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How Do I Shorten Long Reviews on My Carousel Widget in Feedspace?

Last updated on September 16, 2026

Overview

The Carousel widget displays your reviews as individual cards that slide horizontally, showing one or a few cards at a time before looping back to the beginning. Because the widget cycles through cards in a fixed viewport, a review with several long paragraphs of text can stretch a card vertically, break the visual rhythm of the carousel, and push star ratings and reviewer details far down the card where visitors may not notice them.

The Shorten Long Reviews toggle, found in the Widget Content Customization section of the Design tab, solves this by truncating lengthy review text after a few lines and appending a read more link. Every card in the carousel stays a consistent, readable height, the sliding animation feels polished and uniform, and visitors who want the whole thing can open it with a single click. Enabling this option is especially useful when your Carousel contains reviews imported from multiple sources that vary widely in length.

How to shorten long reviews on your Carousel widget

Step 1: Open the Widgets section

Log in to your Feedspace account. In the left sidebar, click Widgets to open the Widgets listing page, where all your saved widgets are displayed.

Step 2: Open your Carousel widget

Find the Carousel widget you want to update. Click the Edit button (or the pencil icon) next to that widget to open the widget editor.

Step 3: Go to the Design tab

Inside the widget editor, locate the tab bar at the top of the settings panel. Click the Design tab to switch from the Content settings to the Design settings for your Carousel widget.

Step 4: Find Widget Content Customization

Scroll down within the Design tab until you reach the Widget Content Customization section. This section groups together all the toggles that control which content elements appear on each review card in the carousel.

Step 5: Turn on Shorten Long Reviews

Inside the Widget Content Customization section, locate the Shorten Long Reviews toggle. Click the toggle to turn it on. When enabled, review text that exceeds a set number of lines will be truncated in the carousel card, and a Read More link appears on the card so visitors can open the full review. Click Save & Next to apply the change. The widget picks the change up wherever it is already embedded, so there is no need to paste the embed code again.

The Shorten Long Reviews switch in the widget Design tab

What’s next

  • Adjust other content toggles in the Widget Content Customization section, such as showing or hiding star ratings, to further refine how each carousel card looks.
  • Preview your Carousel widget after saving to confirm that all cards display at a consistent height and the read more link appears on longer reviews.
  • Refresh the page where the widget is embedded to confirm the read more link behaves the way you expect on your own site.
  • Explore the Design tab for additional carousel customization options, such as card background color, font style, and the number of cards visible at one time.

Common questions

Does this cut down the review itself?

No. It changes only how much text a card shows before the read more link. The full review is untouched in Feedbox, and visitors can open the rest on the card.

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