Martin Wedepohl

<p>Shortcode to return the number of years or days since a certain date.</p>
<p>Usage: <code>[we_time_since y=Y m=M d=D type="T"]</code></p>
<p>Where:<br />
* Y = the year <strong>required</strong><br />
* M = the month (1 – 12) – <strong>optional</strong> Default = <strong>1</strong><br />
* D = the day (1-31) – <strong>optional</strong> Default = <strong>1</strong><br />
* T = the type (“year”, “day”) – <strong>optional</strong> Default = <strong>“year”</strong></p>
<p>Returns:<br />
The number of years or days since the supplied date or an error message if the date is invalid / no year supplied</p>
<h4>Examples</h4>
<p>I have worked at Wedepohl Engineering for <code>[we_time_since y=1998 m=1 d=1]</code> years</p>
<p>I have been sailing for <code>[we_time_since y=2008 m=4]</code> years</p>
<p>I have been on this journey for <code>[we_time_since y=2020 m=5 d=5 type="day"]</code> days</p>
<h4>Actions</h4>
<pre><code>before_we_time_since - Called upon entry to the shortcode. Passed the array of arguments that are passed to the shortcode.
after_we_time_since - Called just before exit of the function. Passed the processed array of arguments from the shortcode.
</code></pre>
<h4>Filters</h4>
<pre><code>we_time_since Called at exit of the function. Passed a string which is the results of the shortcode.
</code></pre>
<h4>Active Contributors</h4>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mwedepohl/" rel="nofollow ugc">Martin Wedepohl</a> (Development)</li>


Wedepohl Engineering Time Since

Shortcode to display the number of years or days since a certain date.

laurencebahiirwa

<p>Keep date time related texts relevant. “I have worked for x years.” becomes outdated within a year. Years since keeps “x” current in your posts and allow your content to age well.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>A year must be provided in your text by the attribute “y” such as <strong>[years-since y=2012]</strong>.<br />
As an option, Months by referencing “m” and day by using “d”. Months and day default to “1” if not added in the shortcode.</p>
<p>For example, on an “About” page text, you might have something like:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>We’ve worked remotely for <strong>[years-since y=2012]</strong>, which has allowed the team to spend more time traveling and spending time with family.<br />
  Or, if you wanted to update a time span on a particular anniversary, you could do something like:<br />
  <strong>I’m [years-since y=1990 m=5 d=16] old.</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<h3>More attributes</h3>
<p><strong>html</strong><br />
Add specific HTML tag to the calculation with the html attrribute e.g.</p>
<p><strong>[years-since y=1990 html=span]</strong> will wrap the output in a span tag.</p>
<p><strong>text</strong><br />
Add a text attribute with value false i.e.<br />
<strong>[years-since y=1990 text=false]</strong> will remove the text years from the calculation.</p>
<p>It will output <strong>23</strong> instead of <strong>23 years</strong>.</p>
<h3>1.4.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fix: Add proper escaping for the shortcode input.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.4.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fix: Breaking month and day output.</li>
<li>Add: Testing for WP 6.5.2</li>
<li>Add: Require PHP 8.2.0</li>
<li>Add: Require PHP 7.4</li>
<li>Add: Function arguments and Return Type hinting.</li>
<li>Add: A testing framework with pest with CI.</li>
<li>Fix: Deprecate Editor poylfill function for the block editor.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.3.5</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fix: Breaking change HTML Default argument paragraph <code>html</code> attribute as “p” for the shortcode output.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.3.4</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fix: Restore minus text format for the calculations.</li>
<li>Add: Translations file build + .pot.</li>
<li>Add: Default attributes for the shortcode.</li>
<li>New: HTML Default argument paragraph <code>html</code> attribute as “p” for the shortcode output.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.3.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fix: Time calculations and messaging.</li>
<li>Test: WP 6.3.1.</li>
<li>Test: PHP 8.2.10.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.3.2</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fix <code>or</code> to <code>||</code></li>
</ul>
<h3>1.3.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Namespace the plugin to avoid PHP conflicts.</li>
<li>Fix the breaking html when [years-since-gb] is used.</li>
<li>Test WP version compatibility for 5.6.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.3.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add functionality to allow for days, months, weeks instead of 0 years when time is less than a year.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.2.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add Gutenberg support</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.1.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add Gutenberg note to readme.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.0.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Translate returned errors.</li>
<li>Shortcode parameter to suppress “year” and “years” text.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.0.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Initial creation.</li>
</ul>


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