Best github plugins for WordPress
The most popular github plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Github Embed leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of WP Plugin Info Card (400+) and Pastacode (400+). All 99 plugins tagged “Github” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 github plugins
- 1.Github Embed
The most installed github plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 14 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.WP Plugin Info Card
400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Pastacode400+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Embed Block for GitHub400+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.Documents from Git
200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 6.Gist GitHub Shortcode
200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 7.Git it Write
100+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 7 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.Embed Repo for GitHub
100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
- 9.Embed GitHub Gist
100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 10.Canvas-Nest.js
80+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
All 99 plugins tagged “Github”
Github Embed
Down in the last 7 days:8#6,928by Lee Willis2 months ago
Plugin that allows you to embed details from GitHub just by pasting in the URL as you would any other embed source. Currently supports:
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(14)
- Downloads
- 21/day
WP Plugin Info Card
Down in the last 7 days:116#9,300by Brice Capobianco7 days ago
Add beautiful, customizable cards to showcase plugins, themes, and projects from WordPress.org, GitHub repos, EDD, and third-party plugins.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 59/day

Pastacode
Down in the last 7 days:29#9,594by Willy Bahuaud8 months ago
Use Pastacode to add code into your posts with the awesome PrismJs coloration library. So, past'a code!
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(14)
- Downloads
- 8/day

Embed Block for GitHub
Up in the last 7 days:5#9,670by Jb Audras2 months ago
Easily embed GitHub repositories in Gutenberg Editor.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Documents from Git
Down in the last 7 days:27#12,243by nilsnolde5 years ago
A plugin to inject and render files in a WordPress post or page directly from most popular Git platforms. Currently supported file types: Markdown, J …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Gist GitHub Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:3#12,678by Claudio Sanches6 years ago
Adds Github Gists in your posts via shortcode
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Git it Write
Up in the last 7 days:34#13,569by vaakash1 month ago
Publish markdown files present in a GitHub repository as posts to WordPress automatically
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 8/day
Embed Repo for GitHub
Up in the last 7 days:33#13,934by bPlugins3 days ago
Embed GitHub repositories in WordPress posts and pages with a Gutenberg block – customizable layouts, masonry grid, and pagination.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Embed GitHub Gist
Down in the last 7 days:45#14,353by dflydev14 years ago
Embed GitHub Gists into WordPress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Canvas-Nest.js
Up in the last 7 days:165#18,059by wzwahl3610 years ago
[正版]A wordpress plugin for canvas-nest.js | 一个很炫酷网页背景效果(canvas-nest.js)的wordpress插件。
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

GitHub Release Downloads
Up in the last 7 days:34#19,588by IvanRF6 years ago
Get the download count, links and more information for releases of GitHub repositories.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Markdown Renderer for GitHub
Up in the last 7 days:337#20,341by wakalab1 month ago
Render GitHub Flavored Markdown in WordPress: Shiki code highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, and Chart.js charts. For documentation and dev blogs.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Pusher Slack Notifications
#22,605by petersuhm10 years ago
Get a notification in Slack every time something is deployed from Git with WP Pusher.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Github Gist
Down in the last 7 days:252#23,530by 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

Mytory Markdown
Down in the last 7 days:150#24,449by An, Hyeong-woo4 years ago
The plugin get markdown file URL like github raw content url. It convert markdown file to html, and put it to post content.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Github Ribbon
Down in the last 7 days:489#26,275by Sudar Muthu5 years ago
Adds "Fork me on Github" ribbons to your WordPress posts
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Writing On GitHub
#29,933by litefeel6 years ago
A WordPress plugin to allow you writing on GitHub (or Jekyll site).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Github README
Down in the last 7 days:174#30,677by Jason Stallings10 years ago
Easily embed GitHub READMEs in pages/posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Deploy Trigger for GitHub
Down in the last 7 days:364#32,931by Facundo1 year ago
Trigger GitHub Actions workflows from WordPress when content changes. Perfect for headless WordPress setups.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Git-Embed
Up in the last 7 days:606#33,991by Guilherme Baptista13 years ago
Embed GitHub, Gist or Bitbucket files.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Blocks for GitHub
#34,524by Devin Walker1 year ago
Easily display your GitHub profile, organization, repositories, and more within the WordPress Block Editor aka "Gutenberg".
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Social Medias Connect
Down in the last 7 days:844#34,569by qiqiboy12 years ago
提供wordpress与其它社交媒体(Social Media)网站的账号绑定、连接登陆及文章同步、评论同步转发功能。
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.8(4)
- Downloads
- 3/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
GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments
Up in the last 7 days:11,790#36,172by Evan Solomon13 years ago
WordPress plugin to let commenters use (GitHub-flavored) Markdown, and turn it into HTML.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

