Description
That plugin offers shortcodes and widgets so you can display any public
LibraryThing books collection in WordPress.
[books username=”username”]
Displays the books of the given LibraryThing user. This shortcode only uses the
LibraryThing API and will work even if you don’t provide an AWS key pair.
Optional attributes are:
count
: Maximum number of books to show (default 20)sort_by
: Sort order, eitherentry_REV
orrandom
template
: Template to use to render the list of books. Eithercover
orlist
tags
: Comma separated list of tags
[book isbn=”isbn”]
Displays the book with the given ISBN number. This shortcode uses the Amazon
Product Advertising API and will not work if you don’t provide an AWS key pair.
Also, not all ISBN can be found on all Amazon stores so you will have to carefully
choose which store to use in the settings.
Optional attributes are:
template
: Template to use to render the list of books. Onlybook-single
Customization
You can add new template or customize the existing ones by adding your own
version in a folder named librarything
in the wp-content
folder on your
server or in your theme folder. The name of the template file id the name of
the template with the .php
extension (e.g: the covers
template file name
is covers.php
).
Disclaimer
This plugin is not endorsed by LibraryThing, it has not been developed by
the LibraryThing team and its developer is not related in any manner to the
LibraryThing team.
Image Credits: University of Scranton Weinberg Memorial Library (cropped)
License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Privacy Policy
This plugin does not collect any personal information from your visitors.
Screenshots
Installation
This plugin follows the standard WordPress installation
method:
- Upload the
librarything-unleashed
folder to the/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- You can now use the widget and the
[books]
shortcode
Optionally, if you want to show book details in single book pages or use
the [book]
shortcode, you will need the following:
- Go to the Amazon AWS security credentails management page
and create a new key/secret pair - Enter the pair on the plugin’s options page
- Choose or create a new page to support displaying single books
- Save the options
- You can now use the
[book]
shortcode and are hosting single book pages
instead of sending visitors to LibraryThing
Also, if you have your own LibraryThing API key you can use it by adding the
following line in your wp-config.php
file:
define('LIBRARYTHING_API_KEY', 'your key here');
This is optional, by default the plugin does not use any key. To find your
LibraryThing API key check this page.
FAQ
- Installation Instructions
-
This plugin follows the standard WordPress installation
method:- Upload the
librarything-unleashed
folder to the/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- You can now use the widget and the
[books]
shortcode
Optionally, if you want to show book details in single book pages or use
the[book]
shortcode, you will need the following:- Go to the Amazon AWS security credentails management page
and create a new key/secret pair - Enter the pair on the plugin’s options page
- Choose or create a new page to support displaying single books
- Save the options
- You can now use the
[book]
shortcode and are hosting single book pages
instead of sending visitors to LibraryThing
Also, if you have your own LibraryThing API key you can use it by adding the
following line in yourwp-config.php
file:define('LIBRARYTHING_API_KEY', 'your key here');
This is optional, by default the plugin does not use any key. To find your
LibraryThing API key check this page. - Upload the
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Contributors & Developers
“LT Unleashed” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Change log
Version 1.1.1
- Fixing unclosed
<
div> tag in signature
Version 1.1
- Similarities on a single book page are now linked locally instead of going
directly to Amazon
Version 1.0.5
- Protect from AWS API returning inconsistent data structures
Version 1.0.4
- Fixing a bug that makes some books look like they were not found by the AWS API
Version 1.0.3
- Fixing book base in settings being partially taken into consideration
- Automatically converting cover sources to their HTTPS version when WordPress uses HTTPS
Version 1.0.2
- Fixing a bug that prevented the book shortcode to work in certain circumstances.
- Changed the book-single template to use a table and display multiple authors.
Version 1.0.1
- Preparing for language packs
Version 1.0
- Initial release.