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wp_dashboard_on_this_day_get_posts › WordPress Function

Since7.1.0
Deprecatedn/a
› wp_dashboard_on_this_day_get_posts ( No parameters )
Returns:
  • (WP_Post[]) Array of posts ordered by newest first.
Defined at:
Codex:

Retrieves published posts from all authors that were published on this calendar day in previous years.

The date constraint matches today's month and day, combined with a before clause anchored to January 1 of the current year. Up to ten posts are returned; use the wp_dashboard_on_this_day_query_args filter to change the limit. Results are cached by WP_Query's native query caching.


Related Functions: wp_dashboard_on_this_day_setup, wp_dashboard_on_this_day, wp_dashboard_on_this_day_postbox_classes, _wp_dashboard_on_this_day_date_query_clause, wp_dashboard_recent_posts

Source 

function wp_dashboard_on_this_day_get_posts() {
	$today      = current_datetime();
	$year       = (int) $today->format( 'Y' );
	$date_query = array(
		'relation' => 'AND',
		array(
			'before' => array( 'year' => $year ),
		),
		_wp_dashboard_on_this_day_date_query_clause( $today ),
	);

	$args = array(
		'post_type'              => 'post',
		'post_status'            => array( 'publish' ),
		'posts_per_page'         => 10,
		'ignore_sticky_posts'    => true,
		'orderby'                => 'date',
		'order'                  => 'DESC',
		'no_found_rows'          => true,
		'update_post_term_cache' => false,
		'update_post_meta_cache' => false,
		'date_query'             => $date_query,
	);

	/**
	 * Filters the arguments used to query posts for the On This Day dashboard widget.
	 *
	 * @since 7.1.0
	 *
	 * @param array $args WP_Query arguments.
	 */
	$args = apply_filters( 'wp_dashboard_on_this_day_query_args', $args );

	$query = new WP_Query( $args );

	return $query->posts;
}