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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.
This plugin is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon. Amazon is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc.
<h4>Why Use This Plugin?</h4>
<ul>
<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>
</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>
Supported attributes (camelCase or kebab-case):
<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>
Examples:
<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>
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

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

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To insert a single inline star rating inside a post just type <code>[usr 5]</code> where 5 is the rating/amount of stars.
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<h3>Translations</h3>
Note: This plugin is localized / translatable. This is very important for all users worldwide. So please contribute your language to the plugin to make it even more useful. See <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/universal-star-rating" rel="nofollow ugc">Translations</a>

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