U.S. Debt Clock Widget
Active Installs
100+
Last Updated
August 17, 2024
First Released
November 2, 2014
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This plugin creates a widget displaying the most recently available amount of the U.S. National Debt. Data is retrieved from treasurydirect.gov and a source link can optionally be displayed.
Want to help make this plugin better? Pull requests are welcome.
- Upload the
us-debt-clock-widgetfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the U.S. Debt Clock Widget plugin through the
Pluginsmenu in the WordPress dashboard - Add the widget to an available widget area and configure the display options
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Changelog
1.6
- Fix: use newer Treasury debt feed and info URLs, as they did not redirect the old ones.
1.5
- Fix: catch undefined variable scenario
- Improvement: additional code standards and formatting updates
1.4
- Fix: change data source from treasury.io to treasurydirect.gov
- Improvement: code style and formatting
1.3
- Fix: unfortunate math error that had debt displaying as billions, not trillions, h/t Scott Cooper
1.2
- Fix: error in get_debt logic that was preventing successful data from being returned
- Fix: update widget registration to work with recent versions of WordPress
- Improvement: Update code formatting and escaping to better adhere to WordPress coding standards
- Improvement: Delete transient when plugin is deactivated
1.1
- Improvement: Handle invalid data from treasury.io more gracefully
1.0
- Initial release
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