WordPress plugin comparison

Dynamic Month & Year into Posts vs Shortcode for Current Date

Dynamic Month & Year into Posts

by Gaurav Tiwari

8K+ installs5.0

Shortcode for Current Date

by Imtiaz Rayhan

10K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Shortcode for Current Date has more active installs: 10K+, against 8K+ for Dynamic Month & Year into Posts.
On a typical day, Dynamic Month & Year into Posts is downloaded about 81 times, Shortcode for Current Date about 53.
Both are rated 5.0 out of 5.
Dynamic Month & Year into Posts was updated more recently: Aug 27, 2026, against Dec 22, 2025 for Shortcode for Current Date.
Dynamic Month & Year into Posts resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Shortcode for Current Date.
Dynamic Month & Year into Posts is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Shortcode for Current Date.
Shortcode for Current Date has been around longer: since 2017, against 2020 for Dynamic Month & Year into Posts.

Dynamic Month & Year into Posts leads on 5 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Dynamic Month & Year into Posts	Shortcode for Current Date
Popular rank	#2,332	#1,650
Active installs	8K+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	1.9K	1.8K
Rating	5.0(18)	5.0(116)
Support threads resolved	100%	0%
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×1.00	×0.59
Last release	2 months ago	10 months ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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