Recently we added a new feature that we’re very excited about and we hope you will be too! The new feature allows you to build a custom Bookshelf widget for your blog and share your ratings and reviews with your audience.

To create a custom widget, you just have to follow three simple steps:

Step 1: Select Your Widget

Since you can create multiple widgets, your first step is to name your widget. You can name it whatever you want, but it might help to name it something that relates to the purpose of the widget. I named my first one “My Favorite Manga” since I was planning to post it to my manga review site, Hobotaku.

Step 2: Customize Your Widget

This is where you get to set all kinds of preferences like the layout, image size, how many books to display, and what information you want to displayed about each book. Once you’re happy with your selections just hit the save button, and you’ll be ready for step 3.

Step 3: Copy & Paste Code To Your Blog

After you have clicked Save, then scroll down a bit and you should see the “Copy & paste code to your blog” section. Follow the instructions, and then go to your blog. Most blogs will give you the ability to add html to your blog, so all you have to do is copy & paste the code weRead generates for you into your blog and hit save. Your custom widget should show up on your blog and you should be all set!

Here’s what my widget looks like on my blog!

We would love to hear your feedback on our new widget! Let us know how this is helping you or how we can make it better by emailing us at help@weread.com.

Note: The new widget should work on most blogs, but unfortunately there is one exception. If you are running a blog on wordpress.com (i.e. you don’t host your wordpress blog on your own site) then the code won’t work. We are working on a solution, and will let you know as soon as the issue is resolved.