Current Year Shortcode
by runthings.dev on WordPress.org
Adds a shortcode to display the current year or a year range, perfect for copyright statements.
Using the shortcode in a footer widget
This is a plugin which adds a simple shortcode to display the current year or a dynamic year range, particularly useful for copyright statements at the bottom of your website.
Its most basic usage is [year], which will display the current year. If you provide a starting year with the ‘from’ parameter, it will expand into a date range when the ‘from’ year is before the current year.
If [year] is used by another plugin, then it uses the fallback [runthings_year] which can be customised with the runthings_current_year_shortcode_tag filter. You can see the active shortcode tag in it entry in the installed plugins page.
Features
- Display current year with
[year] - Create a dynamic year range with
[year from="2020"] - Abbreviated year format with
[year from="2020" mode="short"], which shows “2020-25” (if the current year is 2025) - Automatic fallback shortcode
[runthings_year]if another plugin already uses the ‘year’ shortcode - Filter (
runthings_current_year_shortcode_tag) to set your own shortcode
Usage Examples
Assuming the current year is 2025:
[year]displays “2025”[year from="2025"]displays “2025” (since it’s the current year)[year from="1983"]displays “1983-2025”[year from="2020" mode="short"]displays “2020-25” (shortened current year)[year from="1995" mode="short"]displays “1995-2025” (not shortened because centuries differ)
Filters
runthings_current_year_shortcode_tag
This filter allows customization of the shortcode tag used by the plugin.
For detailed documentation and examples, see the full documentation on GitHub.
Parameters:
$tag(string): The shortcode tag to be registered. Defaults to ‘year’ or ‘runthings_year’ if conflicted.
Additional Notes
Built by Matthew Harris of runthings.dev, copyright 2021-2025.
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License
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html.
Icon – Calendar by Qadeer Hussain, from Noun Project, https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/calendar/ (CC BY 3.0)
Icon – legal by hanis tusiyani, from Noun Project, https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/legal/ (CC BY 3.0)
