diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard-on-this-day.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard-on-this-day.php
index 1939f8ca4b0e3..1caa37057d08a 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard-on-this-day.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard-on-this-day.php
@@ -49,6 +49,33 @@ function wp_dashboard_on_this_day_postbox_classes( $classes ) {
 	return $classes;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gets a trimmed excerpt to display in place of a missing post title.
+ *
+ * Only returns text for posts that have no title and do not require a password.
+ *
+ * @since 7.1.0
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @param WP_Post $post The current WP_Post object.
+ * @return string The trimmed excerpt, or an empty string.
+ */
+function _wp_dashboard_on_this_day_get_no_title_excerpt( $post ) {
+	if ( '' !== get_the_title( $post )
+		|| post_password_required( $post )
+	) {
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	$excerpt = get_the_excerpt( $post );
+
+	if ( '' === $excerpt || ! is_string( $excerpt ) ) {
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	return wp_trim_words( $excerpt, 15 );
+}
+
 /**
  * Renders the On This Day dashboard widget.
  *
@@ -114,10 +141,12 @@ function wp_dashboard_on_this_day() {
 					<ul>
 						<?php foreach ( $year_posts as $year_post ) : ?>
 							<?php
-							$title = get_the_title( $year_post );
+							$title            = get_the_title( $year_post );
+							$no_title_excerpt = '';
 
 							if ( '' === trim( $title ) ) {
-								$title = __( '(no title)' );
+								$title            = __( '(no title)' );
+								$no_title_excerpt = _wp_dashboard_on_this_day_get_no_title_excerpt( $year_post );
 							}
 
 							$author_id   = (int) $year_post->post_author;
@@ -125,7 +154,9 @@ function wp_dashboard_on_this_day() {
 							$show_author = '' !== trim( $author_name ) && get_current_user_id() !== $author_id;
 							?>
 							<li>
-								<a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_permalink( $year_post ) ); ?>"><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?></a>
+								<a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_permalink( $year_post ) ); ?>"><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?><?php if ( '' !== $no_title_excerpt ) : ?>
+									<span class="trimmed-post-excerpt"><?php echo esc_html( $no_title_excerpt ); ?></span>
+								<?php endif; ?></a>
 								<?php if ( $show_author ) : ?>
 									<?php
 									echo '<span class="wp-on-this-day-post-author">' . esc_html(
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/wpOnThisDay.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/wpOnThisDay.php
index 61aef6401683a..6220cf1e23218 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/wpOnThisDay.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/wpOnThisDay.php
@@ -35,23 +35,28 @@ private function set_up_dashboard_screen() {
 	 * @param string $title     Post title.
 	 * @param int    $years_ago Number of years before today.
 	 * @param string $time      Post time.
+	 * @param array  $post_args Additional post arguments.
 	 * @return int Post ID.
 	 */
 	private function create_matching_post(
 		$author_id,
 		$title = 'A memory from last year',
 		$years_ago = 1,
-		$time = '12:00:00'
+		$time = '12:00:00',
+		$post_args = array()
 	) {
 		$post_date = current_datetime()->modify( '-' . $years_ago . ' years' )->format( 'Y-m-d' ) . ' ' . $time;
 
 		return self::factory()->post->create(
-			array(
-				'post_author'   => $author_id,
-				'post_date'     => $post_date,
-				'post_date_gmt' => get_gmt_from_date( $post_date ),
-				'post_status'   => 'publish',
-				'post_title'    => $title,
+			array_merge(
+				array(
+					'post_author'   => $author_id,
+					'post_date'     => $post_date,
+					'post_date_gmt' => get_gmt_from_date( $post_date ),
+					'post_status'   => 'publish',
+					'post_title'    => $title,
+				),
+				$post_args
 			)
 		);
 	}
@@ -309,6 +314,67 @@ public function test_widget_groups_posts_by_year() {
 		$this->assertStringContainsString( 'Late-night shipping log', $output );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @covers ::wp_dashboard_on_this_day
+	 * @covers ::_wp_dashboard_on_this_day_get_no_title_excerpt
+	 */
+	public function test_widget_includes_trimmed_excerpt_for_untitled_posts() {
+		$user_id = self::factory()->user->create( array( 'role' => 'author' ) );
+		wp_set_current_user( $user_id );
+
+		$words = array();
+		for ( $n = 1; $n <= 20; $n++ ) {
+			$words[] = 'word' . $n;
+		}
+
+		$this->create_matching_post(
+			$user_id,
+			'',
+			1,
+			'12:00:00',
+			array(
+				'post_excerpt' => implode( ' ', $words ),
+			)
+		);
+
+		ob_start();
+		wp_dashboard_on_this_day();
+		$output = ob_get_clean();
+
+		$this->assertStringContainsString( '(no title)', $output );
+		$this->assertStringContainsString( 'class="trimmed-post-excerpt"', $output );
+		$this->assertStringContainsString( 'word15', $output, 'The 15th word should be present.' );
+		$this->assertStringNotContainsString( 'word16', $output, 'The 16th word should be trimmed.' );
+		$this->assertStringContainsString( '&hellip;', $output, 'The excerpt should end with an ellipsis.' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @covers ::wp_dashboard_on_this_day
+	 * @covers ::_wp_dashboard_on_this_day_get_no_title_excerpt
+	 */
+	public function test_widget_hides_untitled_post_excerpt_for_password_protected_posts() {
+		$user_id = self::factory()->user->create( array( 'role' => 'author' ) );
+		wp_set_current_user( $user_id );
+
+		$this->create_matching_post(
+			$user_id,
+			'',
+			1,
+			'12:00:00',
+			array(
+				'post_excerpt'  => 'Private anniversary memory.',
+				'post_password' => 'secret',
+			)
+		);
+
+		ob_start();
+		wp_dashboard_on_this_day();
+		$output = ob_get_clean();
+
+		$this->assertStringNotContainsString( 'Private anniversary memory.', $output );
+		$this->assertStringNotContainsString( 'class="trimmed-post-excerpt"', $output );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @covers ::wp_dashboard_on_this_day
 	 * @covers ::wp_dashboard_on_this_day_get_posts