Title: The Total Book Project
Author: Ryan
Published: <strong>September 27, 2025</strong>
Last modified: January 9, 2026

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# The Total Book Project

 By [Ryan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanmoyer/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/the-total-book-project.1.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/the-total-book-project/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/the-total-book-project/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/the-total-book-project/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/the-total-book-project/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-total-book-project/)

## Description

Total Book transforms WordPress into a digital library platform. Features include:

**Core Features:**
 – Complete book management with chapters, front/back matter –
React-based e-reader with pagination, themes, and navigation – Multiple display 
templates (reader, blog, plain)

**E-Reader Features:**
 – Dark/light theme switching – Adjustable font sizes – Table
of contents navigation – Progress tracking

**Integration:**
 – Book Display block for displaying individual books – Book Shelf
block for displaying collections of books – WordPress admin interface

**GitHub Repository:** [https://github.com/moyerdestroyer/Total-Book](https://github.com/moyerdestroyer/Total-Book)

## Screenshots

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## Blocks

This plugin provides 2 blocks.

 *   Book Shelf Display a shelf of books on your page.
 *   Book Display Display a book on your page.

## Installation

 1. Upload `the-total-book-project` to `/wp-content/plugins/`
 2. Activate via plugin through the **Plugins** screen (**Plugins > Installed Plugins**).

## FAQ

### How can I display a single book?

Use the **Book Display** block. Add it to any post or page through the block inserter,
then select the book you want to display. The block allows you to customize which
elements to show (metadata, table of contents, description) and configure the display
settings.

### How can I display a book shelf?

Use the **Book Shelf** block. Add it to any post or page through the block inserter.
The block allows you to filter books by category, set the number of books to display,
configure sorting options, and customize the grid layout with adjustable columns.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“The Total Book Project” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Ryan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanmoyer/)

[Translate “The Total Book Project” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/the-total-book-project)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-total-book-project/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/the-total-book-project/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/the-total-book-project/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/the-total-book-project/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2

 * Added Book Display block for e-reader compatibility with block theme templates
 * Added Book Shelf block for displaying collections of books
 * Minor bug fixes and improvements

#### 1.1

 * Security fix: Corrected permissions for AJAX endpoints.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release
 * Complete book management system
 * React-based e-reader
 * Multiple display templates
 * Chapter organization
 * REST API
 * Mobile-responsive design
 * Dark/light themes
 * Font size controls
 * Table of contents
 * Progress tracking

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **4 months ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-total-book-project/)
 * Tags
 * [books](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/books/)[library](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/library/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/the-total-book-project/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Ryan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanmoyer/)

## Support

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