The first Tiny Buddha quote appeared on Twitter in 2008. Since then, the archives have grown to include over 1000 wisdom quotes, with new quotes added every weekday.
You can now embed a daily wisdom quote right on your site with the Tiny Buddha Quote Widget for WordPress.
This plugin will display the quote of the day from Monday through Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, the plugin will deliver a random quote from the Tiny Buddha archives.
12/21/11 UPDATE: The quote widget has been changed so that it now delivers a random quote from the Tiny Buddha archives each day.
Installation
1. Upload the file ‘tiny-buddha-quotes.zip’ via Plugins > Add New > Upload’ OR Upload the ‘tiny-buddha-quotes’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory via FTP.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Enable the widget via Appearance > Widgets in your dashboard.
4. Enjoy!
Alternatively, you can place the template tag manually in your theme:
<?php if (function_exists('tb_wisdom_view')) { tb_wisdom_view(); } ?>
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How Often Do Quotes Update?
You will receive a random quote from the archives every day.
2. Does it require WordPress version 3.0 and above?
Yes!
Feedback
Currently, I don’t have a support team in place for the Tiny Buddha Quote Widget. If you have any questions or feedback, it would be best to post it here so that other readers can see my responses.
If you have any suggestions to improve the Tiny Buddha Quote Widget in future versions, please let me know!
About Lori Deschene
Lori Deschene is the founder of Tiny Buddha. She started the site after struggling with depression, bulimia, c-PTSD, and toxic shame so she could recycle her former pain into something useful and inspire others to do the same. You can find her books, including Tiny Buddha’s Gratitude Journal and Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal, here and learn more about her eCourse, Recreate Your Life Story, if you’re ready to transform your life and become the person you want to be.
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Though I run this site, it is not mine. It's ours. It's not about me. It's about us. Your stories and your wisdom are just as meaningful as mine. 
This is too awesome!
If my blog wasn’t so white and just post based, I would add this.
I will suggest this to clients though 😉
Works best on a white blog, actually 😛
It’s very simple for now!
Do you know if this will work on blogspot?
love it but it doesnt work for wordpress.com. is there a way around that?
My white pages only show posts and nothing else, devoid of category list, links, etc. that’s why it won’t work for me.
This is awesome, Lori! Love it!
Aw, I post the daily quote to my blog currently, and I would love to have this widget, but I use Blogger! Are you planning on developing a code for Blogger blogs?
Thanks for the comments everyone! I will look into getting a widget for Blogger, Blogspot, and WordPress.com.
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Awesome – works a treat 🙂
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Cool! Love it and have installed it! 🙂
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I think it should be available next week for WordPress.com…cross your fingers I get it to work 😉
Will see what we can do for Blogspot/Blogger once WordPress.com is functional!
We should have something available for Blogger/Blogspot in the near future. Will announce and update this post with additional platform availability.
is there a mobile app for this?
Hi there,
There will be an iPhone app available soon. I will update the site when it’s available!
Lori
Thanks, Lori, please do! I’d like to put that widget on my Blogspot blog!
Is this available for blogspot yet?
Hi Mike,
Unfortunately, there is not yet. Currently, the widget is only available for WordPress. I am hoping to make other versions in the future, but I haven’t yet progressed with this plan. I will let you know if/when it’s available!
Lori
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Is this widget available for wordpress.com yet? If so, how do I add it? Thanks!
Hi Zoe,
I haven’t made additional versions of the widget yet. I am hoping to do that with my next revamp of the site, before the end of the year!
Namaste,
Lori
Yes. Can’t wait! I would LOVE to place this in my Blogspot blog! Tina Buddha has helped me so much and is one of my inspirations for starting my own blog and sharing my world with others 🙂 Thank you so much for all of your efforts!
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I’m so glad Michelle! I am hoping to have more versions of the widget by the beginning of next year. I have a few other developments on working on first, but this will be the next one!
is there an html format for this widget? i love it so much and would really like to add it to my tumblr!
Hi Amanda,
I am going to hire someone to make other versions of the widget this year. I will update the site as soon as I do!
Thanks so much =)
Lori
I love the idea, but my widget has been stuck on the same quote for a week now.
Hi Amy,
I’m so sorry about that! I recently hired someone to make some changes on the site, and it seems that affected the widget. I have asked him to look into this, so I hope to have the issue resolved within the next couple of days!
Lori
Hope you can have widget for blogger please?
Hi Malene~ It’s something I’m planning to do soon!
The widget manual tag doesn’t work 🙁
The manual method is intended for use in your actual theme’s template files. Did you try to use it in a widget or is it not working for you?
Found your site and liked what you are doing so I downloaded your widget yesterday. Got it working on my website (no WP) just fine with a little creativity. But today the quote hasn’t changed. Is there something preventing the link from getting a new quote?
Hi Jimmy! Thanks for letting me know. Did the quote update since yesterday? I’ve alerted my associate, who handles the tech side of the site, so he can look into this further.
Thank you for the quick reply! Yes – it worked today, but seems to have a character translation issue since there are some garbage chars in it.
The quote worked yesterday as I said, but today (7/7) it is still not updated. Is the daily update an automated process that I should expect by a certain time, or is it a manual one and I should just be cool?
Hi Jimmy~ I’ve forwarded this to Joshua, who handles the tech side of the site, because he will be able to answer this. He’ll respond soon!
The widget updates every 24 hours, but there can be variation depending on when you activated it and when the quote is updated on Tiny Buddha (which is the source of the quote).
Thanks for the update. I’ll just be patient. 🙂
Give me the link for wirdpress download
http://cdn.tinybuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/widget/tiny-buddha-quotes.zip
Has a widget been created for Blogger/Blogspot yet?
Thank you so much for writing it, as I have kept it on my “favorites” tab to read every now and then as inspiration.
Hotel Munchen
Hiya, I’ve been trying to install the widget on WordPress, but unsuccessfully 🙁 When I go to Widget/Upload, it’s asking for a .zip file format. But when I select the file I downloaded from above, it shows all the other files that it contains: CSS, read me, Images, etc. I thought CSS would work, but no. I’m stuck… Does anyone have the same problem? I’m on Mac, not sure that’s a Mac issue.
Please disregard my question, I finally managed to install the plugging 🙂
I know you’ve figured this one out, but in case anyone is seeing a similar thing and needs guidance: sometimes downloaded ZIP files will automatically open up (I believe there was a recent change in Mac OS that does this) and it’s simply a matter of not opening or uncompressing the files, or recompressing the files into a ZIP, failing that.
Do you have information, yet, on posting to Blogger? Thank you.