Plugin info

Total downloads: 119,574
Active installs: 10,000
Total reviews: 5
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 11/28/2025 (33 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 2/22/2018 (7 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.5
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 5.6

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 33 days ago • 5 reviews

61/100

Is Current Year, Symbols and IP Shortcode abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 33 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.5
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 5.6

Languages

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Description

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How shortcode work: WordPress Codex

Full documentation and shortcode list: Documentation

Current year, copyright, symbols and user IP with shortcode.

[y] display current year 2020
[m] display current month October
[d] display current day 25
[dmy] display current date 01/01/2023
[c] display copyright symbol ©
[t] display registered trademark symbol ®
[tm] display unregistered trademark symbol
[sm] display service mark symbol
[cc] display Copyright
[cy] display symbol of copyright and current year ©2019
[cyy year=”2003″] display symbol of copyright, first year, current year ©2003-2019
[cyyl year=”2003″] display copyright, first year, current year Copyright 2003-2019
[cyyls year=”2003″] display copyright (+©), first year, current year ©Copyright 2003-2019
[show_user_ip] display ip of current user

Useful attribute for extend shortcode functionality

Format Attribute for Year
For shortcode with year you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “Y” (es.2019) or “y” (es.19). Default format without attribute is “Y”.
You must enter year attribute in the same format.

Example
[cyy year=”03″ format=”y”] ©03-19
[cyy year=”2003″ format=”Y”] ©2003-2019

Format Attribute for Month
For shortcode with month you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “F” – “m” – “M” – “n”.

Format Attribute for Day
For shortcode with day you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “D” – “d” – “j” – “N”

Format Attribute for current date
All php date function attributes.

Offset Attribute
For day shortcode [d] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For month shortcode [m] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For year shortcode [y] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For current date shortcode [dmy] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or – in standard php date format, for ex. + 1 year or – 1 day.

Example
[d offset=”+1″] 2023
[m offset=”+1″] 2 (if current month is January)
[y offset=”+1″] 2 (if current day is 1)
[dmy offset=”+ 1 year”] 01/01/2023

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress add plugins page directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ page in WordPress.
  3. Add shortcode in all position where WordPress accept it.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are WordPress shortcode?

Read how WordPress shortcode work: WordPress Codex

What are the available shortcodes?

[y] display current year 2020
[m] display current month October
[d] display current day 25
[dmy] display current date 01/01/2023
[c] display copyright symbol ©
[t] display registered trademark symbol ®
[tm] display unregistered trademark symbol
[sm] display service mark symbol
[cc] display Copyright
[cy] display symbol of copyright and current year ©2019
[cyy year=”2003″] display symbol of copyright, first year, current year ©2003-2019
[cyyl year=”2003″] display copyright, first year, current year Copyright 2003-2019
[cyyls year=”2003″] display copyright (+©), first year, current year ©Copyright 2003-2019
[show_user_ip] display ip of current user

Full list here: Documentation

What are the symbols shortcode?

[c] display copyright symbol ©
[t] display registered trademark symbol ®
[tm] display unregistered trademark symbol
[sm] display service mark symbol

Symbols shortcode retrieve the most common “registration” symbols.
For more symbols shortcode write a support ticket!

What is the IP shortcode?

[show_user_ip] display ip of current user

With IP shortcode you can retrieve your user IP.

How work year format attribute?

For shortcode with year you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “Y” (es.2019) or “y” (es.19). Default format without attribute is “Y”.
You must enter year attribute in the same format.

Example
[cyy year=”03″ format=”y”] ©03-19
[cyy year=”2003″ format=”Y”] ©2003-2019

How work month format attribute?

For shortcode with month you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “F” – “m” – “M” – “n”.

How work day format attribute?

For shortcode with day you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “D” – “d” – “j” – “N”

How work year, month and day offset attribute?

For day shortcode [d] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For month shortcode [m] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For year shortcode [y] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For current date shortcode [dmy] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or – in standard php date format, for ex. +1year or -1day.

Example
[d offset=”+1″] 2023
[m offset=”+1″] 2 (if current month is January)
[y offset=”+1″] 2 (if current day is 1)
[dmy offset=”+ 1 year”] 01/01/2023

Review feed

Asadullah Al Galib
12/29/2022

Easy and flexible to use

Easy to use, flexible to insert different shortcodes.

Screenshots

  1. Year shortcode.

    Year shortcode.

  2. Month shortcode.

    Month shortcode.

  3. Day shortcode.

    Day shortcode.

  4. Copyright shortcode.

    Copyright shortcode.

  5. Symbols and IP shortcode.

    Symbols and IP shortcode.

Changelog

2.4.1

  • Bugfix.

2.4

  • Complete code revision.

2.3.5

  • 6.6 compatibility.

2.3.4

  • 6.5 compatibility.

2.3.3

  • 6.4 compatibility.

2.3.2

  • Code revisions.

2.3.1

  • Bugfix and compatibility.

2.3

  • Translation with date_i18n. Added current date shortcode (dmy).

2.2.3

  • Months translatable with .pot.

2.1

  • Bugfix.

2.0

  • Bugfix.

1.9

  • Compatibility WordPress 5.8.

1.8.3

  • Compatibility WordPress 5.7.

1.8.2

  • Bugfix.

1.8.1

  • FAQ updated.

1.8

  • New shortcode for month and day, new documentation.

1.7.2

  • Version compatibility update.

1.7.1

  • Version compatibility update.

1.7

  • Bugfix and new shortcode for retrieve IP.

1.6

  • New name and compatibility update.

1.5

  • Bugfix and offset for [y] shortcode.

1.4

  • Added ™ and ℠ symbol.

1.3

  • Compatibility revision.

1.2

  • Compatibility revision.

1.1

  • Bugfix.

1

  • Now you can format year with format=”” attribute. You can choose “y” or “Y”. More info in description.

0.4

  • Now with [cyy] if current year is = attribute year, first year isn’t displayed. New shortcode [cyyl] for show “Copyright year-year”. New shortcode [cyyls] for show “©Copyright year-year”.

0.3.1

  • Bugfix

0.3

  • Added [cc] shortcode “Copyright”.

0.2

  • Added more shortcode (copyright, trademark, copyright + year of creation + current year)

0.1

  • Initial release