Buy This Book
[No longer under development! See the Author Showcase plugin for similar, extended functionality.] Buy This Book allows authors to display their books …
4.5(2 reviews)
·90 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, Buy This Book is a WordPress book plugin with 90 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Hotel Booking.
4.5/52 reviews
90active installs
7.9K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
Buy This Book is no longer under active development. A new plugin called the Author Showcase
is available with extended and upgraded functionality. This plugin should still work on the latest version of WordPress, and support is still available, but it won’t have any
new features added.
Buy This Book is a WordPress plugin designed for authors. It was created to combat three problems:
- Many authors use things like the Amazon Affiliate widget to display their books, which is stripped out of webpages by adblockers. This results in their books never being seen by a significant chunk of users, as adblockers are the most popular plugins for Chrome and Firefox.
- If authors want to just add their books and a link to Amazon, etc, they’re obliged to know some HTML and it’s something of a pai…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.4
- Added the end-of-development notice
- Feature – Added conditional CSS to allow for the number of books per row
- Feature – Added instruction list to each widget instance
- Made some small improvements to the CSS on the widget admin display
Contributors
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