Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress
Active installs500+ rounded
Current authorGS Plugins
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release13 days ago 25 Aug 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record16
Rating4.8 /5 · 42
Added to directory11 Jan 2017
Requires WP4.3
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by GS Plugins throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| samdani | 16 | 31 Dec 2024 | 25 Aug 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Small but established: 500+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
14 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 14% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 97/day07 Sep 2026
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 36 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (42) · active installs (500+) · version (3.1.6) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
37 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory9.5 years ago 11 Jan 2017
Requires WP4.3
Requires PHP5.6
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 25 Aug 2026, 14 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 13 other plugins, 13 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 25 Aug 202614 days agoVersion 3.1.6 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 23 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 3.1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 03 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 3.1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 22 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 3.1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 06 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 3.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 16 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 3.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 21 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 3.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 14 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 3.0.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 11 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 3.0.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 08 Jun 202515 months agoVersion 3.0.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 11 May 202516 months agoVersion 3.0.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 15 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 3.0.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 27 Feb 202518 months agoVersion 3.0.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by samdani.
- 31 Dec 202420 months ago3 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 31 Dec 2024 and 06 Feb 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 11 Jan 20179.5 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by GS Plugins for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 13 days ago (25 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 500+ active installs.
- It carries 42 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
Similar plugins
Plugins that share this one’s tags and talk about the same things in their own descriptions. Distinctive tags count for far more than broad ones. Sharing hover means something, sharing woocommerce does not, and a plugin that never mentions the subject matter is left out however its author tagged it. Among close matches, more widely installed plugins are listed first. This is a grouping rather than a ranking of quality.
Books Custom Post Type (Genre, Authors and Series)
A WordPress custom post type for books with genre, series, and author taxonomies, plus purchase links.
30+ installsupdated 13 Aug 2026
far fewer installs
Compare side by side Affiliates Manager
Affiliates Manager plugin can help you manage an affiliate marketing program to drive more traffic and more sales to your site.
8,000+ installs4.1★ (61)updated 02 Sep 2026
16× the installs
Compare side by side Goaffpro Affiliate Marketing
The complete affiliate marketing solution for your WordPress and WooCommerce website.
4,000+ installs4.8★ (44)updated 06 Aug 2026
Compare side by side Books Gallery – Book Showcase, Library & Affiliate Plugin
Named by Google AI as the top choice — display books, earn Amazon affiliate income, and sell with WooCommerce. Free to start.
2,000+ installs4.8★ (92)updated 03 Aug 2026
Compare side by side Affiliates
The Affiliates system provides the most powerful growth-oriented tools to run a successful Affiliate Marketing Program.
2,000+ installs4.5★ (137)updated 12 Apr 2026
Compare side by side Osom Author Pro
The Osom Author Pro plugin creates a library which allows you to add books to any WordPress theme.
1,000+ installs4.9★ (10)updated 27 May 2026
Compare side by side Grouped from the tags each author chose for their own plugin, so the grouping is only as good as those tags.
Reach out about this record
Corrections, missing context, or anything else about GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.