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Today's Date Inserter

Simply and quickly add the current date and or time to your wordpress posts or pages using a shortcode Date widget also included

By mulscully·Date·Free
4.3(6 reviews)
·800 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Today's Date Inserter is a WordPress date plugin with 800 active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Meta and Date Remover.

4.3/56 reviews
800active installs
11K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

Simply and quickly add the current date and or time to your wordpress posts by using a simple shortcode in the text of your page or post. Simply use the short code [todaysdate] in your text and when the post or page is displayed, [todaysdate] will be replaced by the current date and/or time that you defined on the settings screen.

You can also override the default format by including the format string in the shortcode.

For example, if you placed the following text in your post and your format string was set to l, F jS Y
-> Thank you for visiting my site today [todaysdate].

The date would be displayed as
-> Thank you for visiting my site today Wednesday, April 23rd 2014.

Here how to override he default setting by including the format string in the shortcode

[todaysdate format=”…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.36 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2014-08-19 version 1.2.1
Corrected a Typo in the default date string. The default will now display as Tuesday, August 19th 2014 instead of Tuesday, August, 19,th 2014
Thank you hannah!

2014-04-29 version 1.2.0
Added a Date widget

2014-04-25 version 1.1.1
corrected minor typos in readme.txt file

2014-04-24 version 1.1
added the ability to override the stroed format by including the format string in the shortcode

2014-04-22 version 1.0<…

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

mulscullymulscully
Plugin Info
Version
1.2.1
Last Updated
Aug 19, 2014
WP Requires
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
3.9.40
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
800
Downloads
11K+
Added
Apr 29, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

datecurrent daytodays datecurrent datecurrent month

Developer

M
mulscully
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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