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Quote of the Day and Random Quote

Description

This plugins shows a Quote of the Day, or a Random Quote.

It can be used as a widget, so it’s easy to install. After installing the plugin you will have two widgets: ‘Quote of the Day’ and ‘Random Quote’.

You can also use the following tags: [quoteoftheday] and [randomquote].

A brief Markdown Example

Screenshots

  • This is what both plugins will look like by default. By changing the css you can change the appearance of the plugin.

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

  1. You can install the plugin by uploading the zip in the plugins section of wordpress, or by adding the files to the folder ‘/wp-content/plugins/quote-of-the-day-and-random-quote’.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
    • Widget: There are widgets added ‘Quote of the Day’ and ‘Random Quote’, you can drag them onto the sidebar of your site.
    • Replace tags: You can use the following shortcodes: [quoteoftheday] and [randomquote].
    • Template: Place <?php echo welovequotes_quote_of_the_day(0); ?> or <?php echo welovequotes_random_quote(0); ?> in your template.

Reviews

January 20, 2021
I think this is a great plugin except one thing that annoys me, the quote is aligned to the right with the author aligned to the left and there seems to way to change it
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Contributors & Developers

“Quote of the Day and Random Quote” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

1.2

  • Removed references to WeLoveQuotes.net, because site will no longer be maintained.

1.1

  • Improved widget constructor for wordpress 4.3

1.0

  • Initial version