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Herodotus - On This Day

Name: Herodotus - On This Day
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
Author: Igrika

Create an "On This Day" section on your WordPress site. Displays posts based on day and month - automatically, every year.

Herodotus ranks #28,929 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #703 of 2,134 in the Calendar & Events category, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Oct 23, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.6 Current Version v1.6

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 23 Oct, 2026

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.6
Last Updated: Oct 23, 2026
Requires WP: 5.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Igrika

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Herodotus - On This Day

Herodotus is designed for creating "On This Day in History" sections on your website. You create posts tied to a specific day and month, and they automatically appear every year on that date. It is ideal for history blogs, music, art & educational sites, museum websites, anniversary trackers, and birthday calendars.

No. Herodotus uses its own dedicated Custom Post Type (herodotus_post). Your standard WordPress Posts, Pages, and any other content remain completely untouched.

Regular WordPress posts are tied to the date they were published and appear in chronological order. Herodotus posts are tied to a recurring day and month - they have no "publication date" in the traditional sense and will appear automatically every year on the same day.

Yes. You can set February 29th as the date. On non-leap years, this post will not be shown, which is the correct and expected behavior.

Use the shortcode [herodotus] in any post, page or text widget. Alternatively, use the included Herodotus Events Gutenberg block which you can find in the block inserter.

Yes. Use the category attribute with the category slug: [herodotus category="science"]. You can create and manage categories under Herodotus → Categories.

The compact layout ([herodotus layout="compact"]) shows posts with a small square thumbnail, title and a short excerpt - without the category label or Read more button. It is designed specifically for sidebar widgets where space is limited.

Yes, in two ways. [herodotus show_image="false"] hides all images including the default placeholder, but keeps the card styling - background, border and rounded corners. [herodotus layout="text"] goes further: no images and no card chrome either, just a plain list of events separated by thin lines. Use the first when you want cards without pictures, the second when you want the events to blend into your page text.

By default, a placeholder "No Image" graphic is shown. You can replace this placeholder with any image of your choice by going to Herodotus - On This Day → Settings and uploading a custom Default Image.

[herodotus_random] shows a random pick out of the events for the current day. Where [herodotus] lists all of them, this one highlights a single event - useful for a sidebar block or a spot where only one item fits. Use limit for more than one, for example [herodotus_random limit="3"]. It accepts the same category, layout, excerpt_words and show_image attributes as the main shortcode. A new pick is made on every page load; if you use a full-page caching plugin, the pick will stay the same until that page cache expires.