SFR Book Review Showcase

SFR Book Review Showcase makes it easy to display book reviews from Amazon on your WordPress site. Perfect for book bloggers, review sites, and authors who want to showcase reader feedback in a professional, customisable format.

Whether you’re building a book recommendation site, adding social proof to product pages, or creating a curated reading library, this plugin gives you complete control over how reviews appear.

What Makes This Plugin Special:

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Book Library Management – Organize books with multiple formats (Kindle, Paperback, Hardback, Audible, Other), each with its own ASIN. Track all formats and review counts in one central location.

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Smart Import Options – Add reviews manually or use the built-in OCR (Optical Character Recognition) helper to extract text directly from review screenshots. Save hours of manual typing.

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Flexible Display Options – Choose between grid or list layouts with full control over colours, typography, spacing, and shadows. Display reviews using shortcodes or the Gutenberg block editor.

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Powerful Filtering – Filter reviews by book title (shows all formats), specific ASIN, category, or featured status. Sort by date, rating, reviewer name, and more.

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Review Categories – Organize reviews into categories like Fiction, Non-fiction, Photography, Mystery, etc. for easy browsing and filtering.

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Built-in Analytics – Track views, clicks, and click-through rates (CTR) for each review. Identify your top-performing reviews and optimize your affiliate marketing strategy.

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Amazon Affiliate Integration – Automatically generate affiliate links with your Amazon Associates ID. Track clicks to measure the effectiveness of your review displays.

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Gutenberg Block Support – Use the “Book Reviews” block in the WordPress block editor with visual controls for all styling options. No coding required.

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Lightweight & Fast – All data is stored locally in your WordPress database. No external API calls that slow down your site. Only optional OCR feature connects to external service.

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Developer Friendly – Fully namespaced code prevents conflicts with other plugins. Clean, well-documented codebase following WordPress coding standards.

Upgrade to Pro for Advanced Features:

Looking for more power? SFR Book Review Showcase Pro includes:

• Advanced Analytics & Reporting – Enhanced analytics dashboards with scheduled email reports (weekly/monthly)

• CSV Import & Export – Bulk import reviews from CSV files or export your entire library

• KDP Sales Integration – Import and track KDP sales data alongside review performance

• Elementor Widget – Dedicated widget for Elementor page builder users

• Carousel Block – Display reviews in a beautiful carousel/slider format

• Advanced Affiliate Tracking – Enhanced click tracking and affiliate sales monitoring

• Premium Layout Templates – Additional professional layout options

Free Pro Trial (no credit card required)

This plugin is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon. com, Inc.

Why Use This Plugin?

• Increase conversions – Display authentic social proof to boost Amazon affiliate earnings

• Save time – Import reviews in seconds instead of manual copy-paste

• Build authority – Create a professional book recommendation site

• Easy import – Capture reviews manually or use the OCR helper to extract text from screenshots

• Flexible display – Grid or list layouts with full control over colours, spacing, and typography

• Smart organisation – Group reviews by category (Fiction, Non-fiction, Photography, etc.)

• Track performance – See which reviews get the most views and clicks

• No bloat – Lightweight, namespaced code that won’t conflict with other plugins

Key Features

• Book Library Management – Organize books with multiple formats (Kindle, Paperback, Hardback, Audible, Other), each with its own ASIN. View all formats and review counts in one place.

• Dedicated admin area with dashboard, paginated WP_List_Table, add/edit form, book library, categories manager, analytics, and settings

• Shortcode and dynamic Gutenberg block with grid/list layouts, customisable colours, typography, spacing, and “Load more” pagination

• Filter reviews by book title to show all formats of a book, or filter by specific ASIN or category

• Review categories for quick grouping (e.g. Fiction, Puzzle Books, Photography)

• OCR-based importer powered by OCR.space to pull text from screenshots in a guided workflow

• Amazon helpers for ASIN storage per format, associate IDs for affiliate links, and outbound click tracking

• Analytics summary (views vs clicks, CTR, top performers) stored locally in custom database tables

• Fully namespaced PHP classes ( SFRBRS_ ), functions ( sfrbrs_ ), CSS, and JS handles to prevent conflicts

Upgrade to Pro

The Pro version unlocks powerful features for serious book bloggers and affiliate marketers:

• Advanced Analytics & Reporting – Enhanced dashboards with scheduled email reports

• CSV Import & Export – Bulk operations to save hours of manual work

• KDP Sales Integration – Track book sales alongside review performance

• Elementor Widget – Native Elementor integration for drag-and-drop page building

• Carousel Block – Beautiful carousel/slider display option

• Advanced Affiliate Tracking – Enhanced click tracking and sales monitoring

• Premium Layout Templates – Additional professional design options

Free Pro Trial (no credit card required)

Shortcode & Block Usage

[sfr_book_reviews]

Supported attributes (camelCase or kebab-case):

• layout (grid|list, default grid)

• limit (1-50, default 6)

• featured (true|false)

• asin (single ASIN)

• book (book title – shows reviews for all formats of the book)

• category (comma-separated slugs)

• orderby (review_date, star_rating, reviewer_name, asin, status, created_at)

• order (ASC|DESC, default DESC)

• cardBackground, cardTextColor, accentColor (hex colours)

• shadow (true|false, enables card drop shadow)

• gap, padding (pixels)

• titleFontSize, bodyFontSize, reviewTextFontSize (pixels)

• showCategories (true|false, shows category badges, default false)

Examples:

• [sfr_book_reviews featured="true" category="fiction"]

• [sfr_book_reviews asin="B09EXAMPLE" layout="list" limit="3"]

• [sfr_book_reviews book="The Great Gatsby" layout="grid"]

• [sfr_book_reviews shadow="false" cardBackground="#f8fafc" accentColor="#F97316"]

• [sfr_book_reviews category="fiction,mystery" featured="true" layout="grid" limit="9" shadow="true" accentColor="#DC2626"]

External services

This plugin connects to external services to provide certain features:

OCR.space API

space’s API (powered by Tesseract OCR) to extract text from review screenshots when using the OCR import feature. This service is only used when you explicitly choose to import a review via the OCR helper workflow.

What data is sent:

* Base64-encoded image data (screenshots you upload through the WordPress media library)

* Image metadata (MIME type, language preference)

When data is sent:

* Only when you use the OCR import feature in the admin area

* Images are sent immediately when you click “Extract Text” during the OCR import process

* No data is sent automatically or in the background

Service provider:

space/)

space/ocrapi/TermsOfService

space/ocrapi/PrivacyPolicy

space’s free API tier by default. space account.