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function wp_dashboard_on_this_day( $posts = null ) {
	if ( null === $posts ) {
		$posts = wp_dashboard_on_this_day_get_posts();
	}

	if ( empty( $posts ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	echo '<div id="on-this-day-posts" class="activity-block">';
	echo '<h3>' . esc_html__( 'Published On This Day' ) . '</h3>';
	echo '<ul>';

	foreach ( $posts as $post ) {
		/* translators: Date format for posts published in a previous year. */
		$date = get_the_date( __( 'M jS, Y' ), $post );

		$title = get_the_title( $post );

		if ( '' === trim( $title ) ) {
			$title = __( '(no title)' );

			if ( current_user_can( 'read_post', $post->ID ) && ! post_password_required( $post ) ) {
				$excerpt = get_the_excerpt( $post );

				if ( is_string( $excerpt ) && '' !== $excerpt ) {
					$title .= ' ' . wp_trim_words( $excerpt, 15 );
				}
			}
		}

		$can_edit = current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID );
		$link     = $can_edit ? get_edit_post_link( $post->ID ) : get_permalink( $post );

		if ( $can_edit ) {
			/* translators: %s: Post title. */
			$aria_label = sprintf( __( 'Edit &#8220;%s&#8221;' ), $title );
		} else {
			/* translators: %s: Post title. */
			$aria_label = sprintf( __( 'View &#8220;%s&#8221;' ), $title );
		}

		$author_id   = (int) $post->post_author;
		$author_name = $author_id > 0 ? (string) get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $author_id ) : '';

		printf(
			'<li><span>%1$s</span><span><a href="%2$s" aria-label="%3$s">%4$s</a>',
			esc_html( $date ),
			esc_url( $link ),
			esc_attr( $aria_label ),
			esc_html( $title )
		);

		if ( '' !== trim( $author_name ) && get_current_user_id() !== $author_id ) {
			printf(
				' <span class="wp-on-this-day-post-author">%s</span>',
				esc_html(
					sprintf(
						/* translators: %s: Post author's display name. */
						__( 'by %s' ),
						$author_name
					)
				)
			);
		}

		echo '</span></li>';
	}

	echo '</ul>';
	echo '</div>';

	return true;
}