How I updated my footer copyright year automatically

[belinda@verytwisty.com]

<?php
$year = date("y");
echo $year;
?>

Create a short code with that in it, call it [copy-year] add it to the block/classic editor/builder. It should say year started too so 2000-2023 or your saying it’s been copyrighted this year. Easiest fix is not to include the year.

[belinda@verytwisty.com]

https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-for-current-date/#description seems to do the same thing.

[belinda@verytwisty.com]

I know, but shortcodes were exactly what I was trying to avoid.

[belinda@verytwisty.com]

Plugin is block and shortcode, so has both.

[belinda@verytwisty.com]

Thanks, but that block still uses the shortcode in its underlying code. As I said before, I wanted to get rid of this – for good.

Also, it adds custom admin notices, a dashboard panel, and links to other commercial plugins. You know, non-essential things for me. My WordPress dashboard is already too cluttered.

Don’t you think we can have a bare-bones plugin, that does a simple thing and nothing else? I surely do. Hence, the above option.

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