is recommended.
What is Testimonial Fader?
Testimonial Fader helps you collect customer reviews and turn them into polished social proof on your Joomla site. Show quotes as homepage sliders, review walls, star badges, dedicated reviews pages, or inside articles, all styled in Theme Studio without writing CSS.
What is included in the package?
One install gives you everything you need: an admin component to manage reviews, a showcase module for sliders and walls, a form module for sidebars, a rating badge module, a content plugin for article embeds, and an editor button to insert them quickly. All six share the same testimonial library.
What is Theme Studio?
Theme Studio is the visual designer where you shape how reviews look and feel. Pick colour presets, card skins, layouts, typography, and form styling while watching a live preview on desktop, tablet, and phone. Save a design once, then reuse it across your site.
How can visitors submit a review?
Give them a reviews page with a built-in form, place a form module in a sidebar or footer, or embed a submit form inside an article. Visitors get instant feedback without a full page reload. You choose a fixed form, a toggle button, or a popup modal.
How can I display testimonials on my site?
Use the showcase module for sliders, grids, masonry walls, or a live star badge. Create a reviews menu item for a full archive page. Drop reviews into articles with shortcodes or the editor button. Filter by category, rating, or featured quotes on each placement.
Can I show photos, star ratings, and company details?
Yes. Each review can include a photo, 1 to 5 star rating, job title, company, website, location, item reviewed, and optional video link. Feature your best quotes with a badge, and let empty fields hide automatically so cards stay clean.
How does review moderation work?
New submissions can stay unpublished until you approve them. You receive an email when someone submits. Optional approve-from-email lets you publish a pending review with one click from your inbox. GDPR consent can be required before publish.
What captcha and spam protection options are included?
Every public form supports three captcha choices: a customizable built-in image captcha (no Google keys needed), Google reCAPTCHA v2 (checkbox), or Google reCAPTCHA v3 (invisible). Honeypot, rate limiting, duplicate checks, and session validation protect component forms, the form module, and article embeds.
Can I import existing testimonials?
Yes. Export your library to CSV, edit in Excel or Google Sheets, then import back in bulk. Duplicates are skipped automatically. One-click sample data loads 50 demo reviews and six categories so you can explore layouts before going live.
Does it help with SEO and trust signals?
Yes. Testimonial Fader can output structured review markup from your published quotes. The rating badge shows a real average from live data, not a hard-coded number. Pair rich cards with photos, stars, and company names for stronger social proof on homepages and landing pages.
Will my existing testimonials survive an upgrade from version 8?
Yes. Upgrading to 9.0 keeps your existing reviews in place. New fields are added automatically with safe defaults, so older quotes continue to work. Legacy three-field forms still accept name, email, and testimonial text.
Does it require jQuery or custom template coding?
No jQuery on the front end. Testimonial Fader uses native JavaScript for sliders, forms, pagination, and read-more dialogs. Theme Studio handles styling visually, so you do not need to edit your template for a polished look.
What file do I download from the store?
Download TestimonialFader_UNZIP.zip. Unzip it, then install pkg_testimonial_fader_9.0.0.zip from System > Install > Extensions.
Where is the live demo?
Visit demo.joomlax.com/TestimonialFader to try sliders, Theme Studio designs, forms, and the rating badge.
Who is Testimonial Fader best for?
Agencies, SaaS sites, clinics, shops, and service businesses that want credible reviews on homepages, landing pages, and product pages without a page builder or custom development. It suits anyone who needs collection, moderation, and display in one Joomla package.
Help from the people who built it
- Documentation Installation, configuration and usage guides for this extension. Read the docs →
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- Live demos Try this extension on a live demo before you buy. Open this demo →
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