Beschreibung
Add a Quote of the Day to your WordPress website with the FixQuotes Widget. Every day, a new inspiring quote is automatically displayed to your visitors – no maintenance required!
FixQuotes is one of the largest curated quotation databases on the web, featuring over 170,000 verified quotes from more than 12,000 notable people throughout history.
Features
- Three Display Modes: Choose between text-only, image-only, or text + image display
- Widget & Shortcode Support: Use as a sidebar widget or embed anywhere with shortcodes
- Gutenberg Block: Native block editor support for modern WordPress sites
- Automatic Updates: Quotes refresh daily at midnight – completely hands-off
- Smart Caching: Quotes are cached locally for fast page loads
- Responsive Images: Beautiful quote images that adapt to any screen size
- Clean Styling: Widget adapts to your theme’s design
- Handpicked Quality: Every quote is selected by FixQuotes editors for accuracy and impact
Usage
As a Widget:
1. Go to Appearance Widgets
2. Drag „FixQuotes Quote of the Day“ to your sidebar
3. Select your preferred display type
4. Save
As a Shortcode:
[fixquotes_qotd type=“text_image“]
Available types: text, image, text_image
As a Gutenberg Block:
1. Edit a page or post
2. Click + to add a block
3. Search for „FixQuotes Quote of the Day“
4. Configure display options in the block sidebar
Links
Privacy Policy
This plugin connects to FixQuotes.com to retrieve quote data:
- Data Retrieved: Quote text, author name, author URL, quote image URL
- Data Sent: None – only standard HTTP requests are made
- Data Storage: Quotes are cached locally using WordPress transients for 1 hour
- Third-Party Service: FixQuotes.com – Privacy Policy
No personal information about your visitors is collected or transmitted by this plugin.
Blöcke
Dieses Plugin unterstützt 1 Block.
- FixQuotes Quote of the Day
Installation
Automatic Installation
- Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard
- Go to Plugins Add New
- Search for „FixQuotes“
- Click „Install Now“ and then „Activate“
- Go to Appearance Widgets and drag the „FixQuotes Quote of the Day“ to your sidebar
Manual Installation
- Download the plugin zip file
- Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard
- Go to Plugins Add New Upload Plugin
- Choose the downloaded file and click „Install Now“
- Activate the plugin
- Go to Appearance Widgets and configure the widget
Using the Shortcode
After activation, you can use the shortcode anywhere in your posts or pages:
[fixquotes_qotd] - Basic text quote
[fixquotes_qotd type="text_image"] - Text with image
[fixquotes_qotd type="image"] - Image only
[fixquotes_qotd title="Daily Inspiration"] - Custom title
FAQ
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Can I add multiple quote widgets to my site?
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Yes! You can add multiple widgets with different display modes. For example, use text-only in a narrow sidebar and text + image in a wider content area.
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How often do the quotes update?
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Quotes are automatically updated daily at midnight (Eastern Time). Each quote is handpicked by FixQuotes editors. The widget caches data locally to ensure fast page loads.
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Can I customize the widget appearance?
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The widget is designed to inherit your theme’s fonts and colors. For advanced customization, you can add custom CSS targeting the
.fixquotes-qotd-widgetclass. -
What image size is used?
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The widget uses high-quality 1200×628px landscape images, optimized for social sharing and responsive display.
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Does this plugin slow down my site?
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No. Quotes are cached locally for 1 hour, so the external API is only called periodically. Images are served from FixQuotes‘ CDN.
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Is this plugin GDPR compliant?
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Yes. The plugin fetches quote data from FixQuotes.com and displays images from our CDN. We do not collect any personal information about your visitors.
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What versions of WordPress does this work with?
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The plugin requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. It’s tested up to WordPress 6.4.
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Can I use this with the Classic Editor?
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Yes! Use the shortcode
[fixquotes_qotd]in the Classic Editor, or add the widget via Appearance Widgets.
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Mitwirkende & Entwickler
„FixQuotes Quote of the Day“ ist Open-Source-Software. Folgende Menschen haben an diesem Plugin mitgewirkt:
Mitwirkende
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Änderungsprotokoll
1.3
- Updated Quote of the Day URL to remove trailing slash
1.2
- Renamed plugin to „FixQuotes Quote of the Day“ (WordPress guidelines compliance)
- Updated text domain to fixquotes-quote-of-the-day
- Added option to show/hide widget title
- Added optional „Powered by FixQuotes“ credit link (opt-in)
- Text-only quotes now wrapped in quotation marks
- Fixed quote links to use static QOTD page URL
1.0
- Initial release
- Widget with 3 display modes (text, image, text + image)
- Shortcode support: [fixquotes_qotd]
- Gutenberg block support
- Automatic daily quote refresh (handpicked by editors)
- Local caching for performance