This plugins allows you to keep the Copyright year of the website always updated by getting the current year and storing it in the shortcode [current_year].
There are three variations of this plugin's shortcode
[current_year] - This shortcode displays the current year. Assuming that the current year is 2015 then the shortcode will display "2015" (without quotes) wherever it is used.
[current_year_with_copyright_symbol] - This shortcode displays the current year with the copyright symbol to its left. Assuming the current year to be 2015 the shorcode will display "© 2015" (without quotes) wherever it is used.
[current_year_with_copyright_symbol_and_title] - This shortcode displays the current year with the copyright symbol and site title to its left. Assuming the current year to be 2015 the shorcode will display "Site Title © 2015" (without quotes) wherever it is used.
Installing directly from wordpress backend
- Goto Plugins -> Add New
- Search for Dynamic Year and Copyright Shortcode
- Install and Activate the plugin
- Use the shorcode variations [current_year], [current_year_with_copyright_symbol] and [current_year_with_copyright_symbol_and_title] wherever you want.
Installing by uploading the plugin to wordpress
- Goto https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-year-and-copyright-shortcode/
- Click on Download to download the plugin to your system
- Upload the plugin to wp-content/plugins/ using FTP or Cpanel and extract the zipped file
- Goto Plugins and Activate the plugin
- Use the shorcode variations [current_year], [current_year_with_copyright_symbol] and [current_year_with_copyright_symbol_and_title] wherever you want.