Title: DeadPress
Author: Rindy Portfolio
Published: <strong>January 26, 2017</strong>
Last modified: March 2, 2026

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# DeadPress

 By [Rindy Portfolio](https://profiles.wordpress.org/portfola/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/deadpress.2.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/deadpress/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/deadpress/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/deadpress/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/deadpress/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/deadpress/)

## 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/

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The DeadPress login screen
 * [[
 * Dashboard Widget – Today in Grateful Dead History &#x1f480
 * [[
 * Dashboard Widget – 50 Years Ago in Grateful Dead History &#x1f339

## 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!

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/261e68a6090593041b1b9dca18736752f43d3f3d7657f32b2c0f58075cd9caab?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Perfect DeadHead addition to my site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-deadhead-addition-to-my-site/)󠁿

 [Paul Oyler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/flash-mcdirt/) March 6, 2017 1 reply

Love this plugin! Especially love the dashboard widget “Today in Grateful Dead History”
with the links to the archive.org concerts.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d13a1f5a6e7e0a7e1203eb93cdac41efdf19518abe1148ff7ee41958e2b34df0?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Neat and Simple](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/neat-and-simple-5/)󠁿

 [Kevin Cristiano](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kcristiano/) February 22, 2017

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

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/deadpress/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“DeadPress” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Rindy Portfolio ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/portfola/)

[Translate “DeadPress” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/deadpress)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/deadpress/), check 
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/deadpress/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/deadpress/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/deadpress/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## 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

## Meta

 *  Version **2.1**
 *  Last updated **1 month ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/deadpress/)
 * Tags
 * [art](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/art/)[dashboard](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard/)
   [login](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/login/)[music](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/music/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/deadpress/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/deadpress/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/deadpress/reviews/?filter=4)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Rindy Portfolio ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/portfola/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/deadpress/)