Hi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had this idea a while ago to create a plugin to show the posts on today excluding category and year. I asked Gemini to help with the code and this is what it has come up with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<?php<\/strong>
\/**
* Shortcode to display posts published on the current day and month, across all years.
*
* Usage: [daily_on_this_day_posts]
*\/
function display_daily_posts_on_this_day_shortcode() {
\/\/ Get the current day and month
\/\/ 'j' for day of the month without leading zeros (1 to 31)
\/\/ 'n' for month number without leading zeros (1 to 12)
$current_day = date('j');
$current_month = date('n');
\/\/ Arguments for the WordPress query
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post', \/\/ We are querying standard posts
'post_status' => 'publish', \/\/ Only show published posts
'posts_per_page' => -1, \/\/ Retrieve all posts that match the criteria
'date_query' => array( \/\/ This is the key part for matching the date
array(
'month' => $current_month, \/\/ Match the current month
'day' => $current_day, \/\/ Match the current day
\/\/ Year is intentionally omitted to match across all years
),
),
'orderby' => 'date', \/\/ Order the results by their full publication date
'order' => 'DESC', \/\/ Show the newest posts first (e.g., from most recent year)
'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1, \/\/ Do not let sticky posts interfere with the date order
\/\/ By default, WP_Query searches all categories, so no need to specify category exclusion explicitly
);
$daily_posts_query = new WP_Query($args);
\/\/ Prepare the output string
$output = '';
\/\/ Get the current date formatted nicely for the title (e.g., \"May 12th\")
$current_date_formatted = date('F jS'); \/\/ Using 'F jS' for \"Month daySuffix\", e.g., \"May 12th\"
if ($daily_posts_query->have_posts()) {
$output .= '<h2>Posts from ' . esc_html($current_date_formatted) . ' (Across All Years)<\/h2>';
\/\/ Removed the <ul> tag
while ($daily_posts_query->have_posts()) {
$daily_posts_query->the_post();
\/\/ Each post is now a separate div block
$output .= '<div class=\"daily-post-entry\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee; overflow: hidden;\">'; \/\/ Added overflow:hidden to contain floats
\/\/ Display the featured image if it exists, floated to the left
if (has_post_thumbnail()) {
\/\/ You can change 'thumbnail' to other sizes like 'medium', 'large', or a custom size
\/\/ Added float:left and margin for spacing
$output .= '<div class=\"daily-post-image\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 150px;\">'; \/\/ Added max-width to control image size
$output .= get_the_post_thumbnail(get_the_ID(), 'thumbnail'); \/\/ Using 'thumbnail' size
$output .= '<\/div>';
}
\/\/ Container for the text content, to allow it to flow next to the image
$output .= '<div class=\"daily-post-content\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">'; \/\/ overflow:hidden helps contain content next to float
\/\/ Display the post title as a link
$output .= '<h3><a href=\"' . esc_url(get_permalink()) . '\">' . esc_html(get_the_title()) . '<\/a><\/h3>';
\/\/ Display the full publication date
$output .= '<p style=\"font-size: 0.9em; color: #555; margin-top: 0;\">Published on: ' . esc_html(get_the_date('F jS, Y')) . '<\/p>'; \/\/ e.g., May 12th, 2023
\/\/ Display the excerpt
$output .= '<div style=\"margin-top: 5px;\">' . get_the_excerpt() . '<\/div>';
$output .= '<\/div>'; \/\/ End of daily-post-content
\/\/ $output .= '<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>'; \/\/ Optional: explicit clear if overflow:hidden on parent isn't enough in some themes
$output .= '<\/div>'; \/\/ End of daily-post-entry
}
\/\/ Removed the <\/ul> tag
wp_reset_postdata(); \/\/ Important: Restore original post data after custom loop
} else {
$output .= '<p>No posts found for ' . esc_html($current_date_formatted) . ' from any year.<\/p>';
}
return $output; \/\/ Return the HTML to be displayed by the shortcode
}
\/\/ Register the shortcode so WordPress recognizes it
add_shortcode('daily_on_this_day_posts', 'display_daily_posts_on_this_day_shortcode');
?><\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nShould I simply post the code in the functions file or would it be better to create a plugin and update on a regular basis please? Is the code ok?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18460839","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18460839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18460839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18460839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}