Title: Plugin or javascript?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Plugin or javascript?

 *  Resolved [msadventures](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msadventures/)
 * (@msadventures)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-or-javascript/)
 * I’ve been thinking of a feature I’d like to have on one of my sites, but I don’t
   know exactly how to go about putting it into action, whether there is a plugin
   available or whether this is a javascript kind of thing.
 * Basically what I’d like to have is a “This Day In History” kind of thing in the
   sidebar, where the current date shows up, and then each day, the date automatically
   updates, and the list of events from history updates as well. I’d want to list
   my own events, of course, but not quite sure where to start with all this.
 * Any pointers? Thanks! 🙂

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 *  Thread Starter [msadventures](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msadventures/)
 * (@msadventures)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-or-javascript/#post-297348)
 * Bump.
 * Input, anyone?
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-or-javascript/#post-297349)
 * A start:
 * [http://www.mikeschepker.com/wordpress/2005/04/my-first-plugin/](http://www.mikeschepker.com/wordpress/2005/04/my-first-plugin/)
 *  [viper007bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viper007bond/)
 * (@viper007bond)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-or-javascript/#post-297350)
 * If you know PHP, writing a WordPress plugin is easy as pie. If you don’t, that’s
   another matter and you should probably stick to like the above plugin.
 * Anyway, here’s some reading if you want to modify the above one or just want 
   to go from scratch:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin](http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin)
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API)
 * Also download some random (but simple) plugins and see how they work. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [msadventures](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msadventures/)
 * (@msadventures)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-or-javascript/#post-297353)
 * Thanks Kafka and Viper, I will look at those links.
 * No, I know nothing about php at all, really, only the very little bit that I’ve
   figured out from modifying my site layout/theme, but I definitely should learn
   more.
 * Thanks! 🙂

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