As of April 2026, GedShow is a WordPress family plugin with 200 active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Genealogy.
4.6/58 reviews
200active installs
7.7K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
GedShow is a simple WordPress plugin that allows the uploading of a gedcom file to a WordPress website. Once the plugin is installed there is a new menu item in the Admin menu panel on the website entitled Gedshow. On clicking this menu option a file upload dialog page is displayed allowing you to browse your computer for your gedcom file and then upload it. Once the gedcom file has been uploaded some of the data is extracted from it and loaded into the WordPress database. The uploaded information can then be displayed on a page using a shortcode.
The first shortcode is [gedshow living=”yes”] or [gedshow living=”no”], as usual the shortcode should be typed in lowercase and surrounded by square brackets. This displays a list of all the surnames in the database with…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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Changelog
2.1.1
- Renamed the ‘allnames’ shortcode to gs_allnames
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