Introducing: The Tiny Buddha Quote Widget

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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.

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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!

Comments

84 responses to “Introducing: The Tiny Buddha Quote Widget”

February 23, 2011

Brenton Gieser

This is too awesome!
February 23, 2011

Long Nguyen

If my blog wasn’t so white and just post based, I would add this.

I will suggest this to clients though 😉
February 23, 2011

Cynpauw

Do you know if this will work on blogspot?
February 23, 2011

jules

love it but it doesnt work for wordpress.com. is there a way around that?
February 23, 2011

Joshua

Works best on a white blog, actually 😛

It’s very simple for now!
February 23, 2011

LONGZERO

My white pages only show posts and nothing else, devoid of category list, links, etc. that’s why it won’t work for me.
February 23, 2011

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February 23, 2011

Positively Present

This is awesome, Lori! Love it!
February 24, 2011

Jen

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?
February 24, 2011

Lori Deschene

Thanks for the comments everyone! I will look into getting a widget for Blogger, Blogspot, and WordPress.com.
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February 24, 2011

Jolene

Awesome – works a treat 🙂
February 24, 2011

HF. Halvorsen

Cool! Love it and have installed it! 🙂
February 26, 2011

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February 26, 2011

Joshua

I think it should be available next week for WordPress.com…cross your fingers I get it to work 😉
February 26, 2011

Joshua

Will see what we can do for Blogspot/Blogger once WordPress.com is functional!
February 26, 2011

Joshua

We should have something available for Blogger/Blogspot in the near future. Will announce and update this post with additional platform availability.
March 22, 2011

kjc7962

is there a mobile app for this?
March 22, 2011

Lori Deschene

Hi there,

There will be an iPhone app available soon. I will update the site when it’s available!

Lori
March 31, 2011

artemis133

Thanks, Lori, please do! I’d like to put that widget on my Blogspot blog!
August 11, 2011

Mikehosein

Is this available for blogspot yet?
August 11, 2011

Lori Deschene

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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September 23, 2011

Zoe

Is this widget available for wordpress.com yet? If so, how do I add it? Thanks!
September 23, 2011

Lori Deschene

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
October 5, 2011

Michelle Crawley11

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!

http://www.uniquewondefulme.blogspot.com
October 5, 2011

Lori Deschene

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!
January 10, 2012

Amanda Hanko

is there an html format for this widget? i love it so much and would really like to add it to my tumblr!
January 11, 2012

Lori Deschene

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
April 20, 2012

Amy Baker

I love the idea, but my widget has been stuck on the same quote for a week now.
April 20, 2012

Lori Deschene

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
April 21, 2012

Malene

Hope you can have widget for blogger please?
April 21, 2012

Lori Deschene

Hi Malene~ It’s something I’m planning to do soon!
December 20, 2012

EcoGrrl

The widget manual tag doesn’t work 🙁
March 3, 2013

Joshua

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?
July 4, 2013

jimmyg

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?
July 5, 2013

Lori Deschene

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.
July 6, 2013

jimmyg

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.
July 7, 2013

jimmyg

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?
July 7, 2013

Lori Deschene

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!
July 7, 2013

Joshua

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).
July 7, 2013

jimmyg

Thanks for the update. I’ll just be patient. 🙂
February 13, 2014

Chandan

Give me the link for wirdpress download
February 13, 2014

Joshua

http://cdn.tinybuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/widget/tiny-buddha-quotes.zip
May 21, 2014

caitlineom

Has a widget been created for Blogger/Blogspot yet?
May 31, 2014

kavin paker

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
June 13, 2014

Raphaelle Stockwell

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.
June 13, 2014

Raphaelle Stockwell

Please disregard my question, I finally managed to install the plugging 🙂
June 13, 2014

Joshua

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.
June 21, 2014

Valerie

Do you have information, yet, on posting to Blogger? Thank you.
June 22, 2014

Lori Deschene

Hi Valerie,

I decided not to create other versions of the widget, since there wasn’t a high demand. If I decide to do it in the future, I will create a mailing list to notify anyone who’s interested as soon as it’s available.

