Puzzles on WordPress

Installing the WordPress plugin (updated 27th April 2025)

• Download the WordPress puzzles plugin. (don't unzip the file)
• On your WordPress site, log in to the admin area and click on Plugins on the left
  If you do not have access to install plugins yourself, you will have to ask your administrator to do it for you
• Click Add New at the top, and then in the search box look for "Crossword Compiler".
• Browse for and select the plugin file you downloaded, and click Install now and then activate it.
• Select the Crossword Compiler Puzzles plugin, install and activate it
  Don't worry if it says it has not been tested on your version of WordPress; the plugin is updated whenever there is a problem.

The plugin is also available from the WordPress plugin site, just search for "Crossword Compiler".

If you use this plugin, it can be updated easily automatically along with your other plugins.

Add a puzzle to a page or post

• In the page or post where you want the puzzle, click the Add block button and search for "crossword"; then click crossword block button to insert the block.
• In the puzzle info box that pops up, select to add either add a URL (for puzzle already uploaded to crossword.info site using the Web Publish button in Crossword Compiler), or Local File to upload files you have exported using Export to files on Crossword Compiler's Web Export item the File menu.
• Click OK. This inserts the puzzle. If the puzzle is too wide to fit in the containing space, on the published page it will automatically be resized to make it fit (unless it is a word search); if this looks too small, change the layout options when you export the puzzle.