{"id":325402,"date":"2026-06-22T22:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/bookshelf-lite-book-management-for-authors\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:42:07","slug":"the-grand-athenaeum","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/the-grand-athenaeum\/","author":23515572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.22","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"7.0","requires":"6.0","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"The Grand Athenaeum","header_author":"Queer As Fic","header_description":"Create book collections, reading orders, author libraries, and curated bookshelves for WordPress.","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2026-06-22 22:42:07","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"https:\/\/queerasfic.com\/product\/grand-athenaeum-wordpress-plugin\/","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/queerasfic.com","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":28,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":[],"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":[],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":{"1":"Responsive book grid.","2":"Book card with cover, series label, title, price, links, and accordion sections.","3":"Add\/Edit Book screen.","4":"Series and Book Tags organization.","5":"Settings page."}},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[4956,268425,1779,32766,6680],"plugin_category":[],"plugin_contributors":[268426],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-325402","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-authors","plugin_tags-book-catalog","plugin_tags-books","plugin_tags-reading-lists","plugin_tags-series","plugin_contributors-queerasfic","plugin_committers-queerasfic"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/the-grand-athenaeum.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<h4>Curate your literary universe.<\/h4>\n\n<p>For authors, readers, collectors, and unapologetic book nerds.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Grand Athenaeum helps you create beautiful book collections on WordPress. Use it to showcase your own books, organize series and reading orders, build curated recommendation pages, or share favorite reads with clean, reader-friendly book cards.<\/p>\n\n<p>The plugin creates a dedicated Books area in WordPress, with fields for covers, subtitles, series labels, display order, prices, retailer links, blurbs, tags, tropes, and excerpts. Books can be grouped into series, tagged for discovery, and displayed on pages with a simple shortcode.<\/p>\n\n<p>Use The Grand Athenaeum for author libraries, book blogs, fan-curated reading tables, affiliate-friendly recommendation shelves, series reading orders, trope lists, and themed book collections.<\/p>\n\n<h4>What you can build<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Author book catalogs<\/li>\n<li>Series and reading-order pages<\/li>\n<li>Favorite-book shelves<\/li>\n<li>Book recommendation grids<\/li>\n<li>Trope-based reading lists<\/li>\n<li>Reader resource pages<\/li>\n<li>Affiliate-friendly book tables<\/li>\n<li>Simple book archive pages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Features<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Dedicated Book custom post type<\/li>\n<li>Series taxonomy for organizing books by series or collection<\/li>\n<li>Book Tags taxonomy for genres, tropes, formats, moods, and reader-facing labels<\/li>\n<li>Responsive book grids with 1, 2, 3, or 4 columns<\/li>\n<li>Single-book page rendering<\/li>\n<li>Cover image field with reader-facing cover preview<\/li>\n<li>Subtitle \/ tagline field<\/li>\n<li>Flexible Series Label field for values such as Book 1, Book 2.5, Volume IV, Volume XI, Tome 3, or Scroll 5<\/li>\n<li>Display Order field for arranging books and reading orders<\/li>\n<li>Price display with optional Hide Price toggle<\/li>\n<li>Preorder status and release date field<\/li>\n<li>Automatic launch-day New Release behavior for dated preorders<\/li>\n<li>Manual New Release badge<\/li>\n<li>Retailer, subscription, library, social, and custom links<\/li>\n<li>Drag-and-drop link ordering<\/li>\n<li>Built-in SVG icon set for common book, retailer, library, subscription, and social platforms<\/li>\n<li>Synopsis \/ Blurb accordion content<\/li>\n<li>Tags \/ Tropes accordion content<\/li>\n<li>Look Inside label and excerpt popup<\/li>\n<li>Settings for accent color, cover background, card background, text color, muted text, font family, optional Google Fonts URL, and default grid columns<\/li>\n<li>Translation-ready strings<\/li>\n<li>GPL-compatible bundled code<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Shortcode<\/h4>\n\n<p>Use this shortcode to display books:<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[grand_athenaeum_grid]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>Optional attributes:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>series<\/code> - show books from one series slug.<\/li>\n<li><code>tag<\/code> or <code>tags<\/code> - show books with one or more book tag slugs.<\/li>\n<li><code>columns<\/code> - choose <code>1<\/code>, <code>2<\/code>, <code>3<\/code>, or <code>4<\/code> columns.<\/li>\n<li><code>book_id<\/code> - show one specific book.<\/li>\n<li><code>title<\/code> - show a heading above the grid.<\/li>\n<li><code>posts_per_page<\/code> - limit the number of books shown.<\/li>\n<li><code>heading_align<\/code> - set heading alignment to <code>left<\/code>, <code>center<\/code>, or <code>right<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li><code>heading_color<\/code> - set a heading color with a hex value.<\/li>\n<li><code>include_unordered<\/code> - include books without a display order when filtering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[grand_athenaeum_grid]\n\n[grand_athenaeum_grid series=\"my-series\" columns=\"3\"]\n\n[grand_athenaeum_grid tag=\"found-family\" columns=\"4\"]\n\n[grand_athenaeum_grid book_id=\"123\" columns=\"1\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<h3>Shortcode Compatibility<\/h3>\n\n<p>The current shortcodes use the <code>grand_athenaeum_<\/code> prefix. Legacy bookshelf_* shortcodes remain supported for backward compatibility with existing sites.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-grand-athenaeum<\/code>, or install the ZIP file through Plugins &gt; Add New &gt; Upload Plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Activate The Grand Athenaeum from the Plugins screen.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Books &gt; Add New to create your first book.