Title: Latest Github Release
Author: laurencebahiirwa
Published: <strong>avril 20, 2019</strong>
Last modified: juin 21, 2022

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Latest Github Release

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/latest-github-release.2.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/latest-github-release/#description)
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## Description

Automatically add a download link to the latest Github repo release zips with
 a
shortcode [latest_github_release user= »github » repo= »hub »]

### Usage

Add the shortcode `[latest_github_release user="github" repo="hub"]` to desired 
post/page/widget and save to have the code working.

### options

One can add some customization to the shortcode such as

 * Name of the button = `[latest_github_release name="Desired Name"]`

### Use latest_github_release_link filter Hook

    ```
    `
    ```

add_filter( ‘latest_github_release_link’, ‘gmlatest_github_release_link’, 10, 3 );

function gmlatest_github_release_link( $html, $atts, $zip_url ) {

    ```
    // Add another class to the <a>.
    $atts['class'] .= ' another-class';

    // Add <h2> around the tag.
    $html = (
        '<h2><a href="' . esc_attr( $zip_url ) . '"'
        . ' class="' . esc_attr( $atts['class'] ) . '">'
        . esc_html( $atts['name'] )
        . '</a></h2>'
    );

    return $html;
    ```

}
 `

**Note:**
 1. Name attribute defaults to the word « Download » 1. Name is usedin
combination with the other attribbutes user & repo.

### Contribute/Issues/Feedback

If you have any feedback, just write an issue. Or fork the code and submit a PR 
[on Github](https://github.com/bahiirwa/Latest-Github-Release).

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## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Latest Github Release” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ laurencebahiirwa ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/laurencebahiirwa/)
 *   [ James Nylen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jnylen0/)

“Latest Github Release” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/latest-github-release/contributors)
for their contributions.

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### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

** 2.1.0 **
 – Test for WP 6.0 – Fix missing $zip_url in filter.

** 2.0.0 **
 – Updates the plugin to use static functions and to have code that 
is re-usable by other plugins.

** 1.2.0 **
 – Fix Caching errors. – Better docs. – Coding style/consistency fixes.

** 1.1.0 **
 – Code improvements.

** 1.0.0 **
 – Initial Release.

## Meta

 *  Version **2.1.0**
 *  Last updated **4 années ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.0.11**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/latest-github-release/),
   [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/latest-github-release/), and [Luganda](https://lug.wordpress.org/plugins/latest-github-release/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/latest-github-release)
 * Tags
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   [release](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/release/)[zip](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/zip/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/latest-github-release/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ laurencebahiirwa ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/laurencebahiirwa/)
 *   [ James Nylen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jnylen0/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/latest-github-release/)

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