Embed Chessboard WordPress Plugin

5 active sites
Allows for the insertion of a chessboard displaying chess games within wordpress articles.

Embed Chessboard is a plugin that allows for the insertion of a chessboard displaying chess games within worpress articles.

Use following tag to insert a chessboard:

[pgn parameter=value ...]
... chess games in PGN format ...
[/pgn]

Tag parameters:

  • layout=horizontal|vertical
  • height=auto|number
  • showMoves=figurine|text|puzzle|hidden
  • initialGame=first|last|random|number
  • initialVariation=number
  • initialHalfmove=start|end|random|comment|number
  • autoplayMode=game|loop|none

Example:

[pgn height=500 initialHalfmove=16 autoplayMode=none]

[Event "World championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1985.10.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov"]
[Black "Kasparov"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6
chess chessboard pgn pgn4web

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Usage of Embed Chessboard over time

June 2023 — July 2024

Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 11 to 5 — down 6 (-54.5%).

MonthSitesChange
July 2024 5 +0
June 2024 5 -1
May 2024 6 +0
April 2024 6 +0
March 2024 6 -1
February 2024 7 +0
January 2024 7 +0
December 2023 7 -1
November 2023 8 +0
October 2023 8 +0
September 2023 8 -3
August 2023 11 +0
July 2023 11 +0
June 2023 11 —
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questtogm.com

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