Title: Share Goodreads Update
Author: Stephan Elst
Published: <strong>August 27, 2021</strong>
Last modified: January 21, 2024

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# Share Goodreads Update

 By [Stephan Elst](https://profiles.wordpress.org/estephan/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/share-goodreads-update.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/share-goodreads-update/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/share-goodreads-update/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/share-goodreads-update/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/share-goodreads-update/)

## Description

This plugin allows you to share your the books you are currently reading as a widget
on your WordPress page, without the use of an API.

The plugin will display the following data, title, author, cover image and progress.
The widget can link to the books and authors page on goodreads. It can display the
content in two layouts, compact and long.

Please note that your profile has to be set to public.

## Screenshots

[⌊Compact layout⌉⌊Compact layout⌉[

Compact layout

[⌊Long layout⌉⌊Long layout⌉[

Long layout

[⌊Widget admin panel⌉⌊Widget admin panel⌉[

Widget admin panel

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/de660d2a8e67b71265f3aa05755062649445727950d98f6cf72da3a53a534464?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Half-working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/half-working-6/)󠁿

 [kodasketuriolika](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kodasketuriolika/) February 1,
2022

Right now only Compact mode works fine with 5.9 version. But it’s enough I think
😉

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## Contributors & Developers

“Share Goodreads Update” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Stephan Elst ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/estephan/)

[Translate “Share Goodreads Update” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/share-goodreads-update)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/share-goodreads-update/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/share-goodreads-update/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/share-goodreads-update/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/share-goodreads-update/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

Version 1.1:
 – Bugfix in layout.

Version 1.0:
 – Added 2 layout options, long and compact

Version 0.5:
 – added optional Goodreads links.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  Tested up to **6.4.8**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/share-goodreads-update/)
 * Tags
 * [data](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/data/)[GoodReads](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/goodreads/)
   [isbn](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/isbn/)[readers](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/readers/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/share-goodreads-update/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Stephan Elst ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/estephan/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/share-goodreads-update/)

## Donate

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