Title: DX GitHub Zen
Author: Mario Peshev
Published: <strong>September 13, 2013</strong>
Last modified: August 21, 2015

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# DX GitHub Zen

 By [Mario Peshev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nofearinc/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dx-github-zen.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dx-github-zen/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dx-github-zen/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dx-github-zen/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dx-github-zen/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dx-github-zen/)

## Description

Add some Zen by GitHub to your WordPress website. The guys from GitHub provide a
great API at https://api.github.com/zen with various geeky messages. The plugin 
is fetching the messages for use in a widget or shortcode.

#### Timeout

The API has a limit of 60 requests/min for anonymous users. A standard timeout of
20min is recommended for a normal load. Data is stored in a transient for internal
access over the timeout period before updating it from the API.

#### Widget

Use the DX GitHub Zen Widget and set a title and timeout for your messages.

#### Shortcode

Use the [dx_github_zen] shortcode in your posts/pages to display the messages there.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Usage as a widget and a shortcode

## Installation

Upload the DX GitHub Zen plugin to your blog and activate it.

Use a widget or a shortcode as described above.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“DX GitHub Zen” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mario Peshev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nofearinc/)

[Translate “DX GitHub Zen” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/dx-github-zen)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dx-github-zen/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/dx-github-zen/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dx-github-zen/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dx-github-zen/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.3.34**
 * Tags
 * [Github](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/github/)[http](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/http/)
   [messages](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/messages/)[zen](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/zen/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dx-github-zen/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Mario Peshev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nofearinc/)

## Support

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