by Allen Floyd 5 (2 reviews)

Verse of the Day Widget for WP

Name: Verse of the Day Widget for WP
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
Author: Allen Floyd

Verse of the day Gutenberg block, widget and shortcode. Daily KJV scripture over AI backgrounds in 100+ languages. No API key, no tracking, no cost.

Verse of the Day Widget for WP ranks #24,342 among WordPress.org plugins with 30+ active installations, is #3,041 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Oct 25, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v8.13.0 Current Version v8.13.0

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 25 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

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Plugin Details

Version: 8.13.0
Last Updated: Oct 25, 2026
Requires WP: 6.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Allen Floyd

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Verse of the Day Widget for WP

Three ways, all interchangeable. Add the Verse of the Day Header or Verse of the Day Sidebar block in the Gutenberg block editor or site editor; drag the header or sidebar widget into a widget area under Appearance > Widgets; or paste the [votd_header_widget] or [votd_sidebar_widget] shortcode anywhere shortcodes run. The older [votd_verse_of_the_day_widget_for_wp] shortcode still works for existing installs, but new sites should use the two layout-specific shortcodes above.

Yes. Both layouts are registered as native Gutenberg blocks, Verse of the Day Header and Verse of the Day Sidebar, and render server-side, so they can be placed in posts, pages, reusable patterns, and full site editing templates and template parts. They appear under the Widgets category in the block inserter, or you can search the inserter for "verse," "scripture," or "devotional." The blocks reuse the same output as the classic widgets and the shortcodes, so all three placement methods display the verse identically. This matters on a block theme such as Twenty Twenty-Five, because block themes have no Appearance > Widgets screen at all. On those themes, use the blocks (or a Shortcode block) rather than the classic Widgets screen.

No. There is no account, no API key, no signup, and no connected service to configure. Install, activate, place the block, and the verse of the day appears.

Yes, entirely, under GPLv2 or later. There is no paid tier, no upsell, and no feature held back behind a license.

The King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Translations into other languages are derived from the KJV English text rather than from a modern translation, which is why the phrasing reads more formally than most daily verse services.

Yes, over 100 languages are supported. Select your language on the plugin settings page and the daily verse is translated for you. The translation is fetched once per language per day and cached on your site until midnight.

No. No visitor data, personal data, or site data is collected, stored, or transmitted. When the language is set to English, the plugin makes no external requests for verse content at all, because the verses ship inside the plugin. See the Third-Party Service section below for the full data flow when a non-English language is selected.

It should not. The verse text is bundled locally rather than fetched over the network, backgrounds are served as WebP, translated verses are cached locally until midnight, and fonts can be self-hosted in one click so no external font request is made.

Yes. WordPress prints the full verse and its reference directly into the page's HTML before the page is sent, whether you use the block, the classic widget, or a shortcode. Search engines read it from the page source on the first fetch, without having to run any JavaScript, and nothing is hidden behind a "Loading..." placeholder. Long verses are shortened on screen with CSS, but the complete verse is still in the HTML. Translated verses are indexed in their own language, marked with a lang attribute. You can check this yourself: open a page that shows the widget, choose "View Page Source" in your browser, and search for today's verse. In Google Search Console, the URL Inspection tool's "View crawled page" shows the same HTML Googlebot sees.

Yes, optionally. On pages that show the widget, the plugin adds one small schema.org "Quotation" block (JSON-LD) describing the day's verse, its reference, and its King James Version source; translated verses are described as translations of the KJV verse. It helps search engines understand what the text on your page is. Google does not currently show a special search result for quotations, so treat it as clean, accurate markup rather than a ranking trick. It is on by default and can be turned off under Settings > Verse of the Day > Search Engines & Verse Rotation, for example if your SEO plugin already marks up quotations. Developers can change or remove it with the votd_structured_data filter.