Automatically update your WordPress blog copyright years

Blog Copyright

Its been a while since new year has passed and I have seen some of the blogs still having the last years copyright notification in their wordpress blog. (mostly in footer and some times in the sidebar as well or header as well).

Here is a little code that will keep you from worrying about changing the copyright years in WordPress blog.

For Thesis WordPress Theme

Since I am using thesis so for thesis-code  below can be used as is, in the thesis custom_functions.php or where ever you have placed your blog’s copyright notification.

function copyright(){
    echo '<p>Copyright ';
    echo get_bloginfo();
    echo ' &copy ';
    echo date("Y");
    echo '</p>';
}
add_action('thesis_hook_footer', 'copyright', '09');

For Any WordPress Theme

In case you happen to be using a WordPress theme other than thesis then you can place this code in your footer.php or where you  placed that copyright notification in your blog.

<p>Copyright <?php echo get_bloginfo(); ?> © <?php echo date(“Y”); ?></p>

Now you don’t have to worry anymore about changing your copyright years in blog (As long as you use your current theme).

Article by Shoaib Hussain

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