Gist

Jose Sotelo

Simple solution for users of Gist and Elementor that do not wish to modify the functions.php file of their theme. This plugin will allow you to send form submissions made via Elementor’s Pro form widget to your Gist workspace.

Gist for Elementor

Simple plugin that integrates Elementor Pro form widget with Gist via API.

jamqes

Lightweight widget shortcodes to display GitHub buttons and gists on your blog. Includes shortcode for embedding GitHub hosted gists and buttons for:
<ul>
<li>Follow</li>
<li>Watch</li>
<li>Star</li>
<li>Fork</li>
<li>Download</li>
<li>Issue</li>
</ul>
The plugin implements <a href="https://github.com/ntkme/github-buttons" rel="nofollow ugc">ntkme’s ‘github-buttons’</a> and GitHub’s gist display as shortcodes.
<h3>Usage</h3>
GitHub Follow Button: 
Add the <code>[Github_User_Button user='JBarnden' size='large' show_count='true']</code> shortcode in your content and replace <code>JBarnden</code> with the desired GitHub username.
GitHub Repo Buttons: 
Add the <code>[Github_Repo_Button user='JBarnden' repo='wp-github-widgets' size='large' show_count='true']</code> shortcode in your content, replacing <code>JBarnden</code> with the desired GitHub username and <code>MyRepo</code> with the desired repo belonging to the specified user. 
You can set the<code>type</code> attribtute to <code>watch</code>, <code>star</code>, <code>fork</code>, <code>issue</code> or <code>download</code>.
Display Gist: 
Add the <code>[Gist]gist_id[/Gist]</code> where <code>gist_id</code> is replaced with the id of the desired Gist.
More detailed documentation can be found <a href="https://github.com/JBarnden/wp-github-widgets#usage" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>. If you find the plugin useful or have any feedback I’d really appreciate your review.
<h3>Feature Requests and Contributions</h3>
Please submit feature requests and contributions via the issues section of <a href="https://github.com/JBarnden/wp-github-widgets/" rel="nofollow ugc">the plugin’s GitHub Repository</a>. 
If you feel like improving the plugin, pull requests are both welcome and appreciated.

Widget Shortcodes for Github

Lightweight widget shortcodes to display GitHub buttons and gists on your blog.

Gist for Elementor vs Widget Shortcodes for Github