Title: G33Z3R Birthday Song & Retro Music Widgets Author: g33z3r Published: August 10, 2026 Last modified: August 10, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/g33z3r-birthday-song/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3641130) ![](https://ps.w.org/g33z3r-birthday-song/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3641130) # G33Z3R Birthday Song & Retro Music Widgets By [g33z3r](https://profiles.wordpress.org/g33z3r/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/g33z3r-birthday-song.1.1.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/g33z3r-birthday-song/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/g33z3r-birthday-song/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/g33z3r-birthday-song/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/g33z3r-birthday-song/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/g33z3r-birthday-song/) ## Description **What was the #1 song the day you were born?** This plugin embeds a small, fun tool on your site: a visitor picks their birthday and instantly sees the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single for that exact chart week — from 1959 all the way through 2025 — with a one-tap link to play it. Perfect for music blogs, nostalgia sites, class-reunion and alumni pages, birthday and party-planning posts, and classroom pages. * **Free forever** — no account, no API key, no ads, and no tracking of your visitors. * **Accurate** — the real Billboard Hot 100 #1 for the visitor’s exact chart week, not a year-end average. * **Covers 1959–2025** — every week of the Hot 100. * **Lightweight** — a single responsive iframe, no heavy scripts loaded on your pages. * **Three ways to add it** — a **block**, a shortcode, or a classic widget. * **Matches your site** — dark or **light** theme, your own accent colour, and your own heading. #### Three widgets, one plugin * **#1 Song On Your Birthday** — a visitor picks any date and sees the Billboard# 1 for that exact chart week. Works for birthdays, anniversaries, wedding days, and graduations. * **Today’s Flashback** — a different retro song every day, with the year and a link to play it. Set it once; it never goes stale. * **Question of the Day** — a fresh retro music debate daily (“Walkman or Discman?”). Great comment bait. The daily widgets update on our side, so there is nothing to maintain — paste once and your page stays fresh forever. The tools are provided by [G33Z3R Radio](https://g33z3r.com), a Gen-X music-memory site. We host no music — the play buttons link out to Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. **Third-party service disclosure.** This plugin displays widgets served by G33Z3R Radio, a service operated by us at https://g33z3r.com. When a page containing a widget loads, the visitor’s browser requests it from https://g33z3r.com/embed/ (`/ embed/birthday`, `/embed/flashback`, or `/embed/qotd`) and renders it in an iframe. This plugin does not collect or send any personal data about your visitors, the widgets run no scripts on your site, and they set no cookies of any kind. Your use of the service is subject to the G33Z3R Radio Privacy Policy (https://g33z3r.com/ legal/privacy) and Terms (https://g33z3r.com/legal/terms). An optional “Powered by” credit link is available but is turned OFF by default — you choose whether to show it. ## Screenshots [⌊The widget on your site — a visitor picks their birthday and reveals the Billboard# 1 for that exact week.⌉⌊The widget on your site — a visitor picks their birthday and reveals the Billboard #1 for that exact week.⌉[ The widget on your site — a visitor picks their birthday and reveals the Billboard# 1 for that exact week. [⌊Adding it with the shortcode (or drop the widget into a sidebar).⌉⌊Adding it with the shortcode (or drop the widget into a sidebar).⌉[ Adding it with the shortcode (or drop the widget into a sidebar). ## Installation 1. Upload the `g33z3r-birthday-song` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install it from the Plugins screen in WordPress. 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen. 3. Add a widget any of three ways: 4. * **Block (easiest):** in the editor, click **+** and search for “G33Z3R” — pick_# 1 Song On Your Birthday_, _Today’s Flashback_, or _Question of the Day_. Set the theme, colour, and heading in the sidebar; you’ll see a live preview. * **Shortcode:** `[g33z3r_birthday_song]`, `[g33z3r_flashback]`, or `[g33z3r_question]` in any post or page. * **Classic widget:** Appearance Widgets “G33Z3R Birthday Song”. Optional shortcode attributes (all three shortcodes accept them): ``` [g33z3r_flashback theme="light" accent="2ff3ff" heading="Today on WXYZ" width="360" credit="yes"] ``` * `theme` — `dark` (default) or `light`. Use `light` on light-coloured sites; it also switches to a darker accent that stays readable on a pale background. * `accent` — a hex colour (with or without the `#`) so the widget matches your brand. * `heading` — your own heading inside the widget, e.g. a station or site name. * `width` / `height` — pixel size. It’s responsive and never wider than its container; leave `height` off to use the size that fits each widget. * `credit` — off by default; shows an optional “Powered by G33Z3R Radio” link. ## FAQ ### Is it really free? Yes — free forever, with no account, no ads, and no tracking. An optional “Powered by G33Z3R Radio” credit link is available if you’d like to show your support, but it is off by default and never required. ### What years does it cover? Every week of the Billboard Hot 100 from 1959 through 2025. ### Do you host or stream the music? No. The tool shows the song and links out to play it on Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube. No audio is hosted. ### Can I change the size? Yes — use the `width` and `height` attributes on the shortcode, e.g. `[g33z3r_birthday_song width="320" height="480"]`. The widget is responsive and never wider than its container. ### Does it slow down my site? No. It’s a single lazy-loaded iframe, so it only loads when it scrolls into view, and it adds no scripts to your own pages. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “G33Z3R Birthday Song & Retro Music Widgets” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ g33z3r ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/g33z3r/) [Translate “G33Z3R Birthday Song & Retro Music Widgets” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/g33z3r-birthday-song) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/g33z3r-birthday-song/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/g33z3r-birthday-song/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/g33z3r-birthday-song/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/g33z3r-birthday-song/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.1 * Fixed: the banner and icon now display on the WordPress.org listing. The standard sizes (772×250 and 128×128) were missing — the high-DPI versions only work as an add-on to them, never on their own. #### 1.1.0 * New: **block editor support** — three blocks (_#1 Song On Your Birthday_, _Today’s Flashback_, _Question of the Day_) with a live preview and sidebar controls. * New: two more widgets — **Today’s Flashback** (`[g33z3r_flashback]`) and **Question of the Day** (`[g33z3r_question]`). * New: **light theme** (`theme="light"`) for light-coloured sites, with an accent that stays readable on a pale background. * Fixed: the default height for the birthday widget could clip the revealed result on some themes. #### 1.0.0 * Initial release: `[g33z3r_birthday_song]` shortcode and the “G33Z3R Birthday Song” widget. * Theming: `accent` and `heading` attributes (plus an “Accent colour” field on the widget) so the tool matches your site. ## Meta * Version **1.1.1** * Last updated **2 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.4** * PHP version ** 7.2 or higher ** * Tags * [billboard](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/billboard/)[birthday](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/birthday/) [block](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block/)[music](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/music/) [Nostalgia](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/nostalgia/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/g33z3r-birthday-song/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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