Good Reads Books
Showcase reading and read Goodreads shelves on your website. Fully Responsive Select how many books to show in a row Will display all currently reading Rest of space filled with recently read Updates shelves daily…
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Good Reads Books shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 4/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 29/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (100+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Good Reads Books stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| Good Reads | >100 |
| goodread | #26 |
| GoodReads | #26 |
| goodreads.com | #3 |
| show books | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4 from 4 reviews
About Good Reads Books
From the official readme · v1.2Description
Showcase reading and read Goodreads shelves on your website.
- Fully Responsive
- Select how many books to show in a row
- Will display all currently reading
- Rest of space filled with recently read
- Updates shelves daily
- Colour, or, Black & White covers (for the true Kindle experience)
Usage
- After setting up, use
[goodreads]shortcode to display
Please Note
- 🍺 This is a new plugin, please open a support request before summiting a negative review, I’m happy to help, please provide as much information as possible (books that are causing an issue, theme currently used, your GoodReads profile URL, your GoodReads API key, WordPress and PHP version).
Road Map
The current todo list:
- Make the Select Media Item input with upload instead of text input for cover exemptions
- Better default CSS for headings
Please add any additional requests into the Support tab.
Installation
- Install the plugin from your Plugin browser, or download the plugin and extract the files and upload
good-reads-booksto your/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- View the Good Reads Books interface under Settings in your WordPress Admin
- Use the
[goodreads]shortcode where you want to show your shelves
Changelog
Black & White books covers will show as colour now. Theres a new option in settings to make black and white
1.2
- Dec 6, 2017
- added: user ID parser logic to better extract member/authors who have custom usernames (thanks Andy E!)
- added: a “Refresh” AJAX button in admin. Though saving page refreshes plugin, this button makes it easier.
- added: new error handler for api returning a 404 (odd, but it can happen!)
- changed: rewrote most inline field description instructions
- changed: B&W covers now optional
- fixed: properly localized text that contained variables/html
1.1
- July 6, 2016
- fixed use of php shorttag that caused undefined var for credit on some server setups
1.0
- July 1, 2017
- Initial build
Screenshots
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FAQ
Good Reads Books: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 5, 2026
Is Good Reads Books free?
Yes. Good Reads Books is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Good Reads Books safe to use in 2026?
Good Reads Books shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 4/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 29/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Good Reads Books?
Good Reads Books is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 5,804 times since it launched in July 2017. It was downloaded 71 times in the last 30 days.
Does Good Reads Books work with WordPress 7.1?
Good Reads Books is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Good Reads Books last updated?
The latest version, 1.2, was released on December 7, 2017 (9 years ago).
Who makes Good Reads Books?
Good Reads Books is developed and maintained by David Sword.
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