RPB Chessboard
This plugin allows you to typeset and display chess diagrams and PGN-encoded chess games.
4.8(20 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, RPB Chessboard is a WordPress fen plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 20 reviews. It has been downloaded 100K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.9+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: ChessOnline.
4.8/520 reviews
1.0K+active installs
100K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
RPB Chessboard allows you to typeset and display chess games and diagrams in the posts and pages of your WordPress blog, using the standard FEN and PGN notations.
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Features
- Customizable aspect for the chessboards (orientation, size, etc…).
- Support comments and sub-variations in PGN-encoded games.
- Support HTML formatting in PGN comments.
- Support several chess variants:
- Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random Chess).
- Antichess.
- Horde chess.
- Colored square and arrow markers.
- Integration with the Gutenberg post/page editor.
- Multi-language support.
If you encounter some bugs with this plugin, or if you wish to get new features in the future versions, you can report/propose them in the…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.820 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Simply the best plugin for a chess related website!
by Peter Schneider·1 year ago
RPB Chessboard is really a great plugin for any chess related website. I am the Webmaster for my local chess club, and we have just recently redesigned and relaunched our club’s website with WordPress. I use this plugin a lot in my postings and pages, e.g. to show games from our team matches and tournaments, and it looks really good, is very user-friendly and navigable.
Also, the developer is very responsive to comments and bug reports. I found a display problem with certain glyphs in a PGN file, and he fixed this problem within one day and made a new release. Great!
Really a useful plugin for a chess website!
by andycucca·2 years ago
Really a useful plugin for a chess website!
Thank you!
by cddigital2022·3 years ago
I am rating all plugins that has kept my website running smoothly while using the free versions and RPB Chessboard is one of them. I am a beginner and I don’t know all the capabilities of this plugin yet but it has been a month since I am using it and it has been great. Thank you very much.
Awesome plugin
by adalbertojoco·5 years ago
Very useful plugin for pages displaying chess games or board positions.
Excellent
by rewbenio·5 years ago
This plugin has some great features for a chess-blogger. It works well on my WP blog, and it is easy to understand.
Download Trends
Today: 8Yesterday: 12This week: 72Period total: 9K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.9+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
Version Adoption
v8.1
53.1%
v8.0
33.0%
Other
13.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
8.1.0 (January 25, 2026)
- Add sound effects to navigation board.
Contributors
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