Title: This Day In History Widget
Author: Eli
Published: <strong>April 5, 2012</strong>
Last modified: August 8, 2024

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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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# This Day In History Widget

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/smaly-widget.3.24.31.zip)

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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.

## FAQ

### 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.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“This Day In History Widget” is open source software. The following people have 
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Eli ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scheeeli/)
 *   [ Toby Cryns (@themightymo) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themightymo/)

[Translate “This Day In History Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/smaly-widget)

### Interested in development?

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

## 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.

## Meta

 *  Version **3.24.31**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.6.5**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smaly-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [archive](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/archive/)[links](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/links/)
   [post](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/)[widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
   [year](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/year/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/smaly-widget/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Eli ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scheeeli/)
 *   [ Toby Cryns (@themightymo) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themightymo/)

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