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Buy This Book

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[No longer under development! See the Author Showcase plugin for similar, extended functionality.] Buy This Book allows authors to display their books …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,379 Uncategorized plugins

90+

Active installs

≈97 estimated

8.1K

Total downloads

since 2012

3.99★

Rating (adjusted)

4.5★ raw · 2 reviews

+53%

52

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 4/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3709 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+53% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

52

now · peak 86

5230d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Buy This Book · #17467 you Mooberry Book Manage · #6861 Display Name Author · #11073 Edit Author Slug · #361

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.5Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

578per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

10.2y ago

latest release · v1.4

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4 · 10.2y ago1.3 · 13.5y ago1.2 · 13.9y ago1.1 · 13.9y ago1.0 · 13.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 85%
v1.3 15%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
90–100 ≈97

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-04-01 · 1,384 observations

90Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
1 4★
1 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.4
Last updated
10.2y ago
Added
2012-10-07 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
4.1.42
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Tovias
    12.5y ago

    I recently started an Author’s Page to sell my books and this plugin is exactly what I needed. I am able to easily link to all the booksellers I use without manually coding in links to a blank text box. Now every post I make has a link to my titles in the sidebar. Thank you for making such a useful plugin.

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  2. ★★★★★ PPDPurveyor
    12.9y ago

    This is a nice little plug-in with perfect logos to match themes for all in one bookstore widget. I like offering all of the stores in one widget. The only problem is I need at least two books to put in, or else it just looks odd. Otherwise, when my second book is done, this is my widget for sure.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-07 80+ → 90+ up after 40 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-28 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-27 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-26 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-22 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-20 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-06-19 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2026-06-18 90+ → 80+ down after 139 days in tier

Competes with

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