As of April 2026, Current Year and Footer Information is a WordPress year plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.6.9+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Shortcode for Current Date.
5/52 reviews
100active installs
2.5K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
Easy plugin to show the Copyright icon, Current Year, Legal Notice and Cookies Policy using shortcodes. Compatible with WordPress Multilanguage.
Just use this shortcodes:
- [c] for the copyright symbol.
- [cy] for the current year (four digits). Forget to change it manually every year!
- [legal_notice] you can set up the name and the link that you want to show.
- [cookies] you can set up the name and the link that you want to show.
Examples:
- [c] [cy] MyName = © 2020 MyName (it will display the current year)
- [c] 2014-[cy] MyName = © 2014-2020 MyName (it will display the current year)
- [c] [cy] MyName | [legal_notice] and [Cookies] = © 2020 MyName | Legal Notice and Cookies Policy
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Ratings & Reviews
52 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 5.5.18 |
| PHP | 5.6.9+ required |
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Changelog
1.2.2
- Fixed plugin description.
Contributors
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