Andy Fragen

Colin Stewart

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 <code>wp_oembed_get()</code>.
No shortcodes.

oEmbed Gists and Files

Remi Corson

This plugin allows using shortcodes to insert <a href="http://gist.github.com" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Gists</a> in any content, use [gist id=”xxxxxx”]
<h4>Special Features</h4>
With this plugin you can easily embebed GitHub Gist in any type of content: page, post, or custom post type. All You have to is to insert a shortcode!
<a href="http://remicorson.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Developer Website</a> – <a href="http://remicorson.com/easy-github-gist-shortcodes/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Page</a>

Easy GitHub Gist Shortcodes

Requires at least 3.0 Tested up to 3.3.1 Stable tag: 1.0 This plugin allows using shortcodes to insert GitHub Gists in any content, use [gist id=&quo …

oEmbed Gists and Files vs Easy GitHub Gist Shortcodes