<\/li>\n<li>Add a cover, subtitle, series label, display order, price, links, synopsis, tags\/tropes, and excerpt as needed.<\/li>\n<li>Add books to Series and Book Tags from the right-hand editor column.<\/li>\n<li>Place <code>[grand_athenaeum_grid]<\/code> on any page where you want your book collection to appear.<\/li>\n<li>Adjust display colors and default columns from Books &gt; Settings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"is%20the%20grand%20athenaeum%20only%20for%20authors%3F\"><h3>Is The Grand Athenaeum only for authors?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Authors can use it to showcase their own books, but readers, bloggers, reviewers, librarians, collectors, and affiliate marketers can also use it to build curated book collections and recommendation shelves.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20plugin%20sell%20books%20directly%3F\"><h3>Does the plugin sell books directly?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The Grand Athenaeum lets you add links to retailers, subscription platforms, libraries, social sites, author stores, or custom URLs. It does not process payments by itself.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20use%20affiliate%20links%3F\"><h3>Can I use affiliate links?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. You can add your own book links, including affiliate links where allowed by your affiliate program and local disclosure rules. You are responsible for any required affiliate disclosures on your site.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20organize%20books%20by%20series%3F\"><h3>Can I organize books by series?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Use the Series taxonomy and the Display Order field to build reading-order pages. The Series Label field controls the reader-facing label, such as Book 1, Book 2.5, Volume IV, or Episode 7.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20create%20trope%20or%20genre%20pages%3F\"><h3>Can I create trope or genre pages?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Use Book Tags for genres, tropes, formats, moods, pairings, or any reader-facing labels you want to use for filtering and organization.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20include%20a%20featured%20carousel%20or%20direct%20woocommerce%20product%20links%3F\"><h3>Does it include a featured carousel or direct WooCommerce product links?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The WordPress.org version is fully functional for creating and displaying curated book collections. Advanced promotional displays and direct WooCommerce product integrations are available separately in The Grand Athenaeum Scribe\u2019s Edition.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20plugin%20call%20external%20services%3F\"><h3>Does the plugin call external services?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The plugin does not call external services by default. If you enter a Google Fonts URL in the settings, your site will load that font from Google Fonts on the front end. Leave that field blank if your theme already loads the font or if you do not want to load an external font.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20this%20work%20with%20my%20theme%3F\"><h3>Will this work with my theme?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The plugin is designed to work with standard WordPress themes. Some themes apply aggressive global styling to images, buttons, lists, or headings; The Grand Athenaeum includes scoped styles to protect book cards where possible.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.0.21<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Synchronized version metadata across plugin header, constants, readme, and translation template after the Scribe's Edition upgrade messaging update.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.20<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Updated Scribe's Edition upgrade feature list to include affiliate tools, analytics, platform support, and direct-sales improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.19<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed Add\/Edit Book layout so visibility controls appear in the right column.<\/li>\n<li>Removed Featured Image support from Books.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed Buy \/ Read Links drag-and-drop ordering and dynamic row titles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.18<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Renamed plugin to The Grand Athenaeum.<\/li>\n<li>Updated plugin text domain and WordPress.org-facing documentation.<\/li>\n<li>Expanded readme documentation for WordPress.org review.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.17<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>WordPress.org compliance cleanup.<\/li>\n<li>Improved escaping and style handling.<\/li>\n<li>Removed dormant premium-only link display options from the free version.<\/li>\n<li>Ensured link ordering is fully available in the free version.<\/li>\n<li>Updated bundled library handling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.16<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Improved public book-card alignment.<\/li>\n<li>Removed theme-injected list bullets from book card metadata only.<\/li>\n<li>Renamed Series Position to Series Label.<\/li>\n<li>Updated subtitle\/tagline placeholder.<\/li>\n<li>Made Tags \/ Tropes and Look Inside Label fields wider in the book editor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.15<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>WordPress.org submission cleanup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.14<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Updated WordPress.org-facing plugin metadata.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.13<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Initial release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Create book collections, reading orders, author libraries, and curated bookshelves for WordPress.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/325402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325402"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/queerasfic"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=325402"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=325402"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=325402"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=325402"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=325402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}