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PlantUML Renderer

Description

Use PlantUML syntax in shortcodes to have diagrams rendered automatically.

Wrap your PlantUML syntax in our shortcode tags like this, and the PlantUML SaaS will be used to render a lovely diagram.

[plantuml]
Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response

Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
[/plantuml]

Easily add all sorts of UML diagrams (Sequence, State, Activity, etc) to your site using the powerful PlantUML syntax.

Screenshots

  • Example shortcode use and outputted diagram

Installation

  1. Upload plantuml-renderer zip file to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory and extract all contents
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Use the [plantuml] shortcode and syntax, as per the Description section.

FAQ

Installation Instructions
  1. Upload plantuml-renderer zip file to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory and extract all contents
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Use the [plantuml] shortcode and syntax, as per the Description section.
What is PlantUML

PlantUML is a (superb) tool that generates all sorts of UML (and non-UML) diagrams through a descriptive syntax… but better than me trying to tell you about it I recommend you go and check out their examples

Which Diagram Types are Supported

All of them, as far as we are aware. But please let us know if you run into any issues

Reviews

March 5, 2024
Fantastic tool to be able to insert UML or related graphics into a web page to assist with concept documentation.
November 22, 2017 1 reply
Todd ROCKS! This plugin is going to change that way our company creates documentation. Todd was sooo reasonable and responsive. Thanks Todd! Mike
July 3, 2017 1 reply
This is exactly what I wanted to display UML! Cheers
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Contributors & Developers

“PlantUML Renderer” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Changelog

0.0.3

  • Adding support for links

0.0.2

Issue seen with double quotes – caused the “alt text” to run into the main content.

0.0.1

Initial drop