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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.
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.
What Makes This Plugin Special:
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Book Library Management – Organize books with multiple formats (Kindle, Paperback, Hardback, Audible, Other), each with its own ASIN. Track all formats and review counts in one central location.
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Smart Import Options – Add reviews manually or use the built-in OCR (Optical Character Recognition) helper to extract text directly from review screenshots. Save hours of manual typing.
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Flexible Display Options – Choose between grid or list layouts with full control over colours, typography, spacing, and shadows. Display reviews using shortcodes or the Gutenberg block editor.
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Powerful Filtering – Filter reviews by book title (shows all formats), specific ASIN, category, or featured status. Sort by date, rating, reviewer name, and more.
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Review Categories – Organize reviews into categories like Fiction, Non-fiction, Photography, Mystery, etc. for easy browsing and filtering.
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Built-in Analytics – Track views, clicks, and click-through rates (CTR) for each review. Identify your top-performing reviews and optimize your affiliate marketing strategy.
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Amazon Affiliate Integration – Automatically generate affiliate links with your Amazon Associates ID. Track clicks to measure the effectiveness of your review displays.
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Gutenberg Block Support – Use the “Book Reviews” block in the WordPress block editor with visual controls for all styling options. No coding required.
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Lightweight & Fast – All data is stored locally in your WordPress database. No external API calls that slow down your site. Only optional OCR feature connects to external service.
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Developer Friendly – Fully namespaced code prevents conflicts with other plugins. Clean, well-documented codebase following WordPress coding standards.
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Upgrade to Pro for Advanced Features:
Looking for more power? <a href="https://supportfromrichard.co.uk/sfr-book-review-showcase/?utm_source=WordPress+Repo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp-repo" rel="nofollow ugc">SFR Book Review Showcase Pro</a> includes:
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<li>Advanced Analytics & Reporting – Enhanced analytics dashboards with scheduled email reports (weekly/monthly)</li>
<li>CSV Import & Export – Bulk import reviews from CSV files or export your entire library</li>
<li>KDP Sales Integration – Import and track KDP sales data alongside review performance</li>
<li>Elementor Widget – Dedicated widget for Elementor page builder users</li>
<li>Carousel Block – Display reviews in a beautiful carousel/slider format</li>
<li>Advanced Affiliate Tracking – Enhanced click tracking and affiliate sales monitoring</li>
<li>Premium Layout Templates – Additional professional layout options</li>
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<a href="https://supportfromrichard.co.uk/sfr-book-review-showcase/?utm_source=WordPress+Repo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp-repo" rel="nofollow ugc">Free Pro Trial (no credit card required)</a>
This plugin is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon. Amazon is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc.
Why Use This Plugin?
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<li>Increase conversions – Display authentic social proof to boost Amazon affiliate earnings</li>
<li>Save time – Import reviews in seconds instead of manual copy-paste</li>
<li>Build authority – Create a professional book recommendation site</li>
<li>Easy import – Capture reviews manually or use the OCR helper to extract text from screenshots</li>
<li>Flexible display – Grid or list layouts with full control over colours, spacing, and typography</li>
<li>Smart organisation – Group reviews by category (Fiction, Non-fiction, Photography, etc.)</li>
<li>Track performance – See which reviews get the most views and clicks</li>
<li>No bloat – Lightweight, namespaced code that won’t conflict with other plugins</li>
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Key Features
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<li>Book Library Management – Organize books with multiple formats (Kindle, Paperback, Hardback, Audible, Other), each with its own ASIN. View all formats and review counts in one place.</li>
<li>Dedicated admin area with dashboard, paginated <code>WP_List_Table</code>, add/edit form, book library, 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>Filter reviews by book title to show all formats of a book, or filter by specific ASIN or category</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 per format, 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>
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Upgrade to Pro
The Pro version unlocks powerful features for serious book bloggers and affiliate marketers:
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<li>Advanced Analytics & Reporting – Enhanced dashboards with scheduled email reports</li>
<li>CSV Import & Export – Bulk operations to save hours of manual work</li>
<li>KDP Sales Integration – Track book sales alongside review performance</li>
<li>Elementor Widget – Native Elementor integration for drag-and-drop page building</li>
<li>Carousel Block – Beautiful carousel/slider display option</li>
<li>Advanced Affiliate Tracking – Enhanced click tracking and sales monitoring</li>
<li>Premium Layout Templates – Additional professional design options</li>
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<a href="https://supportfromrichard.co.uk/sfr-book-review-showcase/?utm_source=WordPress+Repo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp-repo" rel="nofollow ugc">Free Pro Trial (no credit card required)</a>
Shortcode & Block Usage
<pre><code>[sfr_book_reviews]
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Supported attributes (camelCase or kebab-case):
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<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>book</code> (book title – shows reviews for all formats of the book)</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>, <code>reviewTextFontSize</code> (pixels)</li>
<li><code>showCategories</code> (true|false, shows category badges, default false)</li>
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Examples:
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<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 book="The Great Gatsby" layout="grid"]</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>
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<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to external services to provide certain features:
<h4>OCR.space API</h4>
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.
What data is sent: 
* Base64-encoded image data (screenshots you upload through the WordPress media library) 
* Image metadata (MIME type, language preference)
When data is sent: 
* Only when you use the OCR import feature in the admin area 
* Images are sent immediately when you click “Extract Text” during the OCR import process 
* No data is sent automatically or in the background
Service provider: 
* OCR.space (https://ocr.space/) 
* Terms of Service: https://ocr.space/ocrapi/TermsOfService 
* Privacy Policy: https://ocr.space/ocrapi/PrivacyPolicy
Note: 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.

