Toby Cryns (@themightymo)

mauideveloper

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

This Day In History Widget

This Widget lists and links to any posts posted in the same month, week, or day of the prior years. You can limit the maximum number of links to show.

Lukas

Current Year Shortcodes lets you insert the current year, month and day anywhere in your WordPress site with a simple shortcode.
Use the shortcode [Y] in any post, page or widget to display the current year.
<h3>How it works</h3>
[Y] – inserts the current year with four digits e.g. 2023 
[y] – inserts the current year with two digits e.g. 23 
[m] – inserts the current month with two digits e.g. 01 
[n] – inserts the current month without leading zeros e.g. 1 
[F] – inserts the current month as a text e.g. January 
[M] – inserts the current month with three letters e.g. Jan 
[d] – inserts the current day with two digits e.g. 06 
[j] – inserts the current day without leading zeros e.g. 6 
[D] – inserts the current day with three letters e.g. Mon 
[l] – inserts the current day as a text e.g. Monday

Current Year Shortcodes

Insert the current year, month and day with a shortcode in any page, post or widget of your WordPress site.

This Day In History Widget vs Current Year Shortcodes