GitHub Repository Shortcode
#37,555by f13dev8 years ago
Add a snapshot of your GitHub repository to any page or post on your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GitHub Code Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:5,701#37,711github18 years ago
GitHub Code Viewer automatically pulls a file from and displays it in a blog post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Fancy Github Activity
Up in the last 7 days:3,933#38,318by stopspazzing8 years ago
Displays Github activity in a fancy way via shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DX GitHub Badge
#38,588by Stanko Metodiev10 years ago
Display simple GitHub profile badge. Works with widget or placing a shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Repo Showcase
Up in the last 7 days:3,791#39,298by Abdul Samad2 years ago
Display GitHub repositories on Website using Repo Showcase's shortcodes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Gist Embed
Up in the last 7 days:5,081#40,520by 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
WP Github Commits
#40,650by Sudar Muthu5 years ago
Displays the latest commits of a github repo in the sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

GitHub Mini Profile Widget
Down in the last 7 days:2,613#42,386by f13dev8 years ago
Add a snapshot of your GitHub profile to your website with with this widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PCSH (PastaCode and SyntaxHighlighter)
Up in the last 7 days:3,265#42,938by Oleg Soromin11 years ago
Use PCSH to add code into your posts with the awesome SyntaxHighlighter plugin. So, past'a code!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Simple Gist Embed
#43,294by 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

Sync Footer Widget
Up in the last 7 days:860#43,536by natthasath1 year ago
This plugin allows you to sync and display footer content from a GitHub Page URL in a widget area on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gist for Robots WordPress Plugin
#43,586by Pedro Elsner13 years ago
Makes embedding Github.com gists SEO friendly and super awesomely easy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
GitHub & BitBucket Project Lister
Down in the last 7 days:8,049#44,428by Kenny13 years ago
This is a Wordpress plugin that will list your open source projects from github or bitbucket in-page or via sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Your GitHub Activities
Down in the last 7 days:5,653#45,331by kyokutyo13 years ago
http://syga.kjirou.net/
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP GitHub Tools
Down in the last 7 days:3,915#45,430by vilmosioo10 years ago
A plugin that inserts dynamic updates for any GitHub repository.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GitHub Gists Sidebar Widget
#45,999by Andrew Norcross11 years ago
A sidebar widget to display your public gists from GitHub.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GetGit
#46,593by claycarpenter13 years ago
Embeds syntax-highlighted GitHub repo content into your blog posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

My Github
#46,751by Ratul Hasan2 years ago
A simple and nice WordPress plugin that can track your github's profile.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Reposidget (GitHub 仓库挂件)
Down in the last 7 days:8,633#47,153by Leo Deng5 years ago
Insert GitHub repository widget into you posts/pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Harrix MarkdownFile
Down in the last 7 days:6,209#47,464by Harrix11 years ago
Display Markdown files with syntax highlighting in Wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Front Page to Category
Down in the last 7 days:4,817#47,632by Broadstreet13 years ago
Make front page links go to the post's category page instead. Useful for increasing page views.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
WP GitHub Sync Meta
Down in the last 7 days:6,075#47,960by lite39 years ago
A WordPress plugin to sync meta, tags and categories with a GitHub via wp-github-sync
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Widget Shortcodes for Github
Down in the last 7 days:12,578#48,102by jamqes7 years ago
Lightweight widget shortcodes to display GitHub buttons and gists on your blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stronger GitHub Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1,277#48,320by Potsky12 years ago
A plugin to display your Github informations.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Github Contributors
Down in the last 7 days:7,040#48,362by Pippin Williamson14 years ago
Provides a simple short code for displaying a list of contributors from any Github repository.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GitHub User Repo Widget
#48,498by Jared Atchison14 years ago
A simple widget that will show a list of repos for a specified GitHub user.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day