Displays the latest commits of a github repo in the sidebar.
As of April 2026, WP Github Commits is a WordPress Github plugin with 10 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Github Embed.
Displays the latest commits of a github repo in the sidebar.
The Plugin provides a sidebar widget which can be configured to display commits from a github repo in the sidebar. You can have multiple widgets with different repo configured for each one of them.
In addition to using the widget, you can also use the following template function to display the commits of a github repo, anywhere in the theme
get_github_commits($user, $repo, $count);
The following options can be passed in the $options array
$user (string) – Github user name.$repo (string) – Github repo name.$count (int) – default 5 – Number of recent commits to showYou can also specify the repo for each post or page as a custom field. You can add…
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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