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Live from WordPress.org · Sep 26, 2026

Best Github Plugins for WordPress

77 plugins are tagged “github” on WordPress.org. We rank them by active installs and score every one on update freshness, compatibility, ratings and support — so you can pick a safe one in seconds. The most popular right now is Github Embed with 1K+ active installs.

Plugins in category77
#1 by installsGithub Embed
Top-30 installs3.8K+
Avg. health (this page)38/100

77 Github plugins

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Best Github Plugins for WordPress
Rank Plugin Active installs Rating Updated Health
1 Github Embed Github Embed Plugin that allows you to embed details from GitHub just by pasting in the URL as you would… by Lee Willis 1K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (14) 1 month ago 74
2 WP Plugin Info Card WP Plugin Info Card Add beautiful, customizable cards to showcase plugins, themes, and projects from… by Brice Capobianco 500+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (23) 3 days ago 87
3 Static Site Exporter Static Site Exporter Features by Ben Balter 400+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 (12) 2 weeks ago 64
4 Pastacode Pastacode Use Pastacode to add code into your posts with the awesome PrismJs coloration library. So… by Willy Bahuaud 400+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (14) 7 months ago 54
5 Embed Block for GitHub Embed Block for GitHub Easily embed GitHub repositories in Gutenberg Editor. by Jb Audras 400+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (5) 4 weeks ago 79
6 Documents from Git Documents from Git A plugin to inject and render files in a WordPress post or page directly from most popular… by nilsnolde 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 5 years ago 33
7 Gist GitHub Shortcode Gist GitHub Shortcode Adds Github Gists in your posts via shortcode by Claudio Sanches 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (6) 6 years ago 38
8 Embed Repo for GitHub – showcase your open source projects Embed Repo for GitHub – showcase your open source projects Embed GitHub repositories in WordPress posts and pages with a Gutenberg block –… by bPlugins 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 5 days ago 63
9 Git it Write – Write posts from GitHub Git it Write – Write posts from GitHub Publish markdown files present in a GitHub repository as posts to WordPress automatically by vaakash 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (7) 2 years ago 36
10 Embed GitHub Gist Embed GitHub Gist Embed GitHub Gists into WordPress. by dflydev 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4) 14 years ago 32
11 Canvas-Nest.js Canvas-Nest.js [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。 by wzwahl36 80+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (2) 11 years ago 29
12 GitHub Release Downloads GitHub Release Downloads Get the download count, links and more information for releases of GitHub repositories. by IvanRF 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (4) 6 years ago 31
13 WP Github Gist WP Github Gist Embed files and gist from Github in your blog posts or pages. by Sudar Muthu 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 1 (1) 5 years ago 19
14 WP Pusher Slack Notifications WP Pusher Slack Notifications Get a notification in Slack every time something is deployed from Git with WP Pusher. by petersuhm 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 10 years ago 31
15 Mytory Markdown Mytory Markdown The plugin get markdown file URL like github raw content url. It convert markdown file to… by An, Hyeong-woo 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (8) 4 years ago 36
16 Markdown Renderer for GitHub Markdown Renderer for GitHub Render GitHub Flavored Markdown in WordPress: Shiki code highlighting, Mermaid diagrams… by wakalab 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 1 week ago 67
17 Github Ribbon Github Ribbon Adds "Fork me on Github" ribbons to your WordPress posts by Sudar Muthu 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 5 years ago 31
18 Github README Github README Easily embed GitHub READMEs in pages/posts. by Jason Stallings 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4) 10 years ago 31
19 Writing On GitHub Writing On GitHub A WordPress plugin to allow you writing on GitHub (or Jekyll site). by litefeel 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3) 6 years ago 29
20 Deploy Trigger for GitHub Deploy Trigger for GitHub Trigger GitHub Actions workflows from WordPress when content changes. Perfect for headless… by Facundo 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 1 year ago 32
21 WP-Git-Embed WP-Git-Embed Embed GitHub, Gist or Bitbucket files. by Guilherme Baptista 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 13 years ago 23
22 Social Medias Connect Social Medias Connect 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。 by qiqiboy 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.8 (4) 12 years ago 23
23 WP Github Commits WP Github Commits Displays the latest commits of a github repo in the sidebar. by Sudar Muthu 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2) 5 years ago 29
24 Show Your GitHub Activities Show Your GitHub Activities http://syga.kjirou.net/ by kyokutyo 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 14 years ago 23
25 DX GitHub Badge DX GitHub Badge Display simple GitHub profile badge. Works with widget or placing a shortcode. by Stanko Metodiev 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 10 years ago 23
26 Fancy Github Activity Fancy Github Activity Displays Github activity in a fancy way via shortcode. by stopspazzing 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 9 years ago 30
27 Stronger GitHub Widget Stronger GitHub Widget A plugin to display your Github informations. by Potsky 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 12 years ago 23
28 GitHub & BitBucket Project Lister GitHub & BitBucket Project Lister This is a Wordpress plugin that will list your open source projects from github or… by Kenny 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 13 years ago 23
29 WP GitHub Sync Meta WP GitHub Sync Meta A WordPress plugin to sync meta, tags and categories with a GitHub via wp-github-sync by lite3 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 10 years ago 23
30 Front Page to Category Front Page to Category Make front page links go to the post's category page instead. Useful for increasing page… by Broadstreet 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 14 years ago 23

Top Github plugins, head to head

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How we rank

Popularity first, then a health check you can trust

Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

  • 25 Update freshness
  • 20 Works with the latest WordPress
  • 25 Rating, weighted by review count
  • 15 Support threads resolved
  • 15 Active installs

Popular plugins categories

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FAQ

Quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026

What is the most popular github plugin for WordPress?

Github Embed is the most popular github plugin with 1K+ active installs and a 3.9/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many github plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 77 plugins tagged “github” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which github plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, WP Plugin Info Card has the highest rating at 5/5 from 23 reviews.

Are these github plugins actively maintained?

5 of the top 30 github plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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