Today in History Widget

Create Your Own Today in History Widget in Seconds for Your Website

Build a responsive history widget that can show daily Wikipedia entries, fixed-date anniversaries, reordered content sections, language-specific content, and brand-friendly styling.

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Create Your Own Today in History Widget in Seconds for Your Website

How to embed Today in History Widget to WordPress

1Get your embed code

After customizing your Jotform website widget, click Try it on your website for free, and copy the generated embed code.

2Open the page editor

Go to the WordPress post or page where you want to display the widget, then add a new block.

3Add a Custom HTML block

Select Custom HTML and paste your Jotform Website widget embed code into the HTML field.

4Update and view

Click Update or Publish, then open the page to check your embedded widget.

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Display date-based Wikipedia entries

Show historical events, holidays, notable births, and deaths for the selected month and day using Wikipedia On This Day content.

Sections include:

EventsHolidaysBirthdaysDeaths

Create Your Widget

Use today or publish a fixed date

Set the widget to follow the current date, or choose a static date when you want to feature a specific anniversary or test different entries.

Date controls include:

TodayStatic dateContent languageWikipedia source

Test a Date

Choose sections, order, and density

Use one section control to enable, disable, and reorder content categories. Then set the item count and desktop column count for the page space.

Display controls include:

Section orderItems per section1-3 columnsWidget width

Customize Display

Style the widget for your site

Choose light, dark, or custom color styles, control the widget width, adjust corners and alignment, and add scoped CSS for advanced design needs.

Style controls include:

Light styleDark styleCustom colorsCorner radius

Style Your Widget