# Choose which testimonials a widget shows

Hand-pick a widget's testimonials with Curate, let rules fill it with Auto-sync, or match testimonials to each page with Proof Match.

Every widget has a **Selection Mode** that decides which testimonials it shows. **Curate** and **Auto-sync** work on every plan; **Proof Match** is available on Premium and Business.

1. **Open the Content tab**

   On the **Widgets** page, under **Share** in your project's sidebar, click the widget's name. The builder opens on the **Content** tab, with **Selection Mode** at the top.

2. **Pick a selection mode**

   Click one of the three modes:

   - **Curate**: you pick the testimonials and their order. Nothing changes until you change it.
   - **Auto-sync**: rules such as rating, type, tags and source keep the widget filled as new testimonials are approved. [Fill a widget with auto-sync](/help/display/fill-a-widget-with-auto-sync) explains the rules.
   - **Proof Match**: shows the testimonials that fit each page of your site, by page address, campaign and referrer. See [Set up Proof Match rules](/help/display/set-up-proof-match-rules).

   To compare them in the builder, click the question-mark icon beside **Selection Mode**. On a plan without Proof Match, its button shows a lock.

   ![The widget builder's Content tab, with Selection Mode set to Curate and the selected testimonials listed below it](https://assets.retestimonial.com/app-statics/help/shots/widgets-builder-sidebar.870c8247.webp)

3. **Add testimonials in Curate**

   Click **Add** beside **Selected Testimonials**. In the **Add Testimonials** window, search, sort or filter the list, then click each testimonial you want. Click **Add Selected**. The new testimonials join the end of the list.

   The window lists only approved testimonials that aren't already in the widget.

4. **Order and remove them**

   The widget shows your testimonials in the list's order. Drag one by the handle on its left to move it. Click the X on its right to take it off the widget; the testimonial itself stays in your project. If the widget is also linked to testimonials it doesn't show, such as rejected, archived or spam ones, they keep their place after the ones you arranged.

## Switching away from Curate

If the widget has hand-picked testimonials, choosing **Auto-sync** or **Proof Match** asks first. Your hand-picked testimonials and their order stay saved. Click **Use Auto-sync** (or **Use Proof Match**) to switch, or **Keep Curate** to stay.

When you switch back to **Curate**, your saved list comes back. A widget that never had hand-picked testimonials starts Curate with the ones it was showing.

![The Selection Mode control, with Curate, Auto-sync and Proof Match, set to Curate](https://assets.retestimonial.com/app-statics/help/shots/widgets-selection-mode.f22bd24c.webp)

## How Proof Match picks testimonials

Proof Match starts from the same rules as Auto-sync, which set the widget's base pool: what a visitor sees by default. On top of it you write context rules, one for each page, campaign or referring site that should see something else. A visitor gets the first rule that matches them, and the base pool when none does. [Set up Proof Match rules](/help/display/set-up-proof-match-rules) has the steps, how to test a rule and what to check when one doesn't match.

Switching a Proof Match widget to **Curate** or **Auto-sync** deletes its rules. If your plan no longer includes Proof Match, upgrade to edit them again.

## What happens next

- A widget only ever shows approved testimonials. If one is later rejected or archived, it drops off the widget.
- A **Video** widget shows only video testimonials, whatever the mode.
- Each plan caps how many testimonials one widget shows: 10 on Free, 50 on Pro, and unlimited on Premium and Business.

Related articles:

- [Fill a widget with auto-sync](/help/display/fill-a-widget-with-auto-sync)
- [Set up Proof Match rules](/help/display/set-up-proof-match-rules)
- [Choose and order the testimonials on a Wall of Love](/help/display/choose-and-order-wall-testimonials), the same task for a wall
- [Customize a widget](/help/display/customize-a-widget)
- [Approve, reject and archive testimonials](/help/manage/approve-reject-and-archive)