RootLine Genealogy
Publish and explore your family history directly in WordPress. RootLine Genealogy is a free, open-source plugin for importing, browsing, and presenting genealogical data — people, families, events, sources, and media — on your own site, with built-in tools for keeping your tree accurate.
A WKH Software product. See all WKH Software plugins →
What it does
RootLine Genealogy turns your WordPress site into a home for your family history. Bring your tree in from any standards-compliant GEDCOM file, browse it through clean front-end pages, and keep it well-sourced and consistent over time — all without leaving WordPress.
GEDCOM import & export
Bring your tree in from any genealogy program and export it back out as a standards-compliant GEDCOM file. Your data stays portable and yours.
Family-history browsing
Publish people, families, events, sources, and media as connected front-end pages your visitors can explore, with a built-in relationship calculator.
Tree-health review
Data-quality tools surface gaps, inconsistencies, and missing details so you can find and fix problems across your tree instead of hunting for them.
Research tools
A research gaps dashboard and research queue help you decide what to chase next, and generate ready-to-use research prompts for the people in your tree.
Sources & citations
Attach sources and citations to your facts and keep your media library — photos and documents — linked to the right people and families.
Built for WordPress
Shortcodes let you embed trees and people anywhere, and everything lives in your own database under your control. No external account required.
RootLine Genealogy Pro
The free plugin is fully functional on its own. Pro is an optional add-on for researchers who want to go further, adding extra ways to turn the gaps in your tree into finished research:
- Assisted research: a faster, guided workflow built on top of the free prompt generation.
- Automated API research (bring your own key): connect your own AI provider key to run research requests directly, with your key encrypted on your site.
Pro is distributed separately by WKH Software and is not required to use any of the features above.
Requirements
- WordPress 6.5 or newer
- PHP 7.4 or newer
- Free and open source, licensed under the GPL