Insert the current year, month and day with a shortcode in any page, post or widget of your WordPress site.
As of April 2026, Current Year Shortcodes is a WordPress day plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 19% this week. Top alternative: Bible Verse of the Day.
Current Year Shortcodes lets you insert the current year, month and day anywhere in your WordPress site with a simple shortcode.
Use the shortcode [Y] in any post, page or widget to display the current year.
[Y] – inserts the current year with four digits e.g. 2023
[y] – inserts the current year with two digits e.g. 23
[m] – inserts the current month with two digits e.g. 01
[n] – inserts the current month without leading zeros e.g. 1
[F] – inserts the current month as a text e.g. January
[M] – inserts the current month with three letters e.g. Jan
[d] – inserts the current day with two digits e.g. 06
[j] – inserts the current day without leading zeros e.g. 6
[D] – inserts the current day with three letters e.g. Mon
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It does what it’s meant for, simple and useful.
Well it does what is says. Works fine with Elementor. Installed, inserted the short code, and never think about it again 🙂
Thank you
Added the [Y] code into the footer, and doesnt work, so deleted the plugin – not a good start!
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.4.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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