This plugin allows you to enter and manage different kinds of events that you then display in via a widget or shortcodes.
Installing is pretty easy takes only a minute or two.
- Upload 'this-day-in-history' directory to your '/wp-content/plugins/' directory.
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress.
- On the 'Widgets' sub-menu of 'Appearance' you will find a new widget type called 'This Day In History'; alternatively use a shortcode in a post or page.
- Add this widget, to your themes widget display areas, select a title and click Save.
- Enter historic events via the new 'Historic Events' admin page. These will be automatically displayed by the widget on the anniversary of the day that they occurred.