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Best year plugins for WordPress

The most popular year 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 Dynamic Month & Year into Posts (8K+) and Seed Buddhist Year (3K+). All 32 plugins tagged “year” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 year plugins

  1. 1.
    Shortcode for Current Date

    The most installed year plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 116 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  2. 2.
    Dynamic Month & Year into Posts

    8K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 18 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Seed Buddhist Year

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 11 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

  4. 4.
    Dynamic Year Block

    2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Current Year Shortcodes

    1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.

  6. 6.
    Admin filter posts by year

    300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  7. 7.
    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.

  8. 8.
    Current Year and Footer Information

    100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.

  9. 9.
    Copyright Year Update

    100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.

  10. 10.
    Category Archives

    80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.

All 32 plugins tagged “year”