Current Year in Copyright Footer

[mkeen]

Hi: I currently hardcoded the Year in WPLMS Footer - Copyright. However, I would like to dynamically display the current year and tried with php code, but it did not work. How do I have the copyright footer display current year automatically? Thanks for the help. Best Regards,

Mike

[H.K. Latiyan]

Sorry this is not possible. You have to manually change it.

[caseyh]

I'm interested in doing this, too, on instinctivecognition.com I'd like to use a version of this php code I found here: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-a-dynamic-copyright-date-in-wordpress-footer/ It instructs to place the following in functions.php:

function comicpress_copyright() {
global $wpdb;
$copyright_dates = $wpdb->get_results("
SELECT
YEAR(min(post_date_gmt)) AS firstdate,
YEAR(max(post_date_gmt)) AS lastdate
FROM
$wpdb->posts
WHERE
post_status = 'publish'
");
$output = '';
if($copyright_dates) {
$copyright = "© " . $copyright_dates[0]->firstdate;
if($copyright_dates[0]->firstdate != $copyright_dates[0]->lastdate) {
$copyright .= '-' . $copyright_dates[0]->lastdate;
}
$output = $copyright;
}
return $output;
}

And then to place this (edited for display) call in footer.php:

< ? php echo comicpress_copyright(); ? >

However, when I try that this new copyright notice displays below the theme's footer and looks terrible. Is there some other theme file I could edit to drop in that comicpress_copyright() call so that it displays where it's supposed to? I tried putting this similar JavaScript version, which I've used on other non-Wordpress sites, in the WPLMS options > Footer text editor, but it didn't work. Can I put JavaScript or PHP is the WPLMS options Footer text editor somehow? Or can you point out the theme file I'd need to edit to drop it in?

[H.K. Latiyan]

In the wplms 2.8 version releasing within a day or two we are adding a shortcode which will give the current date, year . So after update you can use the shortcode instead.

[caseyh]

Cool. I'll look forward to it. Thank you!

[H.K. Latiyan]

Yes, sure.

[MzPlatinum]

Hi there, I see the shortcode listed in the 2.8 update log [vibe_current_date] ... the shortcode displays on my site like this: <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Varela; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;">2018/04/06 </span> How do I customize it so it only shows the year?

[Diana]

@MzPlatinum, Please paste this code in wp-admin > Plugins > editor > Select WPLMS Customizer plugin > wplms-customizer.php add_shortcode('vibe_current_date_with_year','vibe_current_date_with_year'); function vibe_current_date_with_year($atts, $content = null){ extract(shortcode_atts(array( 'format' => 'Y', ), $atts)); $return = date($format); return $return; } Then add a text widget in footer sider and paste this shortcode : [vibe_current_date_with_year] This will display only the current year And Please create your own topic for your own issues.  

[MzPlatinum]

Thank you! That worked. I'll open up my own a topics as well.

[Diana]

@MzPlatinum, Thanks for confirmation

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