A simple widget for adding links to your books for sale on sites like Amazon, Kobo, Nook, etc.
As of April 2026, Book Widget is a WordPress book plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Hotel Booking.
You can upload your book cover image (or choose it from the WordPress Media Library if you’ve already uploaded it), enter the book title, and add links to 5 separate vendors:
A widget for that book appears in your sidebar with links to all of the vendors you entered. You can add as many book widgets as you would like.
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 4.4.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
1.1.0
* Shifted vendor icons to be located more pleasantly below the book cover image
1.0.0
* Book cover image now shows in the widget form on the admin panel
0.9.0
* Added the ability to use the WordPress Media Library for the book cover image
* Minor clean-up of code
* Minor appearance change of the book cover image in the sidebar (centered, proportional height)
0.5.0
* Basic functionality
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