Title: Classroom Library
Author: mdburnette
Published: <strong>August 19, 2022</strong>
Last modified: January 5, 2026

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# Classroom Library

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

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## Description

Classroom library plugin to catalog books and create a check in/out system for students.

Quick entry of publications: Using the built-in barcode lookup, you can use a scanner
or enter a barcode to pull book details from OpenLibrary.org automatically – no 
API keys needed!

Visual directory: Use a shortcode to place your library listing on any page you’d
like!

## Screenshots

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 * Publication barcode scanning
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 * Single publication template
 * [[
 * Bookshelf visually listing all publications

## Installation

 1. Upload the classroom-library plugin to your site and activate it!
 2. Add new publications manually or by looking them up using the built-in barcode 
    search (uses OpenLibrary.org).
 3. Add the [bookshelf] shortode to any page you’d like the library to appear.
 4.  * Add “search” attribute (“yes”/”no”) to show/hide search bar. Default: “yes”
     * Add “cols” attribute to determine number of columns, or books per shelf row.
       Default: 6
 5. Check available copies out and check borrowed books back in from individual publication
    pages.

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## Contributors & Developers

“Classroom Library” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

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

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### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 0.1.4 (March 28, 2024)

 * Fix: enable bookshelf search to work when using plain permalinks (ex: ?page=123)
 * Misc: added documentation for bookshelf shortcode attributes

#### 0.1.3 (March 28, 2024)

 * Fix: clean up errors when trying to save without IDs or field names
 * Fix: implementation/override of single publication template

#### 0.1.2 (???)

 * I’m sure I fixed something?

#### 0.1.1 (August 19, 2022)

 * Fix: better sanitization
 * Tweak: link to local image for missing cover
 * Misc: better documentation and imagery for .org listing

#### 0.1.0 (August 17, 2022)

 * Initial plugin release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.4**
 *  Last updated **3 months ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classroom-library/)
 * Tags
 * [books](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/books/)[classroom](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/classroom/)
   [education](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/education/)[library](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/library/)
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## Contributors

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

## Support

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