Best book showcase plugins for WordPress
The most popular book showcase plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Books Gallery leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of GS Books Showcase (500+) and Showcase It (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “book showcase” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 book showcase plugins
- 1.
Books GalleryThe most installed book showcase plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 92 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
GS Books Showcase500+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 42 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 3.
Showcase ItFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Pretty BookshelfFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “book showcase”

Books Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:15#4,522by Hossni Mubarak27 days ago
Named by Google AI as the top choice — display books, earn Amazon affiliate income, and sell with WooCommerce. Free to start.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(92)
- Downloads
- 51/day

GS Books Showcase
Down in the last 7 days:80#9,022by GS Plugins5 days ago
Show your books with covers, ISBN and publication details in a book grid or slider. For authors, publishers, libraries and book blogs.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.8(42)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Showcase It
Up in the last 7 days:3,226#59,129by bPlugins2 months ago
A lite Weight Plugin that helps you, Easily showcase your Books and other items in your WordPress Website in Post, Page, Widget Area using shortCode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pretty Bookshelf
#68,835by PrettyPlugins10 days ago
Display books on WordPress with beautiful galleries, author pages, ISBN lookup, and your own retailer links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day