On This Day (by Room 34)
Display your blog posts from this date in previous years as a sidebar widget.
5(8 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, On This Day (by Room 34) is a WordPress archive plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Zippy.
5/58 reviews
200active installs
100%resolved
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
On This Day (formerly “Room 34 presents On This Day”) is a simple widget that displays a list of blog posts that were published on the same date in previous years. Customization options include:
- Title
- Message to display if no posts are found
- Maximum posts to display
- Show featured images (if available)
- Category filtering
- Optional On This Day archive page (new in version 2.0)
Important: While not technically required, the On This Day archive page assumes your theme includes an archive.php file that uses the the_archive_title() function to display the page title.
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Changelog
3.7.0 – 2025.11.24
- Added filters (
r34otd_permalink,r34otd_thumbnail,r34otd_title,r34otd_date_format,r34otd_excerpt,r34otd_categories, andr34otd_tags) to allow customization of all post output in the widget. Each filter accepts two input parameters: the current value and the post ID.
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