Who should use This Day In History Widget?

This Day In History Widget is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners and bloggers.

Is This Day In History Widget free?

Yes — This Day In History Widget is free to use.

What platforms does This Day In History Widget run on?

This Day In History Widget runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.

Is This Day In History Widget still maintained?

Unverified. This Day In History Widget has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to This Day In History Widget?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include On This Day, Posts On This Day, and Years Ago Today.

Who makes This Day In History Widget?

This Day In History Widget is developed by Eli.

When did This Day In History Widget launch?

This Day In History Widget first shipped in 2012.

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This Day In History Widget

Name: This Day In History Widget
Author: Eli

wordpress.orgOther productivity

This WordPress plugin adds a sidebar widget that links to posts published in the same month, week, or day during prior years. Site owners can limit the number of displayed links, and the widget hides itself when no matching posts exist.

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Overview

7 features

This Day In History Widget sits in PulseGate's Other productivity category. It focuses on helping WordPress site owners surface relevant historical posts from their archives. This Day In History Widget is a B2B product aimed at wordPress site owners and bloggers. This Day In History Widget is free to use. This Day In History Widget is available on the web and embeddable surfaces.

Behind This Day In History Widget is Eli, and it first shipped in 2012. Among its 7 catalogued features are date-based archives, month filtering, and week filtering. The interface is available in English and Lao.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Date-based archives
Month filtering
Week filtering
Day filtering
Link limit
Sidebar widget
Conditional display

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Runs on

BrowserEmbeddable

Trust & compliance

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed2 Sep · 07:05 UTC
This Day In History Widget verified via WordPress Plugins
Source: WordPress Plugins · Open

Frequently asked questions about This Day In History Widget

What does This Day In History Widget do?: This Day In History Widget focuses on helping WordPress site owners surface relevant historical posts from their archives. It is catalogued under Other productivity on PulseGate.
Who should use This Day In History Widget?: This Day In History Widget is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners and bloggers.
Is This Day In History Widget free?: Yes — This Day In History Widget is free to use.
What platforms does This Day In History Widget run on?: This Day In History Widget runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
Is This Day In History Widget still maintained?: Unverified. This Day In History Widget has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to This Day In History Widget?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include On This Day, Posts On This Day, and Years Ago Today.On This Day Posts On This Day Years Ago Today
Who makes This Day In History Widget?: This Day In History Widget is developed by Eli.
When did This Day In History Widget launch?: This Day In History Widget first shipped in 2012.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English, Lao
First seen: 2 Sep 2026
Built for: WordPress site owners and bloggers
Model: B2B
Solves: Helping WordPress site owners surface relevant historical posts from their archives.

Registered as

WordPress.org: smaly-widget

Developer

Eli

Index record

Indexed: 2 Sep 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sep 2026
Last seen: 2 Sep 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: this-day-in-history-widget-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sep 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 2 Sep 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 2 Sep 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/smaly-widget

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