Automatically add a download link to the latest Github repo release zips with a shortcode…
| Author: | Laurence Bahiirwa, James Nylen (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 4.9 |
| WordPress version tested: | 6.0 |
| Plugin version: | 2.1.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 20-04-2019 |
| Last updated: | 21-06-2022 |
| Rating, %: | 0 |
| Rated by: | 0 |
| Plugin URI: | https://github.com/bahiirwa/latest-github-rel... |
| Total downloads: | 1 235 |
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Automatically add a download link to the latest Github repo release zips with
a shortcode [latest_github_release user=”github” repo=”hub”]
Usage
Add the shortcode [latest_github_release user="github" repo="hub"] to desired post/page/widget and save to have the code working.
options
One can add some customization to the shortcode such as
- Name of the button =
[latest_github_release name="Desired Name"]
Use latest_github_release_link filter Hook
`
add_filter( ‘latest_github_release_link’, ‘gmlatest_github_release_link’, 10, 3 );
function gmlatest_github_release_link( $html, $atts, $zip_url ) {
// Add another class to the <a>.
$atts['class'] .= ' another-class';
// Add <h2> around the tag.
$html = (
'<h2><a href="' . esc_attr( $zip_url ) . '"'
. ' class="' . esc_attr( $atts['class'] ) . '">'
. esc_html( $atts['name'] )
. '</a></h2>'
);
return $html;
}
`
Note:
1. Name attribute defaults to the word “Download”
1. Name is usedin combination with the other attribbutes user & repo.
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