Feel free to visit David’s Lab Notes for additional details and to sign up for emailed news updates. For other areas of your web site, you will need to install the jonradio Shortcodes Anywhere or Everywhere plugin. Using The7 theme, the shortcode will work in some places but not others. If you need a timely reply from the developer, please open a ticket. Current Year Shortcode converted from Shortcode Exec PHP plugin to standalone Plugin. “Current Year and Copyright Shortcodes” is open source software. Feel free to visit David’s Lab Notes for additional details and to sign up for emailed news updates. No real answer is available publicly, even though I saw that other people had the same issue. Other similar plugins were not working correctly. In the text field, paste: Copyright © [year] Company Name. If you need to display the current year, and have it always kept up to date, inserting this plugin’s [y] shortcode almost anywhere on your web site will do just that. This section describes how to install the jonradio Current Year and Copyright Shortcodes plugin and get it working. IMPORTANT: Support has moved to the ZATZLabs site and is no longer provided on the WordPress.org forums. This can happen if this plugin is not activated on the site you are using it on. Provides Shortcodes to display the Current Year and/or a Copyright symbol. It must be activated and have the relevant Settings selected that correspond with where you have inserted the Shortcodes. Doesn’t work any more. Use Add Plugin within the WordPress Admin panel to download and install this jonradio Current Year and Copyright Shortcodes plugin from the WordPress.org plugin repository (preferred method). The [c] shortcode inserts the © Copyright symbol, utilizing the established HTML coding for a copyright symbol. Replace Company Name to your desired company name and save. Provides Shortcodes to display the Current Year and/or a Copyright symbol. IMPORTANT: Support has moved to the ZATZLabs site and is no longer provided on the WordPress.org forums. Can't fault either this plugin or the theme, but if using the plugin, be aware there can be issues. Clients started calling that their copyright had weird characters before it and no date. Or if you mistyped the name of the Shortcode. I was so tired of editing the php files and having my edits deleted with every theme update. Current Year Shortcode converted from Shortcode Exec PHP plugin to standalone Plugin. Finding an answer as to why it didn't work was also futile. This can happen if this plugin is not activated on the site you are using it on. [c] 1997-[y] John Smith jonradio Shortcodes Anywhere or Everywhere, jonradio Reveal Network Activated Plugins. New shortcode [cyyls] for show “©Copyright year-year”. Version 1.0.2 adds the [m] shortcode for the month in word form and the [d] shortcode for the day of the month. I was so tired of editing the php files and having my edits deleted with every theme update. Assuming it is currently the year 2014, that would display as: In 2015, it would automatically display as © 1997-2015 John Smith without anyone having to edit the Page. If you need a timely reply from the developer, please open a ticket. Simple, effective, no problems. Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? Thank you for this shortcode solution. Too bad. If you need to display an official Copyright notice, inserting this plugin’s [c] shortcode provides the official C with a circle around it (“©”) required legally in many countries to Copyright many forms of intellectual property. Translate “Current Year and Copyright Shortcodes” into your language. It doesn't work and now I have to redo everyone's copyright on all pages. Adoption Notice Simple, effective, no problems. jonradio Shortcodes Anywhere or Everywhere, jonradio Reveal Network Activated Plugins. The [c] shortcode inserts the © Copyright symbol, using the official HTML coding for a copyright symbol. For other areas of your web site, you will need to install the jonradio Shortcodes Anywhere or Everywhere plugin. This short code works exactly as expected. Used on its own, this plugin allows you to place the Copyright symbol and/or the current year in the body of a Page or Post. Wasted a lot of time trying to get this plug-in to work, which it didn't, even after wasting additional time with the same developer's "Shortcodes Anywhere and Everywhere"....Note that this plug-in is not updated or maintained in any way for current versions of WordPress, so I would recommend finding an alternate solution. It won't work....". No updates in 2 years finally breaks it. Clients started calling that their copyright had weird characters before it and no date. This short code works exactly as expected. Grab a Text Block and drop it on, for example, Footer Area # 1. Please let us know, including your ideas on how you would like it to work, and any shortcode naming conflicts with other plugins that you found. [c] 1997-[y] John Smith Now with [cyy] if current year is = attribute year, first year isn’t displayed. If you need to display the current year, and have it always kept up to date, inserting this plugin’s [y] shortcode almost anywhere on your web site will do just that. Doesn’t work any more. No real answer is available publicly, even though I saw that other people had the same issue. To address restrictions within older WordPress versions of using two Shortcodes side-by-side, the [cy] shortcode inserts the © Copyright symbol, a blank and the current year. The text responds properly when editing borders, alignment, and padding. Had it working for a very long time. If you need to display the current year, and have it always kept up to date, inserting this plugin’s [y] shortcode almost anywhere on your web site will do just that. The following people have contributed to this plugin. This plugin was recently adopted by David Gewirtz and ongoing support and updates will continue. Version 1.0.2 adds the [m] shortcode for the month in word form and the [d] shortcode for the day of the month. Assuming it is currently the year 2014, that would display as: In 2015, it would automatically display as © 1997-2015 John Smith without anyone having to edit the Page. Special thanks to Jon ‘jonradio’ Pearkins for creating the plugin and making adoption possible. Please let us know, including your ideas on how you would like it to work, and any shortcode naming conflicts with other plugins that you found. You can fill out this Contact Form (click here). Such places as Page Titles, Post Titles, Custom Fields of both Pages and Posts, Site Title, Description and other bloginfo options, Widgets and Widget Titles, which covers most Sidebars, Menus, Headers and even the HTML