Add Reviews to Ride: Complete Setup Guide for Shopify Stores

Ride is a minimalist, editorial Shopify theme built for storytelling. Created by Clean Demo, it prioritizes large imagery and clean typography over dense UI, making it a favourite among boutique brands that want their products to breathe. Adding reviews to Ride requires a different approach thanThemes packed with widget areas — Ride keeps its layout sparse, so review snippets need careful placement to feel native rather than bolted on.

What Makes Ride Different for Review Integration

Ride strips away the visual noise that most Shopify themes rely on. Where other themes offer dedicated “review section” slots or multiple widget areas, Ride uses a single-column layout focused on storytelling flow. This means your review widgets need to slot into the product page narrative without disrupting the editorial pacing.

The theme uses standard Shopify liquid template files, which makes it relatively straightforward to edit — but the clean aesthetic means every addition is visible. A poorly placed review widget will stand out for the wrong reasons.

Step-by-Step: Adding Reviews to Ride

Step 1: Install Reveddy on Your Store

If you have not already, install Reveddy from the Shopify App Store. Connect it to your store and let it sync with your product catalog. Reveddy will give you a short snippet of JavaScript to embed, which you will paste into your Ride theme files in the steps below.

Step 2: Access Your Ride Theme Editor

In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes. Find your Ride theme and click Actions > Edit code.

You will see the theme file structure on the left. Ride uses a standard Shopify layout, so relevant files will be in the Sections and Templates folders.

Step 3: Find the Product Template

In the Templates folder, open product.liquid. If your theme uses Shopify 2.0 structure (check for a sections/ folder), the equivalent file may be inside sections/ as product-template.liquid or similar.

Once open, find where your product description is rendered. Look for a line containing {{ product.description }} or similar product information blocks.

Step 4: Choose Your Placement

For Ride, the cleanest placement is directly below the product description block, before any additional product information tabs. This keeps reviews in the natural reading flow — after the customer has read about the product, they see what other customers said.

Paste your Reveddy snippet after the closing </div> of your description block. It typically looks like:

<div id="reveddy-reviews"></div>
<script src="https://app.reveddy.com/widget.js" defer></script>

Use the exact snippet from your Reveddy dashboard, as the embed URL and container ID are specific to your account.

Step 5: Add a Star Rating Above the Add to Cart Button

Ride displays the product price and call-to-action prominently. Adding a star rating here — inline with the price — is one of the highest-converting placements in e-commerce. It signals quality before the customer even reads a single review.

Find the add-to-cart form in your product template and look for the price display. Above the price (or immediately after it), add:

<div id="reveddy-star-rating"></div>

This renders your aggregate star rating, giving shoppers instant social proof at the moment they are evaluating value.

Step 6: Set Up Your Wall of Love

Ride’s clean aesthetic suits a dedicated Wall of Love page — a curated showcase of your best photo and video reviews. Create a new page in Shopify ( Online Store > Pages ) and call it something like “What Our Customers Say.” Use the Reveddy Wall of Love embed code for that page.

A Wall of Love page on Ride works particularly well because the theme’s editorial grid handles image-heavy layouts beautifully. Link to this page from your product pages, homepage, and footer.

Step 7: Test on Mobile

Ride is mobile-first by design, so test your review widgets on a phone before going live. Check that the stars do not push the price onto a second line awkwardly, and that the review list does not create excessive scroll on the product page. Reveddy’s widgets are responsive by default, but the tight spacing on Ride’s mobile layout can sometimes compress things unexpectedly.

Theme-Specific Tips for Ride

Keep it sparse. Ride customers are there for the story. A long list of reviews above the fold can feel out of place. Consider showing only the top three reviews on the product page, with a “Read all reviews” link that expands or routes to a full reviews section.

Use photo reviews as storytelling assets. Ride is built for visual narratives. Showcase customer photos in your review display — not just star ratings. A photo review showing the product in real life fits Ride’s editorial tone far better than a wall of text.

Leverage the Wall of Love for homepage placement. Ride’s homepage template includes a featured image section. Replace that section (or add alongside it) with a Reveddy Wall of Love shortcode. This turns your customer review gallery into a brand storytelling moment — exactly what Ride is designed for.

Troubleshooting

Reviews are not showing after adding the snippet

First, verify the snippet is pasted inside the correct HTML element (the container div must exist before the script runs). Also check that Reveddy has synced your product catalog — if the product ID is not recognized, the widget will not render.

The widget looks misaligned on desktop

Ride’s single-column layout is sensitive to content width. Wrap your Reveddy container in a div with max-width: 100% and standard padding. This prevents the widget from stretching beyond the readable column width.

Star rating above price looks off

If your price block uses flexbox or grid, the star rating div might need display: inline-block or width: 100% depending on how the layout breaks. Test in Chrome DevTools on mobile viewport to catch issues early.

I do not see a product.liquid file

Some newer Ride versions use Shopify 2.0 sections architecture. Check the sections/ folder for a product-*.liquid file. The product page structure may be split across multiple section files — look for the main product section that renders description and price.

Ready to Add Reviews to Ride?

Ride’s editorial aesthetic is a strong differentiator for boutique brands — and customer reviews are the social proof layer that converts browsers into buyers. With Reveddy, you get automated collection, photo and video review support, and a Wall of Love that fits Ride’s visual storytelling approach.

Start collecting reviews with Reveddy and get your review widgets running on Ride today.