Goodreads widget just won't work!

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  kellynroth · Member · Feb 12, 2017 at 2:19 am

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  I’ve done everything I can think of, but I can’t get the Goodreads widget to work on the sidebar of my blog, https://reveriesreviews.wordpress.com/

  I think this may be because I’m a Goodreads author, but I carefully followed the instructions for Goodreads authors, and it still isn’t working! What can I do?

  Here’s the link to my Goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14874133.Kellyn_Roth
  I’ve been using the following code: 14874133

  What can I do?

  Thanks,
  Kellyn Roth

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  antonyagnel · Member · Feb 12, 2017 at 5:37 am

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  Did you make sure you followed the instructions over here?

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  kellynroth · Member · Feb 12, 2017 at 5:39 am

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  Yes, I did. I’ve read that several times, examined all the graphics, and tried to do it just like they said, but it still isn’t working.

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  antonyagnel · Member · Feb 12, 2017 at 5:40 am

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  Having a look at this thread, I guess it could be an issue on GoodReads’ end.

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 12, 2017 at 5:54 am

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  Note for Goodreads Authors: Your author ID may not match your user id. If you enter the id as retrieved above and it doesn’t display your bookshelf, you’ll need to fetch your ID from your public author page.

  @kellynroth I’ve tagged this for Staff since you’ve said you followed all the steps in the support document including using your public author ID #.

  @tony733t – be cautious about referencing very old forum threads as things change around here as well. :) Thanks for all your help.

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  antonyagnel · Member · Feb 12, 2017 at 5:58 am

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  @justjennifer Sure, I’ll try to be. :)

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  kellynroth · Member · Feb 12, 2017 at 6:51 pm

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  @justjennifer thank you.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Feb 13, 2017 at 3:48 pm

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  Hi there,

  Did you try the regular Goodreads ID first, or did you go right tot he Author ID?

  It looks like your shelves are associated with your user ID – I’m guessing you were a regular GoodReads user before you became an author?

  https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/52072956-kellyn-roth?shelf=currently-reading

  If you use the 52072956 code it should work.

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  kellynroth · Member · Feb 13, 2017 at 5:17 pm

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  No, I never thought to try that. That seems to be working! Thanks. :)

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  kokkieh · Staff · Feb 14, 2017 at 7:19 am

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  Excellent! Thanks for letting me know :)