Quick WordPress Version

Quick WordPress Version adds a small "Powered by WordPress" line to the bottom of your site. Activate it and the line appears, below your theme's footer, with no theme files to edit. It works with classic and block themes. Refreshed for 2026. First released in 2007 as Display WordPress Version, version 2.0 is rebuilt with a settings page and a live preview. Choose the wording, add your own text before and after the line, decide where it shows, and check your WordPress version at a glance. Far more control than the original one-line plugin. You choose what the line says:

• Powered by WordPress (the default, and the safest)
• Powered by WordPress 7, the main version number only
• Powered by WordPress 7.1.3, the full version
• Your own text, such as "Proudly running WordPress {version}", or anything else you like

Add your own text before or after the line too, such as a copyright or a link to your host. A bullet joins them up by itself, or choose a line, dash, dot or just a space. Know your version, keep it private Settings > Quick WordPress Version shows the WordPress version installed on your site, the latest version from WordPress.org, and whether an update is waiting, with a link to update. It uses the update check WordPress already does, so it adds no load to your site. Showing your exact version number tells everyone, including attackers, which version your site runs. That is why the default line has no number. If you do show the number, it is hidden by itself while a WordPress update is waiting, so your site never advertises an out-of-date version. It comes back as soon as you update. For more ways to keep your site updated and secure, see our WordPress tips. Put the line where you want it

• Automatically at the very bottom of every page, centred, left or right. This is all most sites need.

Optional other ways, if you want the line somewhere else:

• Shortcode [quick_wp_version] in a post, a page, or a Shortcode block in a block theme footer
• Widget in any footer or sidebar widget area
• Template tag <?php quickversion(); ?> for theme builders

Every place uses the same choices, so the line always looks the same. Light by design Tiny: no extra stylesheet or JavaScript on your site, and nothing loaded from outside. The settings page code runs only on its own screen. Sites already using quickversion() from the original plugin keep working. Made by Quick Online Tips, tech help that works since 2004. See the Quick WordPress Version plugin page for more.

2.0

• 2026 refresh of the plugin first released in 2007, with far more control over the line.
• New name: Quick WordPress Version (was Display WordPress Version). Same plugin, same address.
• Settings page shows your installed and latest WordPress version, and whether an update is waiting.
• Choose the line: Powered by WordPress, main version only, full version, or your own text.
• Text before and after the line, joined with a bullet (or a line, dash, dot or space) added by itself.
• While a WordPress update is waiting, the version number is hidden from visitors until you update.
• The line can now be added automatically at the bottom of every page, with no theme files to edit.
• New [quick_wp_version] shortcode and widget.
• quickversion() still works and follows your choices.
• Tested with WordPress 7.1. Needs WordPress 6.0 and PHP 7.4 or later.

1.4

• Added class to the text which can be specifically tweaked as required.

1.3

• Now code can be added anywhere in theme template.
• PHP code needs to be manually added to template.
• No longer automatic addition to footer.

1.0

• Initial release.