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Automatic Copyright Year

Automatic Copyright Year seeks to solve a common problem: keeping your copyright year up-to-date.

By Miina Sikk·Widget·Free
4.3(9 reviews)
·7.0K+ active installs·Updated 6 years ago
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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.

4.3/59 reviews
7.0K+active installs
30K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

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 And when we see other people’s sites that, in the footer, say, “(c) 1998” then suddenly it’s revealed how out-of-date the site is.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.

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.39 reviews
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Recent Reviews

No longer works
by aarucanada·2 years ago

Simply didn’t work even after I followed the instructions.

great plugin
by yur4uk·3 years ago

great plugin, thanks

Looool
by namkha·6 years ago·3 replies

I even could not find where it is working or where to edit it after installation and activation. poor documentation ….

  • This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by namkha.
Nice and simple
by pbosakov·6 years ago

Simply works as described, without any unnecessary bloatware

Lifesaver!
by LouisePKelly·6 years ago

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!

Download Trends

Today: 3Yesterday: 10This week: 27Period total: 1K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.1
98.3%
v1.0
1.7%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1

  • Allow using [wpsos_year] as shortcode.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Miina SikkMiina Sikkcitywanderercitywanderer
Plugin Info
Version
1.1
Last Updated
Jul 22, 2019
WP Requires
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
5.2.24
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
7.0K+
Downloads
30K+
Added
Jul 10, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

widgetcopyrightshortcodecopyright yearfooter copyright

Developer

M
Miina Sikk
10 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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