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<p>Supplying an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" rel="nofollow ugc">ISBN</a> (and, optionally, a Title) will display a cover image of the relevant book with a link to that book’s page on <a href="https://books.google.co.za/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Books</a> using the Google Books API.</p>
<p>Using the Widget you can choose whether to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Force all calls to Google to be HTTPS, instead of the API returned HTTP</li>
<li>Pad the Image (selected by default, uses internal CSS)</li>
<li>Display a Box-Shadow (selected by default, uses internal CSS)</li>
<li>Choose Alternate Google Country (defaults to “Worldwide”)</li>
</ul>
<p>as well as</p>
<ul>
<li>Decide whether you would like to use a Title</li>
<li>Define the ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 of the book.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>Activate the Plugin via “Plugins” <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> “Currently Reading” <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> “Activate” (if you hadn’t already done so).</li>
<li>Go to “Appearance” <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> “Widgets” and drag the “Reading” widget into whichever Sidebar you choose.</li>
<li>In the “Currently Reading” widget, you can then customise it further.</li>
</ol>


Currently Reading

Displays a cover image of a book with a link to Google Books based on a supplied ISBN-10 or ISBN-13.

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<h4>Simple Author Recommended Posts Plugin</h4>
<p>Author Recommended Posts lets you easily search and choose specific posts, pages and custom post types you want to associate to a post or page. You can add, reorder, remove selected posts for display via the simple drag and drop interface.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Simple clean styles for basic layout/structure</li>
<li>Show/hide output title & featured images</li>
<li>Display your recommended posts vertically or side-by-side</li>
<li>Filter which content is searchable and which post types to automatically output on</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Requirements:</strong> WordPress 3.3+, PHP5 and higher</p>
<p>This plugin is free to use and is not actively supported by the author, but will be monitored for serious bugs that may need correcting.</p>


Author Recommended Posts

Pick specific posts to promote and recommend to your audience.

Currently Reading vs Author Recommended Posts