Happy Sarurday 🙂

Lori
June 22, 2014

Valerie

Thank you.
July 17, 2014

Charles Malo

Is it possible to have this for Windows, too? Would be awesome to have a new one every time you go back to your desktop, for example 🙂
July 23, 2014

Lori Deschene

Sorry for the slow response, Charles. I will look into this!
July 30, 2014

Charles Malo

No problem. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed ! 🙂
January 23, 2015

Jean Hamilton-Fford

Would definitely include an HTML version for those who do not have WordPress, etc. I would gladly include it on my site. 🙂
March 27, 2015

andrea

Thank you Lori for all you do.. so grateful to find tinybuddha
March 27, 2015

Lori Deschene

You’re most welcome, Andrea, and thanks so much for taking the time to leave this kind comment. =)
June 3, 2015

Mike Loader

Just found out about Tiny Buddha today.
Would just like to share a quote (sorry, don’t know who by). ” life is not about sheltering from the storm, it’s about getting out & learning to dance in the rain”
June 4, 2015

Lori Deschene

Great quote, Mike. Thanks for sharing it–and welcome to Tiny Buddha! =)
June 21, 2015

Christiaan Hupkes

I don’t see the HTML-code for Blogger and Blogspot for a daily Tiny Buddha at my website.
September 13, 2015

jerica

You should make this widget available on mobile phones. 🙂
September 13, 2015

Lori Deschene

Thanks for the suggestion, Jerica. I will look into this! =)
January 20, 2016

Diva Nina Writes

Hi. I have the quote widget on two of my blog sites for the past year. It normally works fine, but for the past weeks, something seems awry. It is showing or a version of this on both of my blog sites. I didn’t see an update so decided I would check to see what else I may try.
January 20, 2016

Lori Deschene

Hi Nina ~ Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I will have someone look into this! Can you share your URL with me so I can see the widget?
January 20, 2016

Diva Nina Writes

Lori, it’s fixed on both sites now. Thanks and Enjoy!
January 20, 2016

Lori Deschene

Great – you’re most welcome! =)
March 15, 2016

NikkiW

Love the plugin, Lori. I posted it on my web design & SEO business website tonight to give my site visitors a friendly and positive message. 🙂
March 15, 2016

Lori Deschene

Wonderful! I’m glad you like it. 🙂
November 28, 2016

Joshua

Hi Bianca! This is currently only working for self-hosted WordPress-powered websites. We’re looking at expanding that in the future and will respond to requests on this page about it when that happens. Thank you 🙂
December 3, 2016

Daria

Hey Lori, is this available as a desktop widget too?
December 6, 2016

Joshua

Hi Daria, I’m not sure it will ever be available as a desktop widget, but if we get enough demand for it we’ll certainly look into it!
May 14, 2017

tehla

I would love to add this to my site (a weebly site) please let me know if you create the html code that I can embed? Or if you create a widget for weebly? Thanks so much, I LOVE your posts and quotes so much!
July 24, 2017

Carlin

I added your plugin to my website: http://www.livetozen.com – very cool plugin!
July 24, 2017

Lori Deschene

Great – I’m glad you like it!
August 11, 2017

Gigi

I love this widget Lori, thank you so much. What a wonderful addition to my website/blog I am about to launch 🙂 ♥
August 11, 2017

Lori Deschene

You’re most welcome. Congrats on the new blog!
August 12, 2017

Trish Short Lewis

I would dearly love to put the widget on my Blogger blog – did this every get done?
August 12, 2017

Lori Deschene

Unfortunately, no. I just realized I wrote that comment six years ago! Clearly I dropped the ball on this…
December 15, 2020

Heena Sharma

Hi Tiny Buddha Team,

Thank you for this lovely widget, I have already embedded it on my website (Flyplanett.com) and its beautiful thank you:)
December 15, 2020

Lori Deschene

You’re most welcome! Looks great on your site. =)
March 4, 2021

Erslan Ashraf

Do you have mobile phone application?
January 10, 2025

Jeannie Keller

Hey there! I'm curious if you've made a tiny Buddha quote widget for Android phones, by chance?

i don't use any blogs specifically. I originally came across yours and your communities helpful stories and quotes on Facebook. But I don't use Facebook much anymore.

Just curious!

thx,
Jeannie
January 10, 2025

Lori Deschene

Hi Jeannie! Unfortunately, I haven't made a quote widget for Android. Perhaps I'll consider this for the future!