Years Ago Today
Admin dashboard widget (and optional daily email) that lists posts published to your site on this day in years past.
5(6 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Years Ago Today is a WordPress admin plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.
5/56 reviews
100active installs
6.4K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
This plugin provides a simply admin dashboard widget that lists all of the posts published to your site on this day in years past. Users have the option (via their profiles) to opt into receiving a daily email that provides a listing and links to all of the posts published to your site on this day in years past.
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Developer Documentation
Developer documentation can be found in DEVELOPER-DOCS.md. That documentation covers the numerous hooks provided by the plugin. Those hooks are listed below to provide an overview of what’s available.
c2c_years_ago_today-email_cron_time: Customize the time of day to email the Years Ago Today email to those who have opted-in to it. By default this is “9:00 am”.c2c_…
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Ratings & Reviews
56 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.6 (2024-08-09)
- Fix: Convert use of deprecated string interpolation syntax to prevent notice under PHP8.2. Props Simounet.
- Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.6+
- Change: Update copyright date (2024)
- New: Add
.gitignorefile - Change: Remove development and testing-related files from release packaging
…and 6 more changes
Contributors
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