Description
Gistr allows you to easily embed Gists from GitHub in your WordPress site. Simply enter the Gist ID in the Gistr Post Block and viola! Gistr was developed especially for the Block (Gutenberg) Editor experience in WordPress 5.0+ and will not work if you have disabled it.
Gistr allows you to easily:
*Embed Gist by pasting the Gist ID into the options box (that’s it!)
*Hide/show line numbers
*Highlight rows
*Show all or select line numbers
*Hide Gist footer
*Cache Gists
Gistr is a WordPress Plugin implementation of Gist Embed by Blair Vanderhoof.
Screenshots
Example of an embedded Gist 
Gistr Block in the block editor. Once selected the input area and options will appear 
View of the Gistr Block when selected. You will paste the Gist ID in the input box as shown. 
Available options when configuring Gistr
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/gistdirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress
- In the post or page editor, add a new block. You will find Gistr in the ‘Embed’ block section
- Paste the Gist ID into the input area of the block.
- You can configure the Gist settings in the options area on the right hand side.
FAQ
- Where do I find the Gist ID?
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The Gist ID is the numbers and letters after the username in the Gist URL. For example, if this is the Gist URL: https://gist.github.com/myusername/774c98e6e6f139091aedf6c18109c335
Then the Gist ID is all the characters after the/myusername/
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Gistr” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.0
- First stable release