Install
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/sayhellogmbh/shp-since-shortcode/archive/refs/heads/main.zipNo built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Since Shortcode
A lightweight WordPress plugin by Say Hello that provides the [shp-since] shortcode for displaying relative time from a given year or date.
Installation
1. Copy the shp-since-shortcode folder into wp-content/plugins/.
2. Activate the plugin in WP Admin → Plugins.
Usage
Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|-----------|----------|-------------|
| year | one of the two | A four-digit year (e.g. 2003). Calculates the number of full years since today's month/day in that year. |
| date | one of the two | A date in YYYY-MM-DD format, a full datetime in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format, or the special values post-date (current post publish date), post-modified (current post modified date), first-post (oldest published post of post type post), or wordpress-date (fixed date: 2003-05-27). When a time is included, output uses minute/hour granularity. |
| mode | no | Controls the output phrasing. See Modes below. Defaults to "". |
year and date are mutually exclusive. If both are provided, year takes precedence.
Modes
| mode value | Past output | Future output |
|---|---|---|
| (omitted / empty) | 23 years / 4 months / 12 days / 3 hours / 45 minutes | same (dir