Description
Just place the Widget on your sidebar to display links to any posts posted in the current month of the prior years.
Note: If you don’t have any posts posted matching the criteria you selected the widget will not show at all.
Plugin Updated August 2024
Installation
- Download and unzip the plugin into your WordPress plugins directory (usually
/wp-content/plugins/). - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in your WordPress Admin.
- Place the widget on your sidebar through the ‘Widgets’ menu in your WordPress Admin.
FAQ
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What do I do after I activate the Plugin?
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Go to the Widgets menu in the WordPress Admin and add the “This Day In History” Widget to your Sidebar or Footer Area.
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You might not have any posts posted matching the criteria you selected.
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Contributors & Developers
“This Day In History Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
3.24.31
- Fixed code to be compatible with PHP8 and WordPress 6.6, thanks to themightymo who was made a contributer.
- Updated links and changed the plugin name to This Day In History Widget.
2.14.26
- Fixed a bug that displayed the wrong date for the first post listed.
2.14.16
- Fixed the option to query All Prior Years so that it did not include this year.
- Added option to change where the date is displayed.
2.14.15
- Added option to choose to query All Prior Years or just Last Year.
- Added option to change display format of the date.
1.3.06.27
- Fixed query to use Month as additional criteria when Day is specified to return only the same day of the same month of the prior year.
1.2.10.25
- Added support for custom length Excerpts.
1.2.04.25
- Fixed broken HTML when more than one posts were posted on the same day.
1.2.04.24
- Removed debug output from start of widget.
1.2.04.08
- Fixed query to use Month as the default criteria if not specified.
1.2.04.06
- Added options to change the date matching criteria to: month; week; or day.
1.2.04.04
- First versions uploaded to WordPress.