Nathan Shubert-Harbison

What I’m Currently Reading is a simple plugin to do one thing: tell the world what book you’re reading in the sidebar of your blog or website. The plugin gives you a widget that allows you to put in the title, author, and url for info of the book you’re reading, as well as customize the title of your widget and the default text if you’re not currently reading a book. There are several other plugins that allow you to keep a more detailed archive of your reading history, and if that’s what you’re looking for those plugins take care of you beautifully. This one is if you don’t need that kind of functionality, but would like to be able to quickly tell visitors what you’re reading.

Contributors: Nathan Shubert Harbison

What I’m Currently Reading is a simple plugin to do one thing: tell the world what book you’re reading in the sidebar of your blog or website.

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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.
Using the Widget you can choose whether to:
<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>
as well as
<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” → “Currently Reading” → “Activate” (if you hadn’t already done so).</li>
<li>Go to “Appearance” → “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.

Contributors: Nathan Shubert Harbison vs Currently Reading