Publish markdown files present in a GitHub repository as posts to WordPress automatically
As of April 2026, Git it Write is a WordPress posts plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes….
Git it Write allows to publish the markdown files present in a GitHub repository to your WordPress site. So with this plugin, whenever the files are added, updated in the repository the WordPress post will be added, updated accordingly.
This plugin is inspired from static site generators like Jekyll, Next.js, Gatsby.js on how content is written is markdown. This is a similar idea for WordPress where markdown files are parsed from GitHub and published as posts.
👓 Live example: Source github repository (/docs/ folder) to Posts published
⚡ Getting started: Get started with Git it write. Learn how to write .md files and publish posts on WordPress.
This allows people to collaborate with the post, share edits and suggestions in GitHub which when pulled the WordPress post will be updated automa…
| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | 5.3+ required |
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