Title: Mailwick Copyright Year Author: spsaradellis Published: October 28, 2026 Last modified: October 28, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/mailwick-copyright-year/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3769696) ![](https://ps.w.org/mailwick-copyright-year/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3769696) # Mailwick Copyright Year By [spsaradellis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spsaradellis/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mailwick-copyright-year.1.0.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailwick-copyright-year/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailwick-copyright-year/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailwick-copyright-year/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailwick-copyright-year/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailwick-copyright-year/) ## Description A footer that still says “© 2019” tells every visitor the site may not be looked after. In a scan of 43,077 small business websites, 4,338 (10%) showed a copyright year that was out of date. Most of those years are typed into a theme option or a footer widget, so they never change on their own. This plugin fixes them without touching the theme. **Automatic fix (on by default)** * Finds a year that comes right after a copyright mark (©, ©, (c) or the word Copyright) inside your page footer, and updates it as the page is sent. * Keeps your first year by default: “© 2019” becomes “© 2019–2026”. Or pick “current year only”. * Changes only the footer. “Founded in 2012” in your page text is never touched. * Writes nothing to your theme or database. Switch it off and the original footer is back. **Check my footer** Settings > Copyright Year loads your front page as it looks without the plugin and lists each year it would update, so you can see the fix before a visitor does. **Shortcodes** * `[mwcy_year]` prints the current year. * `[mwcy_copyright from="2015" text="Your Business"]` prints “© 2015–2026 Your Business”. Both work in posts, pages, blocks and text widgets. **No tracking, no external calls** The only request the plugin makes is to your own front page, and only when you press“ Check my footer now”. This plugin was written with the help of an AI model (Claude, by Anthropic) and reviewed and tested before release. ## Screenshots [⌊Settings > Copyright Year after "Check my footer now": the old year the theme prints and the year visitors now see.⌉⌊Settings > Copyright Year after "Check my footer now": the old year the theme prints and the year visitors now see.⌉[ Settings > Copyright Year after “Check my footer now”: the old year the theme prints and the year visitors now see. [⌊The footer as visitors see it: "© 2019" in the theme is served as "© 2019–2026".⌉⌊ The footer as visitors see it: "© 2019" in the theme is served as "© 2019–2026".⌉[ The footer as visitors see it: “© 2019” in the theme is served as “© 2019–2026”. ## Installation 1. Install from Plugins > Add New (search “Mailwick Copyright Year”), or upload the zip. 2. Activate it. The automatic fix is on straight away. 3. Optional: open Settings > Copyright Year and press “Check my footer now”. ## FAQ ### Will it change years in my blog posts? No. Only the footer element of the page (or, for themes without one, the last part of the page) is checked, and only years that follow a copyright mark. ### My theme already shows the current year. Then nothing changes. A year that is already current, or in the future, is left alone. ### Does it work with page caching? Yes. The cached page holds the updated year; it refreshes when your cache does. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Mailwick Copyright Year” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ spsaradellis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spsaradellis/) [Translate “Mailwick Copyright Year” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mailwick-copyright-year) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mailwick-copyright-year/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/mailwick-copyright-year/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mailwick-copyright-year/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mailwick-copyright-year/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.1 * Shortcodes are now [mwcy_year] and [mwcy_copyright] only; the footer fix uses the WordPress 6.9 template output buffer. #### 1.0.0 * First release: automatic footer fix, year style setting, footer check, [year] and [copyright] shortcodes. ## Meta * Version **1.0.1** * Last updated **4 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [copyright](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/copyright/)[copyright year](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/copyright-year/) [dynamic copyright](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dynamic-copyright/)[footer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/footer/) [year shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/year-shortcode/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailwick-copyright-year/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailwick-copyright-year/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailwick-copyright-year/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ spsaradellis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spsaradellis/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailwick-copyright-year/)