OnThisDay GitLab
A plugin to show blog posts published "on this day"
Install
No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:
wp plugin install https://gitlab.com/edent/wordpress-on-this-day-plugin/-/archive/master/wordpress-on-this-day-plugin-master.zipReadme
WordPress On-This-Day Plugin
This simple plugin generates an RSS feed of your blog posts which were published "on this day" in the past.
For example, if today is 21st of November 2016 then this will show a list of blog posts written on
- 2015-11-21
- 2014-11-21
- 2013-11-21
And so on.
You can view a demo at https://shkspr.mobi/blog/?on_this_day
Limitations
Times
The entries in the RSS feed are generated on an hourly basis.
For example, if the time is 1300 the RSS feed will only show blog posts published on or before 1300 on their original publication day.
This allows services like IFTTT to post the feed to Twitter throughout the day rather than all at once.
Location
This plugin lives at https://example.com/?on_this_day. The results are not cached.
Images
The thumbnail from the post is also included.
Times and Locale
The RSS feed is hardcoded to GMT and en-GB - this may change in the future.