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Library Bookshelves

by photonicgnostic · Uncategorized

Create bookshelves that link to your library catalog. Use shortcodes to display book covers in carousels.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
62 Health · C
Maintenance 40/100
Rating quality 80/100
Support 70/100

62 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

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.

65 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 49/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 62/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+49% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

143

now · peak 916

14230d 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

Library Bookshelves · #8804 you Library Management S · #11306 Classroom Library · #25064 BNC BiblioShare · #26678

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.6Stars · 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.

284per 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

1.5y ago

latest release · v5.11

22

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

5.11 · 1.5y ago5.10 · 1.6y ago5.9 · 1.7y ago5.8 · 2.0y ago4.5 · 2.2y ago4.6 · 2.2y ago5.7 · 2.2y ago5.3 · 3.2y ago5.0 · 4.3y ago4.30 · 4.3y ago4.17 · 6.1y ago4.2 · 7.1y ago4.0 · 7.3y ago3.2 · 7.3y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v5.11 98%
v5.6 2.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
500–600 ≈570

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

Install history · since 2019-11-20 · 1,423 observations

500Installs · 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.

Details

Version
5.11
Last updated
1.5y ago
Added
2017-08-28 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
5.3

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

  1. 2025-09-22 CVE-2025-57964 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.11 No patch available
  2. 2025-02-17 CVE-2024-13464 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.10 Patched in 5.11
  3. 2024-12-11 CVE-2024-11359 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.8 Patched in 5.9
  4. 2024-11-18 CVE-2024-52453 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.8 Patched in 5.9

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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

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. 2025-12-27 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-26 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
  3. 2025-12-23 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-12-22 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
  5. 2025-12-19 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-12-18 500+ → 600+ up after 22 days in tier
  7. 2025-11-26 600+ → 500+ down after 6 days in tier
  8. 2025-11-20 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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Library Bookshelves: 500+ active installs, 4.6★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/library-bookshelves