Git it Write – Write posts from GitHub vs Block Navigation

Demo – Documentation – GitHub Block Navigation provides a sidebar with the current post/page’s blocks and some tools to facilitate the editing process in the new Gutenberg editor. Features The features are especially useful for nested blocks – blocks that are inside parent blocks which are difficult to select or move in the editor. Inside the panel several utilities are included to enhance the UX, such as: Dragging blocks to a different location Moving blocks by click Selecting blocks Easily recognising the block from a small snippet of the block’s content The user can select a dark or light color scheme, from the multiple included. Plugin and Theme developers The plugin also provides some features for Plugin and Theme developers, such as: Click and Copy the block’s clientId Click to console.log helpful data from the block Usage Inside the Post editor on the right side of the top Block’s Toolbar the plugin icon/button should appear (if not, please read the FAQ below). Click the icon/button to open the plugin sidebar. Credits Images from the readme banner and screenshots belong to Charles Postiaux.

Git it Write allows to publish the markdown files present in a GitHub repository to your WordPress site. So with this plugin, whenever the files are added, updated in the repository the WordPress post will be added, updated accordingly. This plugin is inspired from static site generators like Jekyll, Next.js, Gatsby.js on how content is written is markdown. This is a similar idea for WordPress where markdown files are parsed from GitHub and published as posts. 👓 Live example: Source github repository (/docs/ folder) to Posts published ⚡ Getting started: Get started with Git it write. Learn how to write .md files and publish posts on WordPress. This allows people to collaborate with the post, share edits and suggestions in GitHub which when pulled the WordPress post will be updated automatically. If a repository has files in the below structure, docs/ guide/ introduction.md getting-started.md help/ faq.md Then below posts will be created like below (if permalinks are configured and the post type supports “hierarchy” i.e creating posts level by level (example: pages)) https://example.com/docs/guide/introduction/ https://example.com/docs/guide/getting-started/ https://example.com/help/faq/ 🎲 What is the use of this plugin ? Publish posts using the files in your GitHub repository. Write your posts in Markdown format. Write your posts on your desktop application (Notepad++, Sublime Text, Visual studio code). Collaborate, involve communities on the files in GitHub and publish them on WordPress. All the advantages of Git and it’s version management system. 🚀 Some use cases Can be used for documentation posts, FAQs, Wikis etc. Write blog posts. Any articles which may need community involvement. ✨ Features Markdown will be processed and post will be published as HTML. Images used in the source file will be uploaded to WordPress. Relative links are supported. Set post properties like post status, title, order, category, tags etc, in the source file itself. Webhook support (whenever repository is changed, it updates the plugin to pull the latest changes and publish the posts) Add multiple repositories. Publish to any post type. Posts are published in hierarchial manner if they are under folders. Example: a file dir1/hello.md will be posted as dir1/hello/ in WordPress if the post type supports hierarchy. Support for post metadata like setting tags, categories, custom fields. ℹ Note Only Markdown files will be pulled and published right now Posts won’t be deleted when it’s source file is deleted on GitHub. It is preferred to have a permalink structure. It is preferred to select a post type which supports hierarchy. Images have to present only in _images folder in the repository root. Markdown files have to relatively use them in the file. 🥗 Recommendation It is recommended that a permalink structure is enabled in the WordPress site so that, if you have file under docs/reference/my-post.md then a post is published like https://example.com/docs/reference/my-post/. This will be the result when post type has hierarchy support. They will be posted level by level for every folder in the repository. The folder’s post will be taken from the index.md file if exists under that folder. 🏃‍♂️ Using the plugin Have a GitHub repository where all the source files (markdown files) are maintained (organized in folders if needed the exact structure) In the plugin settings page, click add a new repository. Enter the details of the repository to pull the posts from and under what post type to publish them. Save the settings Click “Pull the posts” and then “Pull only” changes. This will publish posts for all the markdown files. To automatically update posts whenever repository is updated, configure webhook as mentioned in the settings page. Links Documentation Support forum/Report bugs Donate Contribute on GitHub