Pleasant Viewer
Easily share Wednesday Readings, inspiring texts, lessons, benedictions and more on your WordPress site. Official site: PleasantViewer.org
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Pleasant Viewer shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 9 months ago, and scores 38/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.9 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Pleasant Viewer stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| bible | #41 |
| christian science | #2 |
| citations | #84 |
| lesson | >100 |
| viewer | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Pleasant Viewer
From the official readme · v1.3Description
Provides the ability to enter Bible and Science and Health citations and publish and share the referenced text. Uses cskit-rb written by Cameron. We built this plugin as part of the “Hack Your Church” hackathon at the U.C. Berkeley CSO. Participants / contributors include Gabriel, Julian, Cameron and James.
Demonstration site here: PleasantViewer.org
Allows zero-signup (anonymous) posting of citations.
Shortcodes:
Insert [pleasantviewer] on a page to display a form to add citations. Note that this will enable anonymous publishing of citations to your site. Citations are published as WordPress posts.
Installation
Install via Plugins > Install New
- Search for “Pleasant Viewer”
- Click the “Install Now” link
- Click “Activate Plugin”
Via ZIP / FTP
- Unzip the ZIP file and drop the folder straight into your wp-content/plugins directory.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Use as a shortcode
Insert [pleasantviewer] on a page to display a form to add citations. Note that this will enable anonymous publishing of citations to your site.
Frequently asked questions
Is Support Available?
Yes, use the contact form on the ShareThePractice.org website.
Changelog
Initial Release
1.3
- Security: Add nonce verification to form submission
- Security: Sanitize all user input (sanitize_text_field, sanitize_textarea_field, absint)
- Security: Escape all output (esc_html, esc_attr, esc_url, wp_kses, wp_kses_post)
- Security: Add capability checks for post creation
- Fix: Resolve JavaScript error on pages without the Pleasant Viewer form
- Improvement: Modernize jQuery to use .on() event binding and .done()/.fail() AJAX callbacks
- Improvement: Add null guards for DOM element access
- Improvement: Rename template file from underscore to hyphen convention
- Improvement: Prefix all global functions with pleasantviewer_
- Coding standards: Full PHPCS WordPress-Extra compliance
1.2
- Release date: October 31, 2018
- Changed order of enqueued javascript to fix dependency
1.1
- Update API endpoints to use https, now should work on SSL served sites
1.0
- Initial release of plugin
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FAQ
Pleasant Viewer: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 21, 2026
Is Pleasant Viewer free?
Yes. Pleasant Viewer is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Pleasant Viewer safe to use in 2026?
Pleasant Viewer shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 9 months ago, and scores 38/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Pleasant Viewer?
Pleasant Viewer is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,109 times since it launched in May 2013. It was downloaded 55 times in the last 30 days.
Does Pleasant Viewer work with WordPress 7.1?
Pleasant Viewer is officially tested up to WordPress 6.9.10, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Pleasant Viewer last updated?
The latest version, 1.3, was released on February 6, 2026 (9 months ago).
Who makes Pleasant Viewer?
Pleasant Viewer is developed and maintained by Gabriel Serafini.
What are the best alternatives to Pleasant Viewer?
The most popular alternatives to Pleasant Viewer are Logos Reftagger (10K+ installs), Bible Verse of the Day (3K+ installs) and Visual Bible Verse of the D… (1K+ installs).
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