Embed github content in your wordpress site. Either in a post or a widget you can get a file list, repositories or a single file from github.
As of April 2026, embed-githubin is a WordPress embed plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7.0+ and PHP 5.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed….
This plugin creates a shortcode for embedding github files, repositories, readmes or folders.
The shortcode format is (most settings are optional):
[github_box url=”PUT_GITHUB_URL_HERE” border=”radius” style=”box” x=”300″ y=”300″ fgcolor=”#333″ bgcolor=”#fafafa” disable_images=”false”]
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The variables:
Here you can put either a github user url, a repository url, a readme url or a file url.
They are threated in different ways; user url will show its repositories;
repository url will show its main files, readme…
| WordPress | 2.7.0+ requiredTested up to 6.1.10 |
| PHP | 5.2+ required |
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