Automatic Copyright Year seeks to solve a common problem: keeping your copyright year up-to-date.
As of April 2026, Automatic Copyright Year is a WordPress widget plugin with 7.0K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 30K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
Automatic Copyright Year seeks to solve a common problem: keeping your copyright year up-to-date.
It’s a problem all of us had: on January 1st every year, we need to go through every one of our websites and update all the footers. And when we see other people’s sites that, in the footer, say, “(c) 1998” then suddenly it’s revealed how out-of-date the site is.
With Automatic Copyright Year, this problem will never happen to you!
Instead of going through every site you have each year on the 1st of January and change the year manually, now it will all be done seamlessly for you. Just install the Automatic Copyright Year plugin and voila: your sites will always have an up-to-date copyright.
Simply didn’t work even after I followed the instructions.
great plugin, thanks
I even could not find where it is working or where to edit it after installation and activation. poor documentation ….
Simply works as described, without any unnecessary bloatware
Thank you so much for this plugin! It makes the process of dynamically updating the copyright super easy. Thank you for updating it too. Let people know what they can do to support you so you can continue to maintain this plugin!
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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