diff --git a/src/bin/plugins/checkPlugin.js b/src/bin/plugins/checkPlugin.js
index 6d1144bf2..25f8b4ebc 100755
--- a/src/bin/plugins/checkPlugin.js
+++ b/src/bin/plugins/checkPlugin.js
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ fs.readdir(pluginPath, (err, rootFiles) => {
       console.warn('Run npm install in the plugin folder and commit the package-lock.json file.');
     }
   }
-
   if (files.indexOf('readme') === -1 && files.indexOf('readme.md') === -1) {
     console.warn('README.md file not found, please create');
     if (autoFix) {
@@ -310,8 +309,8 @@ fs.readdir(pluginPath, (err, rootFiles) => {
   }
 
 
-  if (files.indexOf('readme') !== -1 && files.indexOf('readme.md') !== -1) {
-    const readme =
+  if (readMeFileName) {
+    let readme =
         fs.readFileSync(`${pluginPath}/${readMeFileName}`, {encoding: 'utf8', flag: 'r'});
     if (readme.toLowerCase().indexOf('license') === -1) {
       console.warn('No license section in README');
@@ -319,6 +318,24 @@ fs.readdir(pluginPath, (err, rootFiles) => {
         console.warn('Please add License section to README manually.');
       }
     }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+    const badgeOne = `![Publish Status](https://github.com/ether/${pluginName}/workflows/Node.js%20Package/badge.svg)`;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+    const badgeTwo = `![Publish Status](https://github.com/ether/${pluginName}/workflows/Node.js%20Package/badge.svg)`;
+    if (readme.toLowerCase().indexOf('travis') !== -1) {
+      console.warn('Replacing Travis badge with Github actions.');
+      console.warn(badgeOne);
+      console.warn(badgeTwo);
+    }
+    if (readme.toLowerCase().indexOf('workflows/Node.js%20Package/badge.svg') === -1) {
+      console.warn('No Github workflow badge detected')
+      if (autoFix) {
+        readme = `${badgeOne} ${badgeTwo}\n${readme}`;
+      }
+      // write readme to file system
+      fs.writeFileSync(`${pluginPath}/${readMeFileName}`, readme);
+      console.log('Wrote Github workflow badges to README');
+    }
   }
 
   if (files.indexOf('license') === -1 && files.indexOf('license.md') === -1) {
@@ -333,41 +350,6 @@ fs.readdir(pluginPath, (err, rootFiles) => {
     }
   }
 
-  let travisConfig =
-      fs.readFileSync('src/bin/plugins/lib/travis.yml', {encoding: 'utf8', flag: 'r'});
-  travisConfig = travisConfig.replace(/\[plugin_name\]/g, pluginName);
-
-  if (files.indexOf('.travis.yml') === -1) {
-    console.warn('.travis.yml file not found, please create.  ' +
-                 '.travis.yml is used for automatically CI testing Etherpad.  ' +
-                 'It is useful to know if your plugin breaks another feature for example.');
-    // TODO: Make it check version of the .travis file to see if it needs an update.
-    if (autoFix) {
-      console.log('Autofixing missing .travis.yml file');
-      fs.writeFileSync(`${pluginPath}/.travis.yml`, travisConfig);
-      console.log('Travis file created, please sign into travis and enable this repository');
-    }
-  }
-  if (autoFix) {
-    // checks the file versioning of .travis and updates it to the latest.
-    const existingConfig =
-        fs.readFileSync(`${pluginPath}/.travis.yml`, {encoding: 'utf8', flag: 'r'});
-    const existingConfigLocation = existingConfig.indexOf('##ETHERPAD_TRAVIS_V=');
-    const existingValue =
-        parseInt(existingConfig.substr(existingConfigLocation + 20, existingConfig.length));
-
-    const newConfigLocation = travisConfig.indexOf('##ETHERPAD_TRAVIS_V=');
-    const newValue = parseInt(travisConfig.substr(newConfigLocation + 20, travisConfig.length));
-    if (existingConfigLocation === -1) {
-      console.warn('no previous .travis.yml version found so writing new.');
-      // we will write the newTravisConfig to the location.
-      fs.writeFileSync(`${pluginPath}/.travis.yml`, travisConfig);
-    } else if (newValue > existingValue) {
-      console.log('updating .travis.yml');
-      fs.writeFileSync(`${pluginPath}/.travis.yml`, travisConfig);
-    }//
-  }
-
   if (files.indexOf('.gitignore') === -1) {
     console.warn('.gitignore file not found, please create.  .gitignore files are useful to ' +
                  "ensure files aren't incorrectly commited to a repository.");
@@ -433,7 +415,6 @@ fs.readdir(pluginPath, (err, rootFiles) => {
   // absolute path to etherpad-lite/src is used here so that pluginPath can be a symlink.
   execSync(
       `${npmInstall} --no-save ep_etherpad-lite@file:${__dirname}/../../`, {stdio: 'inherit'});
-
   // linting begins
   try {
     console.log('Linting...');