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Pikchr

A Gutenberg block for rendering Pikchr

by Paul Bunkham · github.com/pablinos/pikchr-block

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/pablinos/pikchr-block/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/pablinos/pikchr-block ↗

This Gutenberg block renders Pikchr code to SVG.

Like the markdown block there are security considerations with allowing SVG to be embedded in a post, so this block will only work when the current user has the unfiltered_html capability. This is generally just admins of the site.

The Pikchr code is rendered using a WASM compiled version of the C library. The source for the C library is included in this repo, for the purposes of recompilation, and includes the Zero-Clause BSD license. Please see the Pikchr site for any further information.

Installation

  • Clone the repository (if using an existing WordPress installation do this into your plugins directory)
  • npm install
  • Optionally start a WordPress environment with npm wp-env start
  • npm build or npm start depending on whether you would like a production build or develop the code respectively.
  • Ensure the plugin is activated.
  • Edit a post, and insert the Pikchr block.