If your church or ministry runs on WordPress and you want visitors to read Scripture without leaving your site, The Bible Plugin makes it possible in minutes — completely free.^1
This open-source WordPress plugin embeds a full Bible reader directly into any page, drawing from over 2,000 translations via the Bible Brain DBP4 API.^2 Site administrators can select the language, Bible version, and design elements (fonts, colors) so the reading experience feels native to the audience — a major advantage for ministries working cross-culturally.^1 Version 2.0 adds support for multiple languages and Bible versions simultaneously, plus the ability to serve Scripture directly from Paratext files — a game-changer for teams working with unreached-language translations that aren't yet in any digital Bible library.^3
The Bible Plugin was born out of real-world missions experience. Its creator, AJ, has spent over 35 years in church planting — 24 of those in East and Southeast Asia — and saw firsthand how spiritual seekers were lost when directed away from ministry sites to read Scripture.^4 Rather than build another standalone Bible app, AJ envisioned a tool that keeps seekers on the journey a ministry has designed. Development is led by the team at CodeZone, and the project is fiscally sponsored by Reaching Asia, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.^1
Why Missions Teams Love It"I have had countless people tell me how much they have been wanting just such a tool for their ministry." — AJ, Creator^4
"This is a great addition to any team's EV website!" — Corsac, Disciple.Tools Community^5
Notable- Backed by missions organizations including IMB, East-West Ministries, Kavanah Media, Visual Story Network, Team Expansion, and OMF International^1
- Featured on Brigada, a widely-read missions newsletter^6
- Showcased at the EMDC 2024 Digital Disciple Making Network^5
- Connected to the Discover Jesus Initiative, a global partnership focused on reaching the top 50 unreached nations with digital tools^7
- Open source on GitHub under GPL-3.0^3
- Live demo of the v2.0 reader available at bible.thebibleplugin.com^1
- Featured on the Kavanah Media podcast (Episode 249)^8
- Version 2.0.2, released in August 2026, rebuilt verse selection for touch devices, with long-press selection and checkboxes for building a passage^3
