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<p>SFR Book Review Showcase makes it easy to display book reviews from Amazon on your WordPress site. Perfect for book bloggers, review sites, and authors who want to showcase reader feedback in a professional, customisable format.</p>
<p>Whether you’re building a book recommendation site, adding social proof to product pages, or creating a curated reading library, this plugin gives you complete control over how reviews appear.</p>
<p><em>This plugin is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon. Amazon is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc.</em></p>
<h4>Why Use This Plugin?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Easy import</strong> – Capture reviews manually or use the OCR helper to extract text from screenshots</li>
<li><strong>Flexible display</strong> – Grid or list layouts with full control over colours, spacing, and typography</li>
<li><strong>Smart organisation</strong> – Group reviews by category (Fiction, Non-fiction, Photography, etc.)</li>
<li><strong>Track performance</strong> – See which reviews get the most views and clicks</li>
<li><strong>No bloat</strong> – Lightweight, namespaced code that won’t conflict with other plugins</li>
</ul>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dedicated admin area with dashboard, paginated <code>WP_List_Table</code>, add/edit form, categories manager, analytics, and settings</li>
<li>Shortcode and dynamic Gutenberg block with grid/list layouts, customisable colours, typography, spacing, and “Load more” pagination</li>
<li>Review categories for quick grouping (e.g. Fiction, Puzzle Books, Photography)</li>
<li>OCR-based importer powered by OCR.space to pull text from screenshots in a guided workflow</li>
<li>Amazon helpers for ASIN storage, associate IDs for affiliate links, and outbound click tracking</li>
<li>Analytics summary (views vs clicks, CTR, top performers) stored locally in custom database tables</li>
<li>Fully namespaced PHP classes (<code>SFRBRS_</code>), functions (<code>sfrbrs_</code>), CSS, and JS handles to prevent conflicts</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcode Reference</h4>
<pre><code>[sfr_book_reviews]
</code></pre>
<p>Supported attributes (camelCase or kebab-case):</p>
<ul>
<li><code>layout</code> (grid|list, default grid)</li>
<li><code>limit</code> (1-50, default 6)</li>
<li><code>featured</code> (true|false)</li>
<li><code>asin</code> (single ASIN)</li>
<li><code>category</code> (comma-separated slugs)</li>
<li><code>orderby</code> (review_date, star_rating, reviewer_name, asin, status, created_at)</li>
<li><code>order</code> (ASC|DESC, default DESC)</li>
<li><code>cardBackground</code>, <code>cardTextColor</code>, <code>accentColor</code> (hex colours)</li>
<li><code>shadow</code> (true|false, enables card drop shadow)</li>
<li><code>gap</code>, <code>padding</code> (pixels)</li>
<li><code>titleFontSize</code>, <code>bodyFontSize</code> (pixels)</li>
</ul>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>[sfr_book_reviews featured="true" category="fiction"]</code></li>
<li><code>[sfr_book_reviews asin="B09EXAMPLE" layout="list" limit="3"]</code></li>
<li><code>[sfr_book_reviews shadow="false" cardBackground="#f8fafc" accentColor="#F97316"]</code></li>
<li><code>[sfr_book_reviews category="fiction,mystery" featured="true" layout="grid" limit="9" shadow="true" accentColor="#DC2626"]</code></li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to external services to provide certain features:</p>
<h4>OCR.space API</h4>
<p>The plugin uses OCR.space’s API (powered by Tesseract OCR) to extract text from review screenshots when using the OCR import feature. This service is only used when you explicitly choose to import a review via the OCR helper workflow.</p>
<p><strong>What data is sent:</strong><br />
* Base64-encoded image data (screenshots you upload through the WordPress media library)<br />
* Image metadata (MIME type, language preference)</p>
<p><strong>When data is sent:</strong><br />
* Only when you use the OCR import feature in the admin area<br />
* Images are sent immediately when you click “Extract Text” during the OCR import process<br />
* No data is sent automatically or in the background</p>
<p><strong>Service provider:</strong><br />
* OCR.space (https://ocr.space/)<br />
* Terms of Service: https://ocr.space/ocrapi/TermsOfService<br />
* Privacy Policy: https://ocr.space/ocrapi/PrivacyPolicy</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> The plugin uses OCR.space’s free API tier by default. You can optionally configure your own API key in the plugin settings if you have an OCR.space account.</p>


SFR Book Review Showcase

Showcase book reviews from Amazon on your WordPress site with customisable layouts, easy imports, and built-in analytics.

Scott

<p>My Reading Library is a very heavy modification of the <a href="http://blog.ashodnakashian.com/projects/now-reading-redux/" title="Now Reading Redux" rel="nofollow ugc">Now Reading Redux plugin by Ashod Nakashian</a> which is a resurrection of the <a href="http://heliologue.com/" title="Now Reading Reloaded" rel="nofollow ugc">Now Reading Reloaded plugin by Ben Gunnink</a> which is a fork of the <a href="http://robm.me.uk/projects/plugins/wordpress/now-reading/" title="Now Reading Plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Now Reading plugin by Rob Miller</a>.</p>
<p>It allows you to develop a library, show the book details, track your progress, rate the book, and link to a WP post of your book review. It displays the library within the sidebar and on the library/book page with cover art fetched from Amazon.</p>
<p>The home of the My Reading Library plugin is in this WP Repository; however, you may report bugs and receive support: <a href="http://www.affordable-techsupport.com/support/" title="My Reading Library" rel="nofollow ugc">www.affordable-techsupport.com/support/</a></p>
<h4>Disclaimer</h4>
<p>Please backup your database before installing/upgrading. Thought I attempt to releases bug-free plugins (which is very difficult), my ability to perform tests is limited. If you find any bugs or have feature requests, please kindly report them in the Support Forum within my website.</p>
<h3>Update Path</h3>
<ul>
<li>Pull total pages of book from Amazon and set as property on book edit page.</li>
<li>Use calendar UI for dates on the book edit page.</li>
<li>Set number of books displayed in each widget book category.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Known Bugs</h3>
<ul>
<li>In the book manager, the Title and Reader columns will not sort properly when the title is clicked</li>
<li>The integration with the Twenty Eleven WP Theme is inconsistent and buggy</li>
<li>Total books setting in options does not effect onhold books</li>
</ul>
<h3>Demo Site</h3>
<p>You can see the My Reading Library plugin in action on my demo website: http://test.p4x.org/</p>


My Reading Library

Displays books in the sidebar and library/book page with cover art fetched from amazon.com; displays book details, progress, ratings, and reviews.

SFR Book Review Showcase vs My Reading Library