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Shortcode: Year or years

WordPress Plugin that provides a shortcode to display the current year, optionally including a start year. Commonly used in copyright notices.

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Install

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This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/lukasbesch/shortcode-year-or-years/archive/refs/heads/master.zip

On Packagist as lukasbesch/shortcode-year-or-years:

composer require lukasbesch/shortcode-year-or-years
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Provides a WordPress shortcode to display the current year, and optionally a start year.

Commonly used for copyright notices.

Installation

composer require lukasbesch/shortcode-year-or-years

Alternatively download the latest release from GitHub and install it into the plugins directory.

Usage

Show current year

[year_or_years]
// 2026

Show current year and a start year

[year_or_years from="2019"]
// 2019–2026

The start year will only be displayed if it is lower than the current year:

[year_or_years from="2026"]
// 2026

Optionally specify a custom separator:

[year_or_years from="1984" separator=" until "]
// 1984 until 2026