Read a Poem – Month by Month

Read a Poem – Month by Month is a simple way to display fresh website content to site visitors every month. The plugin can be used for any post content, you aren’t restricted to poems.

Add your poems to the Read a Poem post entry. Enter 12 poems and then assign them to a month. Add the shortcode to a page to display a different poem each month.

• Use the shortcode [poem-current] to display a different poem each month
• Use the shortcode [poem id=XXX] to display a specific poem
• Shortcodes can be used in a page, post, or a text widget
• Developers can add do_shortcode(‘[poem-current]’) to their templates

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1. 01Install via the WordPress.org plugin directory or by uploading the read-a-poem folder to the /wp-content/plugins directory
2. 02Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
3. 03Add your poem in the new ‘Read a Poem’ custom post type section of the admin.
4. 04To display a given poem on a page/post in your site — go to the “All Poems” screen and copy the poem’s shortcode [poem id=XXX]. Paste the shortcode into your site where you want to display your poem.
5. 05To cycle through and display a different poem each month…. begin by adding 12 poems to the Read a Poem post type