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Tempus Fugit

by David Shanske · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.2.0 Tested up to WP 6.5.10 PHP 7.0+

Tempus Fugit has 10+ active installs on WordPress.org and 2,422 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on May 12, 2024, tested up to WordPress 6.5.10.

Tempus Fugit at a glance

Active installs
10+
Total downloads
2,422
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Tempus Fugit well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.5.10, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Date Based Archives will show up from oldest to newest, instead of newest first. When you are scrolling through memory lane, you want to do it in order
  • Adds the %dayofyear% tag so you can have your permalinks as /%year%/%dayofyear% instead of month and day
  • Adds On This Day URLs and Widgets /onthisday
  • Adds This Week URLs and Widgets /thisweek
  • Adds /updated, /random, /oldest as top level archives
  • Adds the %week% tag so you can have your permalinks include the year and adds the option for 2021/W21 to indicate Week 21 of the year

Details

A Collection of Enhancements to Improve Time Handling on Your Site

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • archive
  • date
  • onthisday
  • time

More from David Shanske

Version
1.2.0
Last updated
May 12, 2024
First published
Mar 10, 2021
Requires WordPress
4.9.9
Tested up to
6.5.10
Requires PHP
7.0
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Tempus Fugit FAQ

What does Tempus Fugit do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Tempus Fugit offers Date Based Archives will show up from oldest to newest, instead of newest first. When you are scrolling through memory lane, you want to do it in order, Adds the %dayofyear% tag so you can have your permalinks as /%year%/%dayofyear% instead of month and day, Adds On This Day URLs and Widgets /onthisday, Adds This Week URLs and Widgets /thisweek and Adds /updated, /random, /oldest as top level archives.

How many active installs does Tempus Fugit have?

WordPress.org reports 10+ active installs for Tempus Fugit as of September 7, 2026.

Is Tempus Fugit still maintained?

The last release was on May 12, 2024, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Tempus Fugit free?

Tempus Fugit is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.