GitHub Changelog

Github Changelog is a WordPress plugin that lets you display a changelog for a GitHub repo on your WordPress site. It also lets you display a download link for the .zip of the latest release.

The changelog displayed is actually all the release notes for all releases of a single GitHub repo. You can display this changelog anywhere on your WordPress site with a simple shortcode.

Likewise, you can display the download link of the latest release with a shortcode.

Download and Install

1. Download the plugin, GitHub Changelog version 1.1.1
2. Upload the .zip file through “Plugins –> Add New –> Upload” in your WordPress dashboard.
3. Use one of the following shortcodes to display a GitHub changelog or to display a download link for the latest release of a GitHub repo.

Display a GitHub Changelog

What is displayed as a “changelog” is actually all of the release notes for a GitHub repo.

To display a changelog, use this shortcode:

[[github_changelog username="yourname" repo="Name-Of-Your-Repo"]]

Replace yourname with your GitHub username. Replace Name-Of-Your-Repo with the name of your GitHub repo.

For private repos, you must add a token parameter:

[[github_changelog username="yourname" repo="Name-Of-Your-Repo" token="yourToken"]]

Replace yourToken with your own token.

Display a Download Link For The Latest Release of a GitHub Repo

To display a download link for the latest release (.zip), use this shortcode:

[github_latest_release_zip username="yourname" repo="Name-Of-Your-Repo"]

Replace yourname with your GitHub username. Replace Name-Of-Your-Repo with the name of your GitHub repo.

By default, the link will have the anchor text:

Download {Name-Of-Your-Repo} {version}

For example:

Download My-cool-repo 2.0

You can customize the label by adding the “label” parameter to the shortcode:

[github_latest_release_zip username="yourname" repo="Name-Of-Your-Repo" label="Free Download"]

Replace Free Download with your custom text. Here, you can use 2 special tags:

1. Use {name} to show the repo’s name.
2. Use {version} to show the latest version.

For example, if you want the label to say “Download version 2.0”, add the label parameter like this:

label="Download version {version}"