# Link existing forum topic to new WordPress post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-existing-forum-topic-to-new-wordpress-post/24268
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** wordpress
**Created:** [January 21, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-existing-forum-topic-to-new-wordpress-post/24268 "2015-01-21T12:37:25Z")
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### Author: ![Grex315](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/grex315/32/115868_2.png) [@Grex315](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Grex315)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-existing-forum-topic-to-new-wordpress-post/24268/12 "2016-06-14T16:56:29Z")

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There was a plugin developed a while back but does not look like it has been worked on in awhile. Not sure if this can be incorpated into the wp-discourse plugin.

> [@Plugin for embedding Discourse topics in wordpress pages or posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-embedding-discourse-topics-in-wordpress-pages-or-posts/30228/):
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> Hi, I did a quick and dirty wordpress plugin so you can easily embed topic content in your wordpress pages using a shortcode. It is still beta AND I’m not a webdevelopper so be careful using it for the moment. To use it, you just need to provide the url of your discourse forum in the plugin settings and then add this shortcode [discourse topic\_id='xxx'] in the editor. It will include the first post of the topic as pure html in the wordpress page. I did it so our community can create and maint…

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