Grab a Text Block and drop it on, for example, Footer Area # 1. Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS. No updates in 2 years finally breaks it. This section describes how to install the jonradio Current Year and Copyright Shortcodes plugin and get it working. Please let us know, including your ideas on how you would like it to work, and any shortcode naming conflicts with other plugins that you found. Clients started calling that their copyright had weird characters before it and no date. Translate “Current Year and Copyright Shortcodes” into your language. It must be activated and have the relevant Settings selected that correspond with where you have inserted the Shortcodes. This can happen if this plugin is not activated on the site you are using it on. If you need to display the current year, and have it always kept up to date, inserting this plugin’s [y] shortcode almost anywhere on your web site will do just that. I was so tired of editing the php files and having my edits deleted with every theme update. Used on its own, this plugin allows you to place the Copyright symbol and/or the current year in the body of a Page or Post. You can fill out this Contact Form (click here). Works great with Beaver Builder footer code and everywhere else I've tested it. The text responds properly when editing borders, alignment, and padding. For other areas of your web site, you will need to install the jonradio Shortcodes Anywhere or Everywhere plugin. Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? Version 1.0.2 adds the [m] shortcode for the month in word form and the [d] shortcode for the day of the month. The [y] shortcode inserts the four digit current year into any Page or Post whether or not you utilize the Visual or the HMTL editor tab in Edit Post or Edit Page. This plugin was recently adopted by David Gewirtz and ongoing support and updates will continue. For other areas of your web site, you will need to install the jonradio Shortcodes Anywhere or Everywhere plugin. Feel free to visit David’s Lab Notes for additional details and to sign up for emailed news updates. If you need to display the current year, and have it always kept up to date, inserting this plugin’s [y] shortcode almost anywhere on your web site will do just that. For example, if you are continually refining an older article that you want to copyright on a WordPress Page, you could put the following at the bottom of the page: If you need to use a Shortcode other than in the body of a Page or Post, you will also need the jonradio Reveal Network Activated Plugins plugin. “Current Year and Copyright Shortcodes” is open source software. If there is enough interest, we will add that capability to a future version. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Version 1.0.2 adds the [m] shortcode for the month in word form and the [d] shortcode for the day of the month. Too bad. Go to Appearance> Widgets. Current Year Shortcode converted from Shortcode Exec PHP plugin to standalone Plugin. Now with [cyy] if current year is = attribute year, first year isn’t displayed. It won't work....". 0.3.1. Wasted a lot of time trying to get this plug-in to work, which it didn't, even after wasting additional time with the same developer's "Shortcodes Anywhere and Everywhere"....Note that this plug-in is not updated or maintained in any way for current versions of WordPress, so I would recommend finding an alternate solution. WordPress.org Plugin Mirror. No updates in 2 years finally breaks it. The [y] shortcode inserts the four digit current year into any Page or Post no matter whether you use the Visual or the HMTL editor tab in Edit Post or Edit Page. This short code works exactly as expected. IMPORTANT: Support has moved to the ZATZLabs site and is no longer provided on the WordPress.org forums. Assuming it is currently the year 2014, that would display as: In 2015, it would automatically display as © 1997-2015 John Smith without anyone having to edit the Page. If you need to display the current year, and have it always kept up to date, inserting this plugin’s [y] shortcode almost anywhere on your web site will do just that. If you need to display the current year, and have it always kept up to date, inserting this plugin’s [y] shortcode almost anywhere on your web site will do just that. Feel free to visit David’s Lab Notes for additional details and to sign up for emailed news updates. Other similar plugins were not working correctly. If you need to display the current year, and have it always kept up to date, inserting this plugin’s [y] shortcode almost anywhere on your web site will do just that. The text responds properly when editing borders, alignment, and padding. “Current Year and Copyright Shortcodes” is open source software. Special thanks to Jon ‘jonradio’ Pearkins for creating the plugin and making adoption possible. No real answer is available publicly, even though I saw that other people had the same issue. No real answer is available publicly, even though I saw that other people had the same issue. If you need to display the current year, and have it always kept up to date, inserting this plugin’s [y] shortcode almost anywhere on your web site will do just that. To address restrictions within older WordPress versions of using two Shortcodes side-by-side, the [cy] shortcode inserts the © Copyright symbol, a blank and the current year. Adoption Notice New shortcode [cyyls] for show “©Copyright year-year”. Clients started calling that their copyright had weird characters before it and no date. Provides Shortcodes to display the Current Year and/or a Copyright symbol. If you need to display an official Copyright notice, inserting this plugin’s [c] shortcode provides the official C with a circle around it (“©”) required legally in many countries to Copyright many forms of intellectual property. Such places as Page Titles, Post Titles, Custom Fields of both Pages and Posts, Site Title, Description and other bloginfo options, Widgets and Widget Titles, which covers most Sidebars, Menus, Headers and even the HTML