Georg Kloster Bible Reader is a Bible reading and study plugin for WordPress.<\/p>\n\n
English source interface with Russian and German translations. The WordPress.org\npackage uses translate.wordpress.org language packs; the standalone installation\npackage includes bundled translations. Until a language pack is published,\nthe WordPress.org package uses English for that language.<\/p>\n\n
No calendar or daily reading widgets are included.<\/p>\n\n
This plugin uses Bible Desktop, operated by the plugin author Vladimir Atapin,\nat https:\/\/bible-desktop.com\/api\/ to retrieve public Bible texts, translation\ncatalogs, stored verse locations, search results, commentary, cross references,\nStrong entries, dictionaries, and dictionary map images.<\/p>\n\n
Activation makes no external request. The one-time setup page explains the\nconnection. No request is sent until an administrator explicitly checks the\nconnection consent checkbox and saves the settings. After consent, requests\noccur when settings load or refresh the catalog, visitors request uncached\nor outdated content, or an administrator starts\/resumes a background download.\nRevoking consent stops external requests and scheduled downloads.<\/p>\n\n
Requests originate from the WordPress server and include its IP address, a\nplugin\/version User-Agent, and the requested translation, book, chapter, verse,\ndictionary\/entry\/image identifiers or search words. No visitor IP address,\nWordPress login, email, cookies, bookmark, reading history, or installation\nidentifier is forwarded. This plugin does not call translation AI or OpenAI.\nSearch words are not permanently saved by the plugin; the external service\nmay keep technical request logs as described in its privacy policy.<\/p>\n\n
Terms: https:\/\/bible-desktop.com\/pages\/api-terms\nPrivacy: https:\/\/bible-desktop.com\/pages\/api-privacy<\/p>\n\n
Monomakh Unicode: Copyright 2025 The Monomakh Project Authors.\nSIL Open Font License 1.1, included in assets\/fonts\/OFL-Monomakh.txt.\nSource: https:\/\/github.com\/slavonic\/Monomakh<\/p>\n\n
Plugin source and reproducible packaging\/translation scripts:\nhttps:\/\/github.com\/VAtapin\/georg-kloster-bible-reader<\/p>\n\n\n
For a passage:\n[georg_kloster_passage translation=\"L1_RST\" book=\"john\" chapter=\"3\" from=\"16\" to=\"21\"]<\/p>\n\n
For a reference that opens an inline reader:\n[georg_kloster_bible_link book=\"john\" chapter=\"3\" verse=\"16\"]John 3:16[\/georg_kloster_bible_link]<\/p>\n\n
Book slugs must come from the chosen translation's API catalog; the example\ntranslation must be enabled by the administrator. Passages cover one chapter.<\/p>\n\n
For the existing local module reader:\n[bible_desktop source=\"local\"]<\/p>\n\n
When migrating from the Bible Desktop Reader prototype, deactivate the old\nplugin before activating this one. The wp_bd_* tables and imported contents\nare retained. Existing [bible_desktop] embeds use the API after setup; add\nsource=\"local\" to keep the imported-module mode.<\/p>\n\n\n
No. This plugin uses the public reading API.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Successful API responses are stored in a plugin-owned database cache.\nMap images are validated raster images stored in WordPress uploads. Chapters\nare reused for one year; study responses and dictionary articles for 90 days;\ncatalogs are checked daily. Available content revisions invalidate outdated\nchapters or dictionary articles on demand. When revisions are absent, timed\nrefresh and manual Bible refresh remain available. Source version values\ndo not guarantee detection of every editorial correction.<\/p>\n\n
Cached data is retained during transient service failures. Explicit 403\/404\/409\nsource responses block the resource instead of reviving withdrawn or corrupt\ncontent. Manual refresh replaces working chapters only after successful\nrequests. Empty verse-location and dictionary-list lookups are kept for one day;\nempty chapters and catalogs are not stored. Visitor search responses are not\npersisted. A small one-minute cache in each browser tab reduces repeated\nWordPress requests while reading.<\/p>\n\n
\"Refresh cached content on next use\" also refreshes study materials and maps\nwithout deleting their last working copy or downloading whole editions.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Connect the API, select translations, and start the background download. Public\nAPI availability alone does not establish redistribution rights. The plugin\ndoes not ship Bible corpora in its ZIP.<\/p>\n\n
WordPress cron fetches at most two chapters per run. Progress totals increase\nas each translation's book list is discovered. Configure a reliable cron\nrunner for unattended completion. This is a server cache, not an offline\nbrowser application: the WordPress site must still be reachable.<\/p><\/dd>\n
No. Translation comparison follows stored canonical verse IDs and module\nlocations. The plugin does not guess Psalm-number shifts. Cross references\nshow available verse text from the selected edition's stored verse location;\nunavailable text is omitted rather than replaced with a technical notice.\nTSK references appear only for Russian editions, with at most 12 references\ndisplayed for a selected verse. Unverified references have no automatic jump.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Bookmarks, notes, highlights, saved passages, memory cards, reader preferences,\nand the last position are stored in this browser's localStorage. Reading-history\nstorage requires its own checkbox. Personal data is not synchronized with\nWordPress accounts or Bible Desktop. The reader offers manual JSON export.\nBrowser storage limits apply; clearing browser data also removes these records.<\/p><\/dd>\n
The reader appends nearby chapters as the visitor reads, keeping at most 30\nchapter bodies in the page. Passages can span at most 20 chapters. Source\nheadings, notes, added words, and Strong numbers are shown only when supplied\nby the selected edition's annotation data. Invalid annotations fall back to\nplain text. Audio is unavailable until the content service supplies it.<\/p><\/dd>\n
No. Scripts\/styles are included, the Gutenberg editor uses WordPress libraries,\nand Monomakh Unicode is bundled under SIL OFL 1.1. Maps are requested by the\nWordPress server and served locally. No external credit link is shown unless\nthe administrator enables it.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Background jobs stop on deactivation. Settings, downloaded images, cached\nresponses, and imported modules are retained. This release has no automatic\ndestructive uninstall routine.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n