SFR Book Review Showcase

Display Amazon book reviews with customizable layouts, affiliate tracking, OCR import, and analytics. Perfect for book bloggers and authors.

Kemory Grubb

Recencio Book Reviews is a powerful and very flexible tool for managing your blog’s book review collection. It was designed with the book reviewer in mind and built to be fast, easy and customizable. 
The plugin even provides book reviewers the opportunity of earning residual income via adding their own book purchase affiliate links.
This plugin adds a custom post type for book reviews to your site. You can publish book reviews as standalone posts or include them in your normal posts and pages. 
Organize your book reviews in any way you like. The plugin comes with some basic predefined taxonomies such as book author, genre, series, and publisher. 
Creating new book taxonomies is so easy it’s up to you to decide which and how many taxonomies you want to add.
Use listings embedded in pages to make your book reviews accessible by title or taxonomies such as series or author. Or use one of the custom widgets to create tag clouds or top ten lists.
Of course, you can use all the WordPress goodies you know from posts on book reviews as well: images, videos and comments. 
Despite its simplicity, it’s giving book reviewer, administrators, designers and developers all the freedom to adapt the plugin to their needs. Features you don’t need can be deactivated and are hidden from the UI. 
You can even create your own book review template files to gain complete control the look and feel of book reviews.
Most importantly, all the above is SEO friendly by way of validated JSON-LD metadata for the ‘Book’ and ‘Review’ schema markup.
<h4>Features</h4>
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<li>custom post type for book reviews</li>
<li>100% WordPress theme compatibility</li>
<li>automatically fetch book details via its ISBN, or enter manually</li>
<li>custom backend to enter book reviews fast</li>
<li>easily convert existing posts to reviews</li>
<li>your choice of a 5-star rating. or a criteria-based scoring system</li>
<li>builtin book taxonomies such as, Author, Genre, Series and Publisher come predefined, but you can create whatever taxonomy you like.</li>
<li>use default post categories and tags on book reviews as well, or disable them if you want to</li>
<li>access reviews by alphabetical indices of review title or taxonomy entries such as book author or book publisher</li>
<li>include book reviews in your normal posts or pages using shortcodes</li>
<li>search engine friendly book review output using schema.org‘s review and book metadata as JSON-LD</li>
<li>choose between 4 different templates to determine how your book review should look or create your own custom layout</li>
<li>5 custom widgets such as a book cover slider and book cover grid</li>
<li>site visitor rating system via the builtin comment form, or disable it if you want to</li>
<li>basic support of the new WP REST API system</li>
<li>extendable 3rd party extension/module system for easy creation of new features</li>
<li>have you book reviews show up in your site’s RSS feed</li>
<li>create book purchase links using your own affiliate code</li>
<li>have your site visitors/reader leave a 5 rating via the comment form</li>
<li>translation ready</li>
<li>GDPR compliant</li>
<li>RTL support</li>
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<h3>Demo</h3>
<a href="https://recencio.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Recencio.com</a>
<h3>Languages</h3>
Recencio Book Reviews is currently available in the following languages
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<li>English</li>
<li>German</li>
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For the following languages translations are partly available:
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<li>French</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
<li>Hungarian</li>
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Please help <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recencio-book-reviews/" rel="nofollow ugc">translating</a> the plugin. 
This is one of the best ways to contribute to the growth and development of this plugin.
<h3>Sponsors</h3>
Thanks to JetBrains for providing a copy of their <a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/?from=recencio-book-reviews" rel="nofollow ugc">PhpStorm</a> software for developing this plugin.

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