Showing the current year in WordPress posts
Learn how to automatically show the current year in WordPress posts by adding a brief code snippet to the functions.php file of your theme.
This article describes how to show the current year in WordPress posts. By automatically generating the current year using a shortcode, you can ensure that your posts are always up-to-date.
Showing the current year
To show the current year in WordPress posts, follow these steps:
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Log in to WordPress as the administrator.
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On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Appearance, and then click Theme Editor:
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In the right sidebar, under Theme Files, click Theme Functions (functions.php).
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Copy the following code snippet and then paste it at the bottom of the functions.php file:
function current_year() {
$year = date('Y');
return $year;
}
add_shortcode('year', 'current_year');
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Click Update File. WordPress saves the changes to the functions.php file.
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The current year functionality is now enabled, but you must update the post or posts where you want it to appear. To do this, open a post or page on the site, and then type
[year]where you want to display the current year. For example:
Save your changes, and then view the post:
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