Github Gist is great way to share your work. You can share single files, parts of files, or full applications. Gist get more interesting by embedding code into your website. This helps us to get rid of using any third-party JavaScript library. Embedding Gist code is easier to embed and it renders much fast on the web page. That makes it two reasons why you should embed highlighted code into your website using Github Gist.
Gist: Example of embedded Github Gist snippet.
Steps to Embed Highlighted Code into your Website using Github Gist
This can be done using Github Gist account or being anonymous.
- Open Gist Github
- Give Gist Description, Filename including extension & Code Snippets
- Click on “Create Public gist”
- Copy URL from right to Embed box.
Insert copied code into your website’s HTML source code between the <head> tags.
Code example:
Code example:
Adding Gist into WordPress website
- Select Text option present in WordPress Editor appears at right side of the screen.
- Paste the copied URL, where you want to code to appear.
- And you are successfully embed code into your website using Github Gist.
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