Plugin info

Total downloads: 3,690
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 2
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 4/15/2025 (261 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 1/26/2017 (8 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 261 days ago • 2 reviews

40/100

Is DeadPress abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 261 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.0
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: f

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Description

Adds some very kind Grateful Dead touches to your WP login and Dashboard areas.

Current features include:

  • WP Stealie image for your login screen
  • Dashboard widget listing Grateful Dead shows played on today’s date from Archive.org
  • New dashboard widget lists shows from 50 years ago

Banner image by The Real Ferg on flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fergsphotos/14593191156/

WP Stealie sourced from Zoooma on flickr (modified by portfola)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zoooma/3048047979/

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/deadpress directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
  3. Enjoy!

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

Kevin Cristiano
2/22/2017

Neat and Simple

Plugin does exactly what it says. I like simple plugins that need no configuration

Screenshots

  1. The DeadPress login screen

    The DeadPress login screen

  2. Dashboard Widget - Today in Grateful Dead History &#x1f480

    Dashboard Widget - Today in Grateful Dead History &#x1f480

  3. Dashboard Widget - 50 Years Ago in Grateful Dead History &#x1f339

    Dashboard Widget - 50 Years Ago in Grateful Dead History &#x1f339

Changelog

2.1

  • Date settings match timezone from WP settings
  • Remove duplicate shows from widget listings
  • Tested up to 6.8

2.0.3

  • Updated tested with version to 6.7.1

2.0.2

  • Updated error messages after DDOS attack on Internet Archive

2.0.1

  • Updated tested with version to 6.5.3

2.0

  • To honor the 50th anniversary Fare Thee Well concerts in 2015, I added a widget listing shows from 50 years ago. I thought it would be a fun way to listen to the history of the Dead! Check it out in your dashboard.

1.0

  • New plugin