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Hosted Content Importer (HCI)

Embeds a remotely hosted content. Contributors can edit a tiny piece of your blog text externally, without having ANY access to your website.

By Bimal Poudel·Gist·Free
5(2 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 5 years ago
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As of April 2026, Hosted Content Importer (HCI) is a WordPress Gist plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Gist All-In-One Marketing – Live Chat….

5/52 reviews
20active installs
2.9K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

It imports third party hosted contents within WordPress blog. You can define from which url/resource to fetch the content. The original source may be editable by anyone else whom you trust. Thus, it logically empowers you to allow other users to externally edit a particular section of your blogs. And, you do not have to give them any access credentials of your website.

After installation, use shortcode tag [third] with few parameters as:

[third source="markdown" id="https://goo.gl/UpclKH" section=""]
  • source is a content processor type.
  • id is a URL or ID given by the third parties.
  • section is an optional parameter to access deeper content.
  • cache is a boolean directive whether to reuse the cached content.

It will then embed remote markdown content inside your blog.
Additionally, it will…

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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress4.0.0+ requiredTested up to 5.5.18
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Please view the original development at: https://goo.gl/89KgSC for details and further plans.

3.0.2

  • Parsedown upgraded.
  • Typos corrections.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Bimal PoudelBimal Poudel
Plugin Info
Version
3.0.3
Last Updated
Dec 5, 2020
WP Requires
4.0.0+
Tested Up To
5.5.18
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
2.9K+
Added
Apr 17, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

gistembedcachedcontentexternal

Developer

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Bimal Poudel
13 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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