Dashboard Changelog
Adds a GitHub release widget to your WordPress dashboard for a public GitHub repository.
by Chris Reynolds · github.com/jazzsequence/dashboard-changelog · website
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Install
No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:
wp plugin install https://github.com/jazzsequence/dashboard-changelog/archive/refs/heads/main.zipAlso on Packagist as jazzsequence/dashboard-changelog:
composer require jazzsequence/dashboard-changelogFrom the readme
Dashboard Changelog
Adds a GitHub release widget to your WordPress dashboard for a public GitHub repository.
Installation ##
1. Download the zip file, unzip, and upload to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate Dashboard Changelog through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
3. Go to your General Settings page, and add the repository you'd like to display updates from in / format (e.g. jazzsequence/dashboard-changelog).
4. For private repositories, add a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) to allow the plugin to fetch data on your behalf. You can get a PAT in your GitHub settings, or by following this official guide.
5. Choose if you want to automatically translate the changelog. Under the hood, the translation is done freely by the Google Translate API.
How to use ##
By default, Dashboard Changelog will pull updates from GitHub releases, with the body content of each release acting as content for each update. In order to use, your repository will need to use releases. (The GitHub API endpoint can be modified to use any end
Read the full README on GitHub →