How to Auto-update Your Copyright in WordPress
Posted: January 4th, 2010 | Author: Agitationist | Filed under: blogging, tools, wordpress | Tags: blogging, code, tools, useful, wordpress | 3 Comments »(Republished from last year, because you need it.)
So it’s a new year…have you forgotten anything?
Here’s a hint:
Ever see a site with a copyright statement 6 months out of date? Even big-shot corporate blogs make this mistake. But on a young, growing blog, it looks particularly bad.
Or perhaps you don’t have a copyright statement at all? Tsk tsk.
Why don’t we automate this, so we’ll never, ever have to think about it again? Here’s how to do it in WordPress:
- Log in to WordPress, and go to Theme Editor.
- Choose “footer.php”.
- Delete your current copyright statement (if it exists), and insert the following code:© 2008 – <?php echo date(Y); ?>…replacing “2008″ with the date you started your blog.
- If you wish, put your name adjacent to the copyright, being sure not to disturb the php date tag. See mine below for an example.
- Done.
Happy New Year! Anyone got a good detox recipe?
I’ve been meaning to do this for ages – thanks for the reminder!
Nifty! You know it’s so true that most people (including me) forget about that copyright statement. Because we don’t actually bother most of the time. This is just one cool script to address just that I thank you so much. Keep up the good work and more power to your site.
Copyright has always been a part of the problems in the wordpress with the updatable copyright I think it wont be a problem at all.