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Verse of the Day Widget for WP<\/strong> puts a daily Bible verse on your WordPress site in under a minute. Each day a King James Version (KJV) verse is presented over an AI-generated static or animated background, giving visitors a fresh piece of scripture every time they arrive.<\/p>\n\n Every site running the plugin shows the same verse on the same date<\/strong>, so your readers share a true verse of the day with the rest of the network rather than seeing a random line of scripture. The daily selection is driven by your site's own timezone setting, so the verse of the day rolls over at your local midnight.<\/p>\n\n The verses themselves are bundled inside the plugin, so nothing is fetched from an outside verse service. No account, no API key, no signup, no paid tier, and nothing about your visitors is collected or transmitted. That makes it a straightforward fit for church websites, ministry sites, devotional blogs, Christian schools, and any site that needs a daily scripture block without a privacy review attached.<\/p>\n\n Where most daily verse tools are English-only, this one translates the King James Version (KJV) text into over 100 languages. Unlike general-purpose translation services that may prioritize contemporary readability, the translation prompt is designed to preserve the formal tone, phrasing, and emphasis of the KJV. The goal is to give Spanish, French, Tagalog, Korean, and other readers a translation that retains more of the original English text's traditional register.<\/p>\n\n Check out the live demos to see both layouts in action: Sidebar Demo<\/a> | Header Demo<\/a><\/p>\n\n Three Ways To Place The Verse Of The Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Key Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n The daily Bible verses themselves are bundled locally inside the plugin (data\/verses.json) and require no external service. When the verse language is set to English (the default), this plugin makes no network requests for verse content. (The only other possible external request is the Google Fonts CDN, and only until fonts are self-hosted \u2014 see \"Third-Party Fonts & Licenses\" below.)<\/p>\n\n When a language other than English is selected, the plugin uses one third-party service:<\/p>\n\n Verse of the Day Widget for WP Translation API<\/strong>\n- Translates the day's KJV verse into the selected language. The request is made server-side by your WordPress site (never by your visitors' browsers), at most once per language per day, and the result is cached locally until midnight.\n- Data Sent<\/strong>: The verse text and the selected language code. No personal data, visitor data, or site data is sent, collected, or stored.\n- Access<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.freesmartphoneapps.com\/verseoftheday\/api\/translate-verse\/<\/a>\n- Privacy Policy<\/strong>: https:\/\/freesmartphoneapps.com\/privacy-policy-votd\/<\/a> (Updated 2025-05-21).<\/p>\n\n OpenAI API<\/strong>\n- This API is used to translate the Bible verses into over 100 languages, ensuring a multilingual experience.\n- Personal Data<\/strong>: The API does not collect or store any personal data.\n- Access<\/strong>: The API is accessed at https:\/\/api.openai.com\/v1<\/a>.\n- Privacy Policy<\/strong>: Refer to OpenAI's privacy policy here: https:\/\/openai.com\/privacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n This plugin offers 18 Google Fonts as font-family options. When downloaded via Settings > \"Download & Self-Host All Fonts,\" the actual font files are saved to this plugin's own \/fonts\/ directory (one subfolder per font, each including a LICENSE.txt). Both licenses below permit free use, modification, and self-hosted redistribution:<\/p>\n\n Three ways, all interchangeable. Add the Verse of the Day Header<\/strong> or Verse of the Day Sidebar<\/strong> block in the Gutenberg block editor or site editor; drag the header or sidebar widget into a widget area under Appearance > Widgets; or paste the Yes. Both layouts are registered as native Gutenberg blocks, Verse of the Day Header<\/strong> and Verse of the Day Sidebar<\/strong>, and render server-side, so they can be placed in posts, pages, reusable patterns, and full site editing templates and template parts. They appear under the Widgets category in the block inserter, or you can search the inserter for \"verse,\" \"scripture,\" or \"devotional.\" The blocks reuse the same output as the classic widgets and the shortcodes, so all three placement methods display the verse identically.<\/p>\n\n This matters on a block theme such as Twenty Twenty-Five, because block themes have no Appearance > Widgets screen at all. On those themes, use the blocks (or a Shortcode block) rather than the classic Widgets screen.<\/p><\/dd>\n No. There is no account, no API key, no signup, and no connected service to configure. Install, activate, place the block, and the verse of the day appears.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, entirely, under GPLv2 or later. There is no paid tier, no upsell, and no feature held back behind a license.