Best current date plugins for WordPress
The most popular current date plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Shortcode for Current Date leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Today's Date Inserter (600+) and Simple Show Date (100+). All 7 plugins tagged “current date” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 current date plugins
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Shortcode for Current DateThe most installed current date plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 116 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Today's Date Inserter600+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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Simple Show Date100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
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Today's Date80+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
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Date Tool70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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autometa's NOWON10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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EZ current dateFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 7 plugins tagged “current date”
Shortcode for Current Date
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,651by Imtiaz Rayhan10 months ago
Insert current Date, Month or Year anywhere in your WordPress site with a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(116)
- Downloads
- 58/day
Today's Date Inserter
Down in the last 7 days:48#8,340by mulscully12 years ago
Simply and quickly add the current date and or time to your wordpress posts or pages using a shortcode Date widget also included
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Show Date
Down in the last 7 days:23#14,808by Come2theweb12 days ago
Display current date, year, month, tomorrow or any custom format with simple shortcodes. Perfect for copyright years.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Today's Date
Down in the last 7 days:45#17,789by ben poland13 years ago
Display The Current Date In A Customizable Format
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Date Tool
Up in the last 7 days:33#18,785by gordi55512 years ago
A simple plugin that returns the current date/time in a variety of different ways.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
autometa's NOWON
Down in the last 7 days:4,933#46,019by JorgeAmVF8 years ago
It reproduces current time and date in pages, posts, portfolios or products simply via: [nowon] and [nowadays].
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EZ current date
Down in the last 7 days:3,577#73,582by Benjamin De La Cruz6 years ago
This plugin will show your current month and year, also you have the option select to show only the Month or only the Year;
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day