Title: XKCD Embed
Author: DigitalME
Published: <strong>January 5, 2015</strong>
Last modified: February 4, 2026

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# XKCD Embed

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/xkcd-embed.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/xkcd-embed/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/xkcd-embed/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/xkcd-embed/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/xkcd-embed/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/xkcd-embed/)

## Description

Allows display of XKCD comics through a simple widget or shortcode. Both can be 
configured to display the latest comic, a random comic, or a specific comic.

For example, to display comic 100 using the shortcode, simply put the shortcode [
xkcd id=”100″] where you want it to be shown.

[xkcd id=”random” title=”false”] will display a random comic, without the title.

## Installation

 1. Unzip the downloaded ‘xkcd-embed.zip’ file
 2. Upload the ‘xkcd-embed’ folder to ‘/wp-content/plugins’ directory of your WordPress
    installation
 3. Activate the plugin via the WordPress Plugins page

## FAQ

None yet

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“XKCD Embed” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ DigitalME ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalmeactivecampaign/)
 *   [ YMP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ympno/)

[Translate “XKCD Embed” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/xkcd-embed)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### Version 1.0.1, February 3, 2026

 * Updated: Author to DigitalME
 * Updated: Contributor to ympno
 * Tested up to WordPress 6.9

#### Version 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **2 months ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/xkcd-embed/)
 * Tags
 * [comic](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comic/)[shortcode](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
   [webcomic](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/webcomic/)[widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
   [xkcd](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/xkcd/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/xkcd-embed/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ DigitalME ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalmeactivecampaign/)
 *   [ YMP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ympno/)

## Support

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