ChessOnline WordPress Plugin
The ChessOnline plugin allows you to display a chessboard and to set up positions (using the FEN). You can also use it as a PGN viewer (experimental).
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The ChessOnline WordPress plugin allows you to display a chessboard and to set up positions using the Forsyth-Edwards-Notation (FEN) and view games using the PGN format (experimental feature). You can specify an external URL for linking purposes. Please use http://chessonline.w3edv.de/?fen={FEN} as URL if you want to set an analysis link to the ChessOnline-Plugin-Website. It comes up with an integrated FEN editor. Board size and colors are configurable. The following languages are supported (i18n): Dutch, English and German. The client browser needs to be capable of displaying unicode characters. No browsers plugins are required. JavaScript doesn't need to be enabled for displaying the chessboard but is required for using the PGN viewer, the overlay functionality and the FEN editor.
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Usage of ChessOnline over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 7 to 5 — down 2 (-28.6%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 5 | +0 |
| June 2024 | 5 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 5 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 5 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 5 | +0 |
| February 2024 | 5 | -1 |
| January 2024 | 6 | -1 |
| December 2023 | 7 | +0 |
| November 2023 | 7 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 7 | +0 |
| September 2023 | 7 | +0 |
| August 2023 | 7 | +0 |
| July 2023 | 7 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 7 | — |
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