Widget Shortcodes for Github

Author: James Barnden

Description

Lightweight widget shortcodes to display GitHub buttons and gists on your blog. Includes shortcode for embedding GitHub hosted gists and buttons for:

• Follow
• Watch
• Star
• Fork
• Download
• Issue

The plugin implements ntkme's 'github-buttons' and GitHub's gist display as shortcodes.

Installation

• Upload the widget-shortcodes-gh directory to your plugins directory wp-content/plugins.
• Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

Usage

GitHub Follow Button

Add the [Github_User_Button user='JBarnden'] shortcode in your content and replace JBarnden with the desired GitHub username.

Optional Additional Parameters

• size: makes the button slightly bigger, can be set to large or small. Default value is small.
• show_count: show current number of followers, can be set to true or false. Default value is false.

Example

[Github_User_Button user='JBarnden' size='large' show_count='true']

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GitHub Repo Buttons

Add the [Github_Repo_Button user='JBarnden' repo='MyRepo'] shortcode in your content, replacing JBarnden with the desired GitHub username and MyRepo with the desired repo belonging to the specified user.

Optional Additional Parameters

• type: changes button behaviour/type, can be set to watch, star, fork, issue or download. Default value is star.
• size: makes the button slightly bigger, can be set to large or small. Default value is small.
• show_count: show current number of followers, can be set to true or false. Default value is false.
• icon: can be used to set the icon to standard GitHub icon, can be set to standard or type_default. Default value is type_default.

Example

[Github_Repo_Button user='JBarnden' repo='wp-github-widgets' size='large' show_count='true']

Display GitHub Gist

Add the [Gist]gist_id[/Gist] where gist_id is replaced with the id of the desired Gist.

Example

[Gist]cee89b8a3600c50b7e50fa4870403069[/Gist]

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Feature Requests and Contributions

Please submit feature requests and contributions via the issues section of the Repository. If you feel like improving the plugin, pull requests are both welcome and appreciated.