eroux

<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.

silversteelwolf

<p>bookTuner pulls book information from one of your shelves on Goodreads.com. Title, author, jacket art, and a review snippet can all be displayed on your site with the plugin’s configurable settings and simple tags. The plugin is an adaptation of fmTuner by Collin Allen.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Displays books from currently-reading, to-read, read, or a custom shelf</li>
<li>Limit how many books are shown</li>
<li>Configure how often the book list is updated</li>
<li>Customize book appearence with HTML and tags</li>
<li>Set length of review preview</li>
<li>Sort list by a number of criteria including author, title, rating, and date read</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>A Goodreads.com account with books added to a shelf</li>
<li>WordPress 2.7 or newer</li>
<li>PHP 5 or newer</li>
</ul>


bookTuner

bookTuner displays books from Goodreads.com in a customizable format.

Currently Reading vs bookTuner