The Chess Game Viewer Control Panel is the easiest way to add a customizable chess board to your blog.
As of April 2026, Chess Game Viewer is a WordPress pgn plugin with 30 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 7.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: RPB Chessboard.
Chess Game Viewer is a premium Chess WordPress plugin that allows you to easily add interactive chess games to your blog posts and pages. The board is fully customizable with the ability to change the style, size, and color of the board and pieces. Simply paste your game into the post panel using the “Chess Game” quicktag. If you would like to customize the appearance of your board you can adjust the settings from your WordPress admin under the “settings/chessboard” tab. This screen gives you the ability to adjust your chessboard’s size, style, color, and more. If you like this plugin, please take a look at other plugins by Adrian Hanft at adrian3.com including the free chess puzzle widget.
This plugin is powered by jsPgnViewer which was created by Toomas Roo…
| WordPress | 2.6+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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