---
title: "Widget V2 is here: faster, cleaner and yours to style"
date: "2026-06-17"
author: "Leon"
categories: ["Product Updates"]
url: "https://blog.reviewforest.org/widget-v2-is-here-faster-cleaner-and-yours-to-style"
language: "en"
---

Your ReviewForest widgets just got a major upgrade. We rebuilt our badge and carousel widgets from the ground up, and the new version (Widget V2) is faster, plays nicely with any website design, and finally lets you match the widget to your brand colors. Upgrading takes one click, and you never touch the code on your site.

Here's what changed and why it's worth the click.

## Faster widgets, better PageSpeed

The old widgets shipped about 135 KB of code every time, no matter how simple the widget was. That was heavy enough that Google PageSpeed sometimes flagged the ReviewForest widget as a reason a page loaded slowly, and a few customers were even told to remove it to speed up their site. Not a great look for a trust badge.

V2 fixes that at the root: each widget is now around 55 KB, roughly 60% smaller. Same widget, a fraction of the weight, a happier PageSpeed score.

## No more fighting with your website's styles

Before, the widget lived directly in your page, so your site's CSS and the widget's CSS could step on each other. Sometimes the widget looked off, sometimes the widget nudged something else on the page out of place.

V2 widgets render inside their own isolated container (the technical name is "Shadow DOM"). Your styles stay yours, the widget's styles stay the widget's, and nothing leaks in either direction.

## Your widget, your colors

This is the big one. You can finally style the widget to match your brand. In the widget settings you'll find color controls for the background, text, borders, corner roundness and buttons, with a live preview as you go.

Prefer to work in code? V2 also exposes CSS variables (like `--rf-primary` and `--rf-radius`) you can set on your site for pixel-perfect control.

## Built to be accessible

V2 widgets ship with screen-reader labels, keyboard navigation and proper color contrast from day one, so your reviews are readable for every visitor.

## Upgrading takes one click

Open Website widgets, go to the **Your widgets** tab, and click **Update to V2.0** on any widget that offers it. The embed code on your site stays exactly the same, so there's nothing to re-paste. One thing to know: your current customizations reset to the V2 defaults, so hop into the settings afterward to re-apply your colors.

Right now V2 covers the badge and carousel widgets. The full review-forest page widget keeps its current version for now.

Step-by-step guide: [Upgrade your widgets to V2](https://help.reviewforest.org/widgets/upgrade-your-widgets-to-v2/)

**[Upgrade your widgets now](https://app.reviewforest.org/website-widgets)**