Title: Release listener for GitHub
Author: Piu
Published: <strong>February 21, 2017</strong>
Last modified: April 10, 2017

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# Release listener for GitHub

 By [Piu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/piupiiu/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/release-listener-for-github.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/release-listener-for-github/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/release-listener-for-github/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/release-listener-for-github/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/release-listener-for-github/)

## Description

A new post (or a custom post type is that option is selected) will be created every
time a release is made on GitHub. You can display the release post with your other
posts or use the shortcode to generate changelogs or links to the latest release.

## Screenshots

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Options

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/plugin-name` directory, or 
    install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

Setup:

 1.  Open plugin settings (Settings > GitHub release listener)
 2.  Go to your project settings on GitHub
 3.  Select Webhooks > Add webhook
 4.  Copy payload URL from the plugin settings to GitHub
 5.  Select ‘application/json’ as content type
 6.  Create a passcode (a random string) and copy it to ‘Secret’ field on both plugin
     settings and GitHub
 7.  Choose ‘Let me select individual events’ as triggers
 8.  Tick ‘Release’ and untick everything else
 9.  Save your plugin settings
 10. Click ‘Add webhook’ on GitHub

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Release listener for GitHub” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Piu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/piupiiu/)

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### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.1

 * Changed the array syntaxt to support old PHP versions.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.7.33**
 * Tags
 * [Github](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/github/)[release](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/release/)
   [webhook](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/webhook/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/release-listener-for-github/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Piu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/piupiiu/)

## Support

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