Plugin info

Total downloads: 86,983
Active installs: 4,000
Total reviews: 21
Average rating: 4.8
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 9/2/2025 (120 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 4/27/2010 (15 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 6.1
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.0

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Maintained • Last updated 120 days ago • 21 reviews

54/100

Is Include Me abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 120 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 6.1
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.0

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Description

Include Me helps to include in posts or pages external files usually to be shared
between different posts or pages or that contains PHP or other code that can be
compromised by the visual editor.

The use is immediate: the shortcode [includeme] is all that you need (see the documentation
on Include Me official page).

The best way to use it is to include functionalities
written in external PHP that will be rendered in post body or to include pieces of
javascript that will be hard to add with WordPress editor.

Inclusions can be rendered with IFRAME if needed to create boxes that display
external web pages.

This plugin is made of few line of code, ultralite!

Other plugins by Stefano Lissa:

Translation

You can contribute to translate this plugin in your language on WordPress Translate

Installation

Once installed you can start to use the [includeme] shortcode to include external file in your posts or pages.
See the official page for example and options.
The inclusion folder is initially set to WP_CONTENT_DIR/include-me. You can change it with a define('INCLUDE_ME_DIR', '...') in your wp-config.php.
If you want to enable the old behavior and be able to include from any location, use define('INCLUDE_ME_DIR', '*').

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Changelog

1.3.5

  • Added filter to the post custom field content if unfiltered HTML is not allowed
  • Not clear why the post content if filtered by WP while the custom field is not.

1.3.2

  • iframe fix

1.3.1

  • Updated compatibility with WP 6.3.2

1.3.0

  • Added an option to include files from any location

1.2.2

  • Breaking change and security fix
  • includeme shortcode is executed only on posts owned by an administrator
  • includeme shortcode includes only files inside the blog folder (ABSPATH and below)

1.2.1

  • Compatibility check with WP 5.7

1.2.0

  • Compatibility check with WP 5.4.2
  • Increased minimum PHP version to 5.6

1.1.8

  • Compatibility check with WP 5.2.4
  • Reorganized admin files

1.1.7

  • General compatibility check with latest WP

1.1.6

  • Add support for inclusion and execution of a post meta field

1.1.5

  • Added support for inclusion of a post/page content

1.1.4

  • Fixed a link

1.1.3

  • Added usage search in posts and pages

1.1.2

  • WP 4.4.2 compatibility check
  • Fixed few texts

1.1.1

  • Added translation code

1.1.0

  • Fixes

1.0.9

  • Compatibility check for WP 4.0
  • readme.txt fix

1.0.8

  • Compatibility check

1.0.7

  • Performce improvements

1.0.6

  • Improvements

1.0.5

  • Added short codes execution feature on included content (by Rusty Eddy)

1.0.4

  • Administrative styles and header