laurencebahiirwa

James Nylen

<p>Automatically add a download link to the latest Github repo release zips with<br />
a shortcode [latest_github_release user=”github” repo=”hub”]</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>Add the shortcode <code>[latest_github_release user="github" repo="hub"]</code> to desired post/page/widget and save to have the code working.</p>
<h3>options</h3>
<p>One can add some customization to the shortcode such as</p>
<ul>
<li>Name of the button = <code>[latest_github_release name="Desired Name"]</code></li>
</ul>
<h3>Use latest_github_release_link filter Hook</h3>
<pre><code>`
</code></pre>
<p>add_filter( ‘latest_github_release_link’, ‘gmlatest_github_release_link’, 10, 3 );</p>
<p>function gmlatest_github_release_link( $html, $atts, $zip_url ) {</p>
<pre><code>// 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;
</code></pre>
<p>}<br />
    `</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong><br />
1. Name attribute defaults to the word “Download”<br />
1. Name is usedin combination with the other attribbutes user & repo.</p>
<h3>Contribute/Issues/Feedback</h3>
<p>If you have any feedback, just write an issue. Or fork the code and submit a PR <a href="https://github.com/bahiirwa/Latest-Github-Release" rel="nofollow ugc">on Github</a>.</p>


Latest Github Release

Automatically add a download link to the latest Github repo release zips with a shortcode [latest_github_release user="github" repo="hub"]

<p>A new post (or a custom post type is that option is selected) will be created every time a release is made on GitHub. You can display the release post with your other posts or use the shortcode to generate changelogs or links to the latest release.</p>


Release listener for GitHub

Listens to a GitHub webhook and creates a new post every time a release is made.

Latest Github Release vs Release listener for GitHub