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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 <code>[year]</code>, 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 <code>[year]</code> is used by another plugin, then it uses the fallback <code>[runthings_year]</code> which can be customised with the <code>runthings_current_year_shortcode_tag</code> filter. You can see the active shortcode tag in it entry in the installed plugins page.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Display current year with <code>[year]</code></li>
<li>Create a dynamic year range with <code>[year from="2020"]</code></li>
<li>Abbreviated year format with <code>[year from="2020" mode="short"]</code>, which shows “2020-25” (if the current year is 2025)</li>
<li>Automatic fallback shortcode <code>[runthings_year]</code> if another plugin already uses the ‘year’ shortcode</li>
<li>Filter (<code>runthings_current_year_shortcode_tag</code>) to set your own shortcode</li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage Examples</h4>
Assuming the current year is 2025:
<ul>
<li><code>[year]</code> displays “2025”</li>
<li><code>[year from="2025"]</code> displays “2025” (since it’s the current year)</li>
<li><code>[year from="1983"]</code> displays “1983-2025”</li>
<li><code>[year from="2020" mode="short"]</code> displays “2020-25” (shortened current year)</li>
<li><code>[year from="1995" mode="short"]</code> displays “1995-2025” (not shortened because centuries differ)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Filters</h3>
<h4>runthings_current_year_shortcode_tag</h4>
This filter allows customization of the shortcode tag used by the plugin.
For detailed documentation and examples, see the <a href="https://github.com/runthings-dev/runthings-current-year-shortcode#filters" rel="nofollow ugc">full documentation on GitHub</a>.
Parameters:
<ol>
<li><code>$tag</code> (<code>string</code>): The shortcode tag to be registered. Defaults to ‘year’ or ‘runthings_year’ if conflicted.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Additional Notes</h3>
Built by Matthew Harris of runthings.dev, copyright 2021-2025.
Visit <a href="https://runthings.dev/" rel="nofollow ugc">runthings.dev</a> for more WordPress plugins and resources.
Contribute or report issues at <a href="https://github.com/runthings-dev/runthings-current-year-shortcode" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a>.
<h3>License</h3>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, see <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html</a>.
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Current Year Shortcode

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

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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.
<h3>How it works</h3>
[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 
[l] – inserts the current day as a text e.g. Monday

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