Do you review books on your blog? If you do so, you’ll need to add review boxes to your reviews to improve user experience and perform better on search engines.
Using proper schema for book reviews can increase the chances of your review ranking better on search engines.
In this guide, I’ll show how to add book reviews in WordPress in just a matter of clicks. You’ll learn how to add beautiful review boxes for your book reviews and customize them to improve your rankings on search engines.
Let’s get started.
How to Add Book Reviews in WordPress
There are many methods to add book reviews in WordPress. For this guide, I’ll be walking you through the simplest method which is by installing the Ultimate Blocks plugin.
Ultimate Blocks is a free Gutenberg blocks plugin for WordPress that comes with a powerful review block that lets you display review boxes on your blog. This block supports various schema including the Book schema which can help you rank better on Google.
Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to add book reviews in WordPress using Ultimate Blocks.
Step 1. Install Ultimate Blocks WordPress Plugin
In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New page. Here, search for ‘Ultimate Blocks’ and install the first plugin that comes up as shown in the image below.
Once installed, activate the plugin on your website.
Step 2. Insert Review Block
Now, go to the post/page where you want to insert the review box and click on the (+) icon to add a new block. Search for the ‘Review’’ block and insert it into your post.
Step 3. Insert Book Review Information into the Block
Once the block is added, you can begin adding information about your book to the block. You can add a title, author name, description, image, features, rating, and more.
Here’s an example of how the block could look like with all the information filled up.
Step 4. Set Book Schema
Now that you’ve added the information to the review block, it’s time to make sure this review box helps you perform better on the search engines.
To do this, select the review block and click on the Block tab in the right sidebar which opens the review block’s settings. Now, click on the Review schema tab which opens the schema settings for the block.
Set the ‘Item Type’ to Book from the options available in the dropdown. This tells search engines that you’re reviewing a book on this page and displays the schema on the SERPs accordingly.
After changing the Item Type to Book, you’ll be able to add the author’s name, book page, and the ISBN of the book. Moreover, you can also add a review image as well as a description.
Step 5. Customize The Review Block (Optional)
This last step is optional but can help you improve the appearance of the review block and match it to your website’s branding and aesthetics.
The Review block in Ultimate Blocks comes with a ton of customization options. For starters, you can change the rating format from a star to a percentage-based rating.
You can also enable or disable the CTA button or even add multiple CTA buttons. This can be very helpful to add your own affiliate links for the books.
The block also lets you enable Pros and Cons allowing you to give a more detailed review of the book inside the block.
Lastly, if you switch over to the Style tab of the block, you will be able to customize the colors, padding, and margins of the Review block.
Conclusion
So, that’s how to add book reviews in WordPress by using the Review block of the free Ultimate Blocks plugin.
Gone are the days of pasting a custom HTML code or using shortcodes to add reviews. Using the Review block in Ultimate Blocks is a very quick and easy method to display beautiful boxes for your book reviews.
If you have any questions about this tutorial or need help with using the Ultimate Blocks plugin, feel free to drop your questions in the comments below.
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