Title: Factoid
Author: delahoc
Published: <strong>November 14, 2014</strong>
Last modified: January 29, 2018

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Factoid

 By [delahoc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/delahoc/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/factoid.1.14.zip)

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

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

## Description

Factoid allows you to place interesting, amusing and inspiring little random facts
and quotes on your WordPress website through both shortcodes (for inserting into
posts and pages) and widgets (for inserting into sidebars and other layout elements).
Factoid allows you to select the type and category of Factoid you’d like displayed,
and also provides a number of display and layout options. Factoids are fetched across
the internet from our extensive and constantly growing database.

## Installation

Install using the WordPress plugin installer. To manually install:

 1. Create a folder called ‘factoid’ in the ‘/wp-contents/plugins/’ directory
 2. Upload the contents of the zip file to the ‘factoid’ folder
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

Install using the WordPress plugin installer. To manually install:

 1. Create a folder called ‘factoid’ in the ‘/wp-contents/plugins/’ directory
 2. Upload the contents of the zip file to the ‘factoid’ folder
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ delahoc ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/delahoc/)

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

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.14

 * Updated to fetch factoids across https

#### 1.13

 * Minor bug fix
 * Added more stable xml error handling

#### 1.11

 * Minor bug fix

#### 1.1

 * Added three new display styles
 * Added user customisable display style

#### 1.02

 * Minor bug fix

#### 1.0

 * Initial public release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.14**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **40+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/factoid/)
 * Tags
 * [content](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content/)[facts](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/facts/)
   [quotes](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/quotes/)[random](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/random/)
   [trivia](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/trivia/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/factoid/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ delahoc ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/delahoc/)

## Support

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