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Factoid

Description

Factoid allows you to place interesting, amusing and inspiring little random facts and quotes on your WordPress website through both shortcodes (for inserting into posts and pages) and widgets (for inserting into sidebars and other layout elements). Factoid allows you to select the type and category of Factoid you’d like displayed, and also provides a number of display and layout options. Factoids are fetched across the internet from our extensive and constantly growing database.

Installation

Install using the WordPress plugin installer. To manually install:

  1. Create a folder called ‘factoid’ in the ‘/wp-contents/plugins/’ directory
  2. Upload the contents of the zip file to the ‘factoid’ folder
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

FAQ

Installation Instructions

Install using the WordPress plugin installer. To manually install:

  1. Create a folder called ‘factoid’ in the ‘/wp-contents/plugins/’ directory
  2. Upload the contents of the zip file to the ‘factoid’ folder
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

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Contributors & Developers

“Factoid” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.14

  • Updated to fetch factoids across https

1.13

  • Minor bug fix
  • Added more stable xml error handling

1.11

  • Minor bug fix

1.1

  • Added three new display styles
  • Added user customisable display style

1.02

  • Minor bug fix

1.0

  • Initial public release.