Best current year plugins for WordPress
The most popular current year plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Current Year Shortcode VICT leads with 800+ active installs, ahead of Smart Copyright Year (Lite) (200+) and Current Year and Footer Information (100+). All 11 plugins tagged “current year” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 current year plugins
- 1.
Current Year Shortcode VICTThe most installed current year plugin, with 800+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Smart Copyright Year (Lite)200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
Current Year and Footer Information100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 4.
Current Year By Nasim40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Copyright shortcode creator VICT20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Current Date Free10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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Snappy Year ShortcodeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 8.
PerennialFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
Title Year ShortCodeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Texlab Current YearFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 11 plugins tagged “current year”
Current Year Shortcode VICT
Down in the last 7 days:11#7,424by Voordelig ICT2 months ago
A shortcode to display the current year. Never worry about updating the current year on your site again.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Smart Copyright Year (Lite)
Up in the last 7 days:52#11,680by Nisaurl Amin Naim1 year ago
Smart Copyright Year is a super lite plugin which provides [year] shortcode to auto-display current year in copyright info.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Current Year and Footer Information
Down in the last 7 days:49#13,708by inaudit6 years ago
Easy plugin to show the Copyright information, Current Year, Legal Notice and Cookies Policy. Compatible with WordPress Multilanguage.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Current Year By Nasim
Up in the last 7 days:530#22,545by Nasim Miah1 year ago
A lightweight plugin to show the current year anywhere using the [cyb_nasim] shortcode. Perfect for copyright footers.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Copyright shortcode creator VICT
Down in the last 7 days:131#28,293by Voordelig ICT2 months ago
Shortcodes to show the current year, the copyright logo and/or the sitename wherever you want it.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Current Date Free
Down in the last 7 days:110#33,238by ddeleeuw5 years ago
A lightweight plugin that provides shortcodes for the current, Year, Month, Day, Time and more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Snappy Year Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:12,297#55,264by miniweblab7 years ago
The easiest way displaying current year, copyright symbol and since year with shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Perennial
Up in the last 7 days:15,966#55,385by GhostLabs1 month ago
Keeps your footer's copyright year current automatically — server-rendered, no JavaScript. Never edit a footer on New Year's Day again.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Title Year ShortCode
Down in the last 7 days:2,887#59,204by msunvi1 year ago
A simple and nice plugin to echo the current year to your page or post title using a shortcode, as simple as that.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Texlab Current Year
Down in the last 7 days:106#61,219by Texlab IT1 month ago
Display the current year anywhere in your WordPress site using a simple shortcode.
- 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