Time Machinev26.9.0
Time Machine widget and block display a list of articles published in on this day in past, including offset in days, weeks and months.
Alternatives to This Day In History Widget
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Mostifyv1.1.0
Lightweight popular-posts engine. Track page views and comments, display top posts by today, this week, this month, or all-time.
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On This Day (by Room 34)v3.7.0.1
Display your blog posts from this date in previous years as a sidebar widget.
What We Were Writingv1.0.1
Create daily collections of posts published on the same date in previous years and display them with a shortcode.
Posts On This Dayv1.5.7
Widget to display a list of posts published "on this day" in years past. A good little bit of nostalgia for your blog.