Description

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How shortcode work: WordPress Codex

Full documentation and shortcode list: Documentation

Current year, copyright, symbols and user IP with shortcode.

[y] display current year 2026
[m] display current month April
[d] display current day 12
[dmy] display current date 12/04/2026
[c] display copyright symbol ©
[t] display registered trademark symbol ®
[tm] display unregistered trademark symbol ™
[sm] display service mark symbol ℠
[cc] display Copyright
[cy] display symbol of copyright and current year © 2026
[cyy year=”2003″] display symbol of copyright, first year, current year © 2003-2026
[cyyl year=”2003″] display copyright, first year, current year Copyright 2003-2026
[cyyls year=”2003″] display copyright (+©), first year, current year © Copyright 2003-2026
[show_user_ip] display ip of current user

Useful attribute for extend shortcode functionality

Format Attribute for Year
For shortcode with year you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “Y” (es.2026) or “y” (es.26). Default format without attribute is “Y”.
You must enter year attribute in the same format.

Example
[cyy year=”03″ format=”y”] © 03-26
[cyy year=”2003″ format=”Y”] © 2003-2026

Format Attribute for Month
For shortcode with month you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “F” – “m” – “M” – “n”.

Format Attribute for Day
For shortcode with day you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “D” – “d” – “j” – “N”

Format Attribute for current date
All php date function attributes.

Offset Attribute
For day shortcode [d] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For month shortcode [m] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For year shortcode [y] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For current date shortcode [dmy] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or – in standard php date format, for ex. +1 year or -1 day.

Example
[d offset=”+1″] 13 (if current day is 12)
[m offset=”+1″] May (if current month is April)
[y offset=”+1″] 2027 (if current year is 2026)
[dmy offset=”+1 year”] 12/04/2027

Screenshots

Year shortcode.
Month shortcode.
Day shortcode.
Copyright shortcode.
Symbols and IP shortcode.

Installation

Upload the plugin files to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress add plugins page directly.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ page in WordPress.
Add shortcode in all position where WordPress accept it.

FAQ

What are WordPress shortcode?

Read how WordPress shortcode work: WordPress Codex

What are the available shortcodes?

Full list here: Documentation

What are the symbols shortcode?

[c] display copyright symbol ©
[t] display registered trademark symbol ®
[tm] display unregistered trademark symbol ™
[sm] display service mark symbol ℠

Symbols shortcode retrieve the most common “registration” symbols.
For more symbols shortcode write a support ticket!

What is the IP shortcode?

[show_user_ip] display ip of current user

With IP shortcode you can retrieve your user IP.

How work year format attribute?

For shortcode with year you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “Y” (es.2026) or “y” (es.26). Default format without attribute is “Y”.
You must enter year attribute in the same format.

Example
[cyy year=”03″ format=”y”] © 03-26
[cyy year=”2003″ format=”Y”] © 2003-2026

How work month format attribute?

For shortcode with month you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “F” – “m” – “M” – “n”.

How work day format attribute?

For shortcode with day you can choose format with attribute format=””. It support “D” – “d” – “j” – “N”

How work year, month and day offset attribute?

For day shortcode [d] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For month shortcode [m] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For year shortcode [y] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or -.
For current date shortcode [dmy] you can add offset with attribute offset=””. It support + or – in standard php date format, for ex. +1 year or -1 day.

Reviews

shabbirout 🌸4️⃣ 17, 2023 2 replies

will be better if can you allow Current Year for title

Asadullah Al Galib ❄️1️⃣2️⃣ 29, 2022 2 replies

Easy to use, flexible to insert different shortcodes.

uccciucci73 ❄️1️⃣2️⃣ 9, 2020 1 reply

Funziona perfettamente!

Caged ❄️2️⃣ 19, 2020 1 reply

This works like advertised. Thanks for coding this.

marketingeimpactkevin 🌸5️⃣ 1, 2018 1 reply

This is a straight forward little plugin that delivers on it’s promises, and I’ve had no problems with it. Thank-you!

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Contributors & Developers

“Current Year, Symbols and IP Shortcode” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

2.5

Improved accessibility: symbols and copyright shortcodes now include aria-label for screen readers.
Security: improved input sanitization and output escaping across all shortcodes.
Fixed offset bug with negative values (e.g. [y offset=”-3″]).
Fixed loose type comparison in copyright year range shortcodes.
Removed duplicate validation code, consolidated into shared functions.
Optimized date function calls for better performance.
Renamed internal filter hook from wpb_get_ip to cys_get_ip (old hook still works with deprecation notice).
Fixed function prefix inconsistency (csy_ renamed to cys_).
Code formatting aligned to WordPress Coding Standards.
Error messages now include role=”alert” for accessibility.

2.4.1

Bugfix.

2.4

Complete code revision.

2.3.5

6.6 compatibility.

2.3.4

6.5 compatibility.

2.3.3

6.4 compatibility.

2.3.2

Code revisions.

2.3.1

Bugfix and compatibility.

2.3

Translation with date_i18n. Added current date shortcode (dmy).

2.2.3

Months translatable with .pot.

2.1

Bugfix.

2.0

Bugfix.

1.9

Compatibility WordPress 5.8.

1.8.3

Compatibility WordPress 5.7.

1.8.2

Bugfix.

1.8.1

FAQ updated.

1.8

New shortcode for month and day, new documentation.

1.7.2

Version compatibility update.

1.7.1

Version compatibility update.

1.7

Bugfix and new shortcode for retrieve IP.

1.6

New name and compatibility update.

1.5

Bugfix and offset for [y] shortcode.

1.4

Added ™ and ℠ symbol.

1.3

Compatibility revision.

1.2

Compatibility revision.

1.1

Bugfix.

1

Now you can format year with format=”” attribute. You can choose “y” or “Y”. More info in description.

0.4

Now with [cyy] if current year is = attribute year, first year isn’t displayed. New shortcode [cyyl] for show “Copyright year-year”. New shortcode [cyyls] for show “©Copyright year-year”.

0.3.1

Bugfix

0.3

Added [cc] shortcode “Copyright”.

0.2

Added more shortcode (copyright, trademark, copyright + year of creation + current year)

0.1

Initial release

Can show year on title?

Easy and flexible to use

Ottimo plugin

Great! Inserts the current year with a shortcode.

Does what it says.

Description

Screenshots

Installation

FAQ

What are WordPress shortcode?

What are the available shortcodes?

What are the symbols shortcode?

What is the IP shortcode?

How work year format attribute?

How work month format attribute?

How work day format attribute?

How work year, month and day offset attribute?