Best gist plugins for WordPress
The most popular gist plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Gist All-In-One Marketing leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of Gist GitHub Shortcode (200+) and Embed GitHub Gist (100+). All 23 plugins tagged “Gist” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 gist plugins
- 1.
Gist All-In-One MarketingThe most installed gist plugin, with 500+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 2.
Gist GitHub Shortcode200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 3.
Embed GitHub Gist100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.
WP Github Gist30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 5.
oEmbed Gists and Files20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Hosted Content Importer (HCI)10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 7.
WP-Git-Embed10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 8.
GitHub Gist WordPress Plugin10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 9.
Gist for Robots WordPress Plugin10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 10.
Gist for Elementor10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
All 23 plugins tagged “Gist”
Gist All-In-One Marketing
Down in the last 7 days:31#9,003by Gist3 years ago
A free all-in-one marketing plugin that allows you to easily use popups, live chat, site tracking and email marketing on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Gist GitHub Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:29#12,665by Claudio Sanches6 years ago
Adds Github Gists in your posts via shortcode
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Embed GitHub Gist
Down in the last 7 days:7#14,323by dflydev14 years ago
Embed GitHub Gists into WordPress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Github Gist
Down in the last 7 days:169#23,678by Sudar Muthu5 years ago
Embed files and gist from Github in your blog posts or pages.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
oEmbed Gists and Files
Down in the last 7 days:352#25,431by Andy Fragen2 months ago
oEmbed Gist or files within Gists.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hosted Content Importer (HCI)
Down in the last 7 days:58#29,651by Bimal Poudel6 years ago
Embeds a remotely hosted content. Contributors can edit a tiny piece of your blog text externally, without having ANY access to your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Git-Embed
#33,994by Guilherme Baptista13 years ago
Embed GitHub, Gist or Bitbucket files.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GitHub Gist WordPress Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:12,720#35,322github-gist16 years ago
GitHub Gist Wordpress Plugin allows you to embed GitHub Gist snippets with a [gist] tag, instead of copying and pasting HTML.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gist for Robots WordPress Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:3,200#36,726by Pedro Elsner13 years ago
Makes embedding Github.com gists SEO friendly and super awesomely easy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gist for Elementor
#38,358by Gist5 years ago
Simple plugin that integrates Elementor Pro form widget with Gist via API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Gist Embed
#39,963by Bainternet15 years ago
This plugin lets you embed Github's Gists in your posts or pages, but the main deference is that this plugin also enables you to create Gists wit …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Gist Embed
Down in the last 7 days:1,715#40,525by James Robinson9 years ago
This plugin provides Gist embedding via shortcode as well as adding Gist embed buttons to the visual and text editors.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GitHub Gists Sidebar Widget
Down in the last 7 days:3,695#42,842by Andrew Norcross11 years ago
A sidebar widget to display your public gists from GitHub.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gist for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:1,430#47,624by Gist3 years ago
Connect your store to your Gist audience to track sales, create targeted emails, send abandoned cart emails, and more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Widget Shortcodes for Github
#48,330by jamqes7 years ago
Lightweight widget shortcodes to display GitHub buttons and gists on your blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Gistpen
Down in the last 7 days:3,670#48,450by James DiGioia6 years ago
A self-hosted alternative to putting your code snippets on Gist.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gist API Code insert
Up in the last 7 days:7,571#49,011by pinchoalex1 year ago
Inserts Github Gist code directly in to your posts via shortcode without using js embed script
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Contact Form 7 GIST Extension
Down in the last 7 days:911#57,537by patilvikasj7 years ago
Contact Form 7 GIST Extension allows you to automatically sync Contact Form 7 data to GIST contacts/users.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day