GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress
by GS Plugins · Email & Marketing
Also makes 18 other plugins · 40.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Showcase your books in Grid, Slider, Filter & Flip layouts. GS Books Showcase is the ultimate book library plugin for WordPress.
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Health
A 90/100
no flags
Active installs
500+
≈590 estimated
Momentum
-3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “affiliate marketing” and “author” for “book library” and “showcase”. “affiliate marketing” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “book library” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “author” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “showcase” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
90 health vs 66 average across 2,122 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 35.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,295 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 8 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 6 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 42 reviews, smoothed to 4.42★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
16%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| books your tag | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| genre your tag | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| e books | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| book library | #4 | #3 | 0 |
| free books | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| book showcase | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| books library | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| book marketing | #3 | #6 | down 1 |
| e book | #3 | #4 | down 1 |
| book | #9 | #9 | up 1 |
| flip book | #5 | #3 | 0 |
| book display | #6 | #7 | 0 |
| showcase | #18 | #13 | down 5 |
| series your tag | #19 | #18 | down 4 |
| 3d flip book | #7 | #4 | 0 |
| ultimate showcase | #9 | #8 | 0 |
| pdf to flip book | #9 | #5 | 0 |
| website showcase | #18 | #12 | 0 |
| simple series | #17 | #19 | — |
| post showcase | #24 | #16 | down 2 |
| affiliate marketing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| author your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
149 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 128 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “affiliate marketing” and “author” for “book library” and “showcase”. “affiliate marketing” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “book library” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “author” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “showcase” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.6K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
8
releases in the last 12 months
6d ago
latest release · v3.1.8 · 26 Oct 2026
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 24 Mar 2018
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.1.8). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 WordPress Book Plugin for Displaying Books in Grid, Flip, Slider, Popup Layout and more <= 1.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-12-11 CVE-2024-11766 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.3.1 Patched in 1.3.2
- Patched Medium · 6.4 GS Books Showcase <= 1.3.0 - Authenticator (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗2023-01-30 CVE-2023-0541 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.3.0 Patched in 1.3.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Showcase your books in Grid, Slider, Filter & Flip layouts. GS Books Showcase is the ultimate book library..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "for developers", "if you have").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi, WPML and 8 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 17 headings and 21 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 14,722 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "affiliate marketing" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-03 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-30 500+ → 400+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 400+ → 500+ up after 160 days in tier
- 2025-04-16 300+ → 400+ up after 685 days in tier
- 2023-06-01 400+ → 300+ down after 712 days in tier
- 2021-06-19 300+ → 400+ up after 562 days in tier
- 2019-12-05 200+ → 300+ up after 488 days in tier
- 2018-08-04 100+ → 200+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Hide/Remove Metadata 20K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B - D Disable Author Archives 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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