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Current Year Shortcode

Adds a shortcode to display the current year or a year range, perfect for copyright statements.

By runthings.dev·Date·Free
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·70 active installs·Updated 3 months ago
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As of April 2026, Current Year Shortcode is a WordPress date plugin with 70 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 567 times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Top alternative: WP Meta and Date Remover.

0/5Rating
70active installs
567total downloads
1 yearsince 2025

Overview

This is a plugin which adds a simple shortcode to display the current year or a dynamic year range, particularly useful for copyright statements at the bottom of your website.

Its most basic usage is [year], which will display the current year. If you provide a starting year with the ‘from’ parameter, it will expand into a date range when the ‘from’ year is before the current year.

If [year] is used by another plugin, then it uses the fallback [runthings_year] which can be customised with the runthings_current_year_shortcode_tag filter. You can see the active shortcode tag in it entry in the installed plugins page.

Features

  • Display current year with [year]
  • Create a dynamic year range with [year from="2020"]
  • Abbreviated year format with [year from="2020" mode="shor…
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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.4+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.1.1 – 17th December 2025

  • Update year examples to 2026
  • Bump tested up to 6.9
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

runthings.devrunthings.dev
Plugin Info
Version
2.1.1
Last Updated
Dec 17, 2025
WP Requires
6.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
70
Downloads
567
Added
Apr 1, 2025
Business
Free

Tags

dateyearcopyrightshortcodedynamic content

Developer

R
runthings.dev
11 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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