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Book Review
Spend more time reading
The facts
- Rating
- 4.9★ from 17
- Active installs
- 300+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 11 Jan 2018
- Added
- Aug 2013
- Requires WP
- 3.5
- Tested up to
- WP 4.8.30
- Downloads
- 43,144
Our analysis
AI-assistedBook Review is a WordPress plugin designed to assist users in writing book reviews efficiently. By entering an ISBN, the plugin automatically retrieves details such as the title, author, and cover image, saving time and effort in the review process.
The plugin also allows for monetisation through custom affiliate links and supports the addition of custom fields for reviewing various media types, not just books. However, it is important to note that Book Review is no longer maintained and has been replaced by the Book Review Block for use with the Gutenberg editor.
Best for: This plugin suits bloggers and website owners focused on book reviews and related media.
What it does well
- ✓Automatically populates book details using ISBN
- ✓Supports custom affiliate links for monetisation
- ✓Allows for custom fields to review various media types
- ✓Available in multiple languages
Where it falls short
- •No longer maintained or updated
- •Replaced by Book Review Block for Gutenberg users
Verdict
Book Review offers useful features for writing reviews but lacks ongoing support and updates, making it less suitable for users of the latest WordPress editor.
From the developer
Donna Peplinskie (a11n)'s own description of Book Review, lightly tidied.
NOTE: Given the imminent release of the Gutenberg editor in WordPress 5.0, the Book Review plugin is no longer being maintained. It has been replaced by Book Review Block, which is intended to be used together with the Gutenberg editor.
Save Time
Book Review saves you time when writing your reviews. No more copying and pasting or manually entering the details of a book. Instead, you provide the ISBN, and Book Review will automatically populate information like title, author, and even the cover photo for you.
Increase Traffic
Book Review can help increase traffic to your site by making your Google search result stand out from the rest. And that means more users clicking through to visit your site.
See the Screenshots tab for an example of what your Google search result might look like.
Monetize Your Site
If you’re interested in throwing monetization into the mix, Book Review can help with its custom links feature. Just enter the affiliate URLs for Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or any other online store, and Book Review will take care of adding the links to each of your reviews.
Review More Than Just Books
One of the most powerful features of Book Review is the ability to add custom fields to each of your reviews. Custom fields enable you to review movies, music, TV shows and so much more!
Internationalization
This plugin supports the following translations (with credit to the translators):
- Arabic (منهل العدّاي)
- Chinese (Vahi Chen)
- Czech (Radek Volf)
- Dutch (Petran Liket)
- French (Guillaume Andreux)
- German (Linguasoft)
- Indonesian (Ardhi Sulaeman)
- Italian (James Garofalo)
- Norwegian (Harald Indgul)
- Portuguese (Wilson Rocha)
- Russian (Alexander Wolf)
- Serbian (Ogi Djuraskovic)
- Spanish (Jose Luis Parra)
- Swedish (Harald Indgul)
- Turkish (Atilla Öntaş)
If you would like to translate Book Review into another language, please see the instructions in the documentation.
Resources
- Official documentation for Book Review can be found at WP Review Plugins.
- If you have problems, questions or suggestions, please post them to the Book Review Support forum.
- For a comprehensive list of feature requests, or to vote for your favorites, please see the Book Review Roadmap.
- You can submit your own requests in the Feature Requests forum.
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