A Year Before
"A Year Before" shows a list of articles, which were written a certain time ago. So you can show in a history, what happend in your blog in …
4.2(5 reviews)
·50 active installs·Updated 6 years agoAs of April 2026, A Year Before is a WordPress date plugin with 50 active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 17K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Meta and Date Remover.
4.2/55 reviews
50active installs
17K+total downloads
19 yearssince 2007
Overview
With “A Year Before” you can show the titles of the articles which were written a certain time ago. So you can show in a “historical corner”, what happend in your blog e.g. 30 days, 6 months or a year before. You also can use the “anniversary-mode”, which will display all the posts through the years, which were written on this day and month.
You can use it as a wordpress-widget or put it in your theme as a php-function with parameters.
Configuration
Using the widget
Just click on the configuration-button of the widget an use the selfexplaining popup-dialog.
Use the output-pattern to define the look of the found articles. Possible patterns are:
- %title% The title of the article
- %link% The link to the article
- %date% The date of the article
- %excerpt% The e…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.8.0+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0
Add: #thumbnail’-pattern to show featured imagages of articles
Contributors
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