Title: oEmbed Gists and Files
Author: Andy Fragen
Published: <strong>August 5, 2022</strong>
Last modified: November 1, 2024

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# oEmbed Gists and Files

 By [Andy Fragen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/afragen/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/oembed-gist-files.1.0.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/oembed-gist-files/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/oembed-gist-files/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/oembed-gist-files/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/oembed-gist-files/)

## Description

Use an Embed block and enter the URL for the Gist or the URL for a specific file
within the Gist. If using the Classic Editor, place the URL on a line by itself.
Not as a link.

Support for `wp_oembed_get()`.

No shortcodes.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13aacd661502d5e07f86fb86e841f3e16a59aa7c324671791bc8888198f9c2a0?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Does what it needs to!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-what-it-needs-to-22/)󠁿

 [Brennan Goewert](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bgoewert/) May 14, 2025

Have not used the file embed, but I’m sure it works just as well. Compatibility 
version is old, but no issues.

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/oembed-gist-files/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“oEmbed Gists and Files” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Andy Fragen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/afragen/)
 *   [ Colin Stewart ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/costdev/)

“oEmbed Gists and Files” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/oembed-gist-files/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “oEmbed Gists and Files” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/oembed-gist-files)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oembed-gist-files/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/oembed-gist-files/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/oembed-gist-files/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/oembed-gist-files/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.2 / 2024-07-11

 * update tested to
 * update GitHub Actions
 * update WPCS

#### 1.0.1 / 2023-05-11

 * hotfix for `$url` fragment being empty

#### 1.0.0 / 2023-05-03

 * update to capture file name of Gist, fixes edge cases for file names without 
   extensions

#### 0.8.0 / 2023-02-25

 * convert from array operations to string operations for performance
 * add support for `wp_oembed_get()`

#### 0.7.1 / 2022-08-05

 * dot org release

#### 0.7.0 /2022-08-04

 * initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.2**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.7.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.1 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/oembed-gist-files/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/oembed-gist-files/),
   and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/oembed-gist-files/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/oembed-gist-files)
 * Tags
 * [embed](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/embed/)[Gist](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gist/)
   [oembed](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/oembed/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/oembed-gist-files/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/oembed-gist-files/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/oembed-gist-files/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/oembed-gist-files/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/oembed-gist-files/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/oembed-gist-files/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/oembed-gist-files/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/oembed-gist-files/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Andy Fragen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/afragen/)
 *   [ Colin Stewart ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/costdev/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/oembed-gist-files/)