<\/p><\/dd>\n The King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Translations into other languages are derived from the KJV English text rather than from a modern translation, which is why the phrasing reads more formally than most daily verse services.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, over 100 languages are supported. Select your language on the plugin settings page and the daily verse is translated for you. The translation is fetched once per language per day and cached on your site until midnight.<\/p><\/dd>\n No. No visitor data, personal data, or site data is collected, stored, or transmitted. When the language is set to English, the plugin makes no external requests for verse content at all, because the verses ship inside the plugin. See the Third-Party Service section below for the full data flow when a non-English language is selected.<\/p><\/dd>\n It should not. The verse text is bundled locally rather than fetched over the network, backgrounds are served as WebP, translated verses are cached locally until midnight, and fonts can be self-hosted in one click so no external font request is made.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, and that is deliberate. The selection is derived from the date rather than picked at random, so every site running the plugin displays the same verse on a given day. Your visitors see a genuine verse of the day rather than a random verse.<\/p><\/dd>\n At midnight in your site's own timezone, taken from Settings > General, not from whatever timezone your web host happens to run on.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, and that is the most common use. The King James text is public domain, the plugin is GPL, nothing is tracked, and no external account is required, so there is nothing to clear with anyone before putting a daily scripture verse on a church homepage, sidebar, or footer.<\/p><\/dd>\n It is designed to work with most WordPress themes, both classic and block themes. Because the shortcodes work anywhere shortcodes run, it also drops into page builders such as Elementor, Divi, and Beaver Builder through their shortcode or text modules. If you run into a conflict, please open a topic on the support forum so the team and community can help: Official Plugin Support Page<\/a><\/p><\/dd>\n Six animated nature themes ship with the plugin: Autumn, Caribbean, Dolphins, Orcas, Swans, and Wolves. Each is a set of 10-second looping videos shown behind the verse. You choose one theme in Settings, and the widget shows its videos one per day, in order. Static image backgrounds are also included for sites that prefer no motion, among them still scenes from every animated theme.<\/p><\/dd>\n You can choose whether the widget uses static backgrounds, animated backgrounds, or a mix of the two, from the plugin settings page. The background library itself ships with the plugin and grows with each release.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n
[votd_header_widget]<\/code> and [votd_sidebar_widget]<\/code> drop the verse into any post, page, or page-builder text module.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
Third-Party Service<\/h3>\n\n
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\/wp-content\/plugins\/verse-of-the-day-widget-for-wp<\/code> directory.<\/li>\n\n
[votd_header_widget]<\/code> or [votd_sidebar_widget]<\/code> into a post, page, or page-builder text module.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n\n
How do I display the verse of the day?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
[votd_header_widget]<\/code> or [votd_sidebar_widget]<\/code> shortcode anywhere shortcodes run. The older [votd_verse_of_the_day_widget_for_wp]<\/code> shortcode still works for existing installs, but new sites should use the two layout-specific shortcodes above.<\/p><\/dd>\nDoes this verse of the day widget work with Gutenberg and block themes?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Do I need an API key or an account?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Is the plugin free?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Which Bible translation is used?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I display the verse of the day in Spanish, French, or another language?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does the plugin send any visitor data anywhere?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Will this slow down my site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does every site show the same verse on the same day?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
When does the verse change?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I use this on a ministry website?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Is the plugin compatible with all themes?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Which background themes are included?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I change the background images?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Where are the fonts loaded from?<\/h3><\/dt>\n