Replaces english day and month names with their german equivalent
As of April 2026, DeutschDate is a WordPress date plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 1.5.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Meta and Date Remover.
Note: This plugin was intended as a quick fix for displaying various english dates in german. It unfortunately does not fully cover all date displays.
Using an english WordPress install and publishing posts in german? Those pesky English dates produced by <?php the_time(); ?> were getting on my nerves too, hence this plugin. Automagically converts english months and days (except for the initials, so far) to their german equivalent.
Intended usage:
Replacing dates like ‘Thursday, October 22nd’, for instance in your custom built theme or themes that just use the date without ‘posted by..’. Please note: It doesn’t completely ‘deutschify’ your theme’s date representation.
Example: Where some themes would say ‘Posted by Annemarie on T…
| WordPress | 1.5.1+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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