Goodreads Review Shield for Authors

Goodreads for Authors to protect their mental health that hides ratings and low reviews.

As of May 2026, Goodreads Review Shield for Authors has 545 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 5 reviews in the Social & Communication category.

Usersup 6.4 percent+6.4%
545
545
Ratingno change0%
5.00
5 reviews
Reviewsup 25.0 percent+25.0%
5
Version
1.0.1
Manifest V3

History

3 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

547.96526.5505.04Apr 1, 2026May 30, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 1, 20265125.0041.0.1
May 1, 20265085.0041.0.1
May 30, 20265255.0041.0.1
Now5455.0051.0.1

Permissions & access

Permissions
storage
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

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About

This plugin was made for authors who would like to use Goodreads but not at the cost of their mental health. 

When enabled in the NEW Goodreads theme (as shown in screenshots 1-3) it automatically sorts your reviews to 5* and most recent.

If you're still on the OLD theme, you can try opening an incognito window and paste the link to your book. There's a high chance it will be the new theme (might take a few tries), just make sure to enable the extension to work with private browsers first AND once you get the new theme you have to reload the page once for the sorting to adjust.

In the new theme it immediately hides: 

1. Star ratings on all pages, including individual book pages and author profile.
2. Number ratings on book pages and author profile.
3. Ratings graph below Community Reviews on book pages. 
4. Social ratings on the book pages. 
5. All reviews that are not set as 5* on book pages.
6. Average number rating on the Author Dashboard.

It does NOT hide: 

1. Currently Reading and Want to Read numbers. You can still see them above the About the Author portion, or on your Author Dashboard. 
2. If you or your mutual friends rated and/or reviewed a book. 
3. You can still see all ratings information if you click on Book statistics without turning off the plugin. 

When enabled in the OLD Goodreads theme (as shown in screenshots 4-5) it:

1. Automatically hides ALL ratings and reviews except ones you write as there is no way to auto-sort or hide only the lower ratings (sorry!). 

2. Also hides sort controls to avoid seeing the numbers of low star reviews. 

You can still see your currently reading and want to read numbers if you click on Author Dashboard under Your Books (all star and # ratings are hidden so there's no risk).

Technical

Version
1.0.1
Manifest
V3
Size
38.88KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

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Developer ID
u508fb4498c4155e8b6db9d3f1c9ccb60
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Sep 13, 2022
Last Updated (Store)
Oct 6, 2022
Last Scraped
May 30, 2026
Website
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