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Total downloads: 4,069
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 4
Last updated: 8/8/2024 (509 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 4/5/2012 (13 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.6
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.6.4
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 509 days ago

26/100

Is This Day In History Widget abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 509 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.6
Tested up to: 6.6.4
Requires PHP: f

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Developers

Toby Cryns (@themightymo) (Owner)2Eli (Owner)15Toby Cryns (@themightymo)4mauideveloper1

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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

  1. Download and unzip the plugin into your WordPress plugins directory (usually /wp-content/plugins/).
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in your WordPress Admin.
  3. Place the widget on your sidebar through the ‘Widgets’ menu in your WordPress Admin.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I do after I activate the Plugin?

Go to the Widgets menu in the WordPress Admin and add the “This Day In History” Widget to your Sidebar or Footer Area.

Why am I not seeing the Widget on my site after I add it to the sidebar?

You might not have any posts posted matching the criteria you selected.

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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.
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