# How to Add Testimonials Carousel to the Refresh Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/refresh/add-testimonials-carousel/ — Section Shop, 56 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

Customer reviews carousel with star ratings, customer photos, and smooth slide transitions. Navigation arrows, dot indicators, autoplay option, and touch swipe support. This guide shows how to add the Testimonials Carousel section to the Refresh theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Refresh's code. Refresh is a free theme by Shopify, known for editorial layouts and generous whitespace — and testimonials & reviews like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

## Why Testimonials Carousel fits Refresh

Carousels, walls, marquees and video testimonials — social proof formats for every store style. For Refresh specifically, this is one of the strongest matches in the library: wants richer image-with-text storytelling blocks, and Testimonials Carousel fills that gap while inheriting Refresh's typography automatically, so it looks native from the first save. Refresh loves long pages: alternate Image with Text sections with feature grids to build a scrolling brand story without a page builder.

## Steps

1. **Install Section Shop (free)** — Add the app from the Shopify App Store. It's free, carries the Built for Shopify badge, and changes nothing in your Refresh setup until you add a section.
2. **Find “Testimonials Carousel” in the library** — Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Testimonials & Reviews category — or use search.
3. **Click “Add to theme”** — Section Shop writes the section into your Refresh theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Refresh uses for its own sections.
4. **Open the Refresh theme editor** — In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Reviews Carousel” in the picker.
5. **Customize and save** — Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Refresh font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

## FAQ

### Does Testimonials Carousel work with the Refresh theme?

Yes. Refresh is an Online Store 2.0 theme, and Testimonials Carousel installs as a native OS 2.0 section through Shopify's official theme API. It appears in Refresh's theme editor as “SShop:Reviews Carousel”, alongside the theme's own sections.

### Will Testimonials Carousel match Refresh's design?

By default the section inherits your theme's fonts, so it picks up Refresh's typography automatically. Colors, spacing, images and content are all editable in the theme editor — no CSS required.

### Is Testimonials Carousel free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Testimonials Carousel is free, like every section in the 56-section library. Once added it's a standard theme file: if you uninstall the app, the section stays in your Refresh theme and keeps working.