Title: Today's Date Inserter Author: mulscully Published: April 29, 2014 Last modified: August 19, 2014 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/todays-date-inserter.svg) # Today's Date Inserter By [mulscully](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mulscully/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/todays-date-inserter.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/todays-date-inserter/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/todays-date-inserter/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/todays-date-inserter/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/todays-date-inserter/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date-inserter/) ## Description Simply and quickly add the current date and or time to your wordpress posts by using a simple shortcode in the text of your page or post. Simply use the short code [ todaysdate] in your text and when the post or page is displayed, [todaysdate] will be replaced by the current date and/or time that you defined on the settings screen. You can also override the default format by including the format string in the shortcode. For example, if you placed the following text in your post and your format string was set to l, F jS Y -> Thank you for visiting my site today [todaysdate]. The date would be displayed as -> Thank you for visiting my site today Wednesday, April 23rd 2014. Here how to override he default setting by including the format string in the shortcode [todaysdate format=”F Y”] would display April 2014 no matter what the default was set to. This plugin also includes a Today’s date widget. This widget has it’s own default format, but can be overridden by and valid php date format string The plugin also uses the timezone settings from wordpress to display the time and date. ## Installation 1. Upload `lfo-todays-date-inserter` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ How do I add the date/time to my post? Simply insert the following code into your post to display the current date/time. [todaysdate] How to I control the way the date or time is displayed? In the wordpress dashboard, go to Settings->Todays date and in the box labeled “ Enter the format string here” enter the format string you would like to use. For a complete list of options visit http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Do I have to use the same format for every post? No. You can override the saved format by including the format string in the shortcode. For example using the shortcode [todaysdate format=”F Y”] will display April 2014 ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a40f30cf603ebbf36a90a037c8337606232f9d998bf419ef64b8abdc988d572? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Warning: Illegal string offset 'format'](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string-offset-format/)󠁿 [Ma Manann](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mamb2bceo/) September 3, 2016 Warning: Illegal string offset ‘format’ in /home/…./public_html/wp-content/plugins/ todays-date-inserter/lfo-todays-date-inserter.php on line 79 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3431b692d5f1e0346bd53dd2096c47938102a1a949da8081ef14c5337e800d1e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Broke WP-Statistics](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broke-wp-statistics/)󠁿 [shogunreaper](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shogunreaper/) September 3, 2016 Plugin worked as expected, but it broke WP-Statistic’s time, instead of being on the timezone i set on the forum it was 5 hours behind. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2609dd6f29c0e869d2217513977f3d4fc9474f553adec40473a8f8522f1cee77? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Nice, Quick Solution](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-quick-solution/)󠁿 [Eric Karkovack](https://profiles.wordpress.org/karks88/) September 3, 2016 Needed something to easily show the current month on a WordPress page. Without the ability to directly edit the template, this plugin came in very handy. [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date-inserter/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Today's Date Inserter” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ mulscully ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mulscully/) [Translate “Today's Date Inserter” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/todays-date-inserter) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/todays-date-inserter/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/todays-date-inserter/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/todays-date-inserter/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/todays-date-inserter/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog 2014-08-19 version 1.2.1 Corrected a Typo in the default date string. The default will now display as Tuesday, August 19th 2014 instead of Tuesday, August, 19,th 2014 Thank you hannah! 2014-04-29 version 1.2.0 Added a Date widget 2014-04-25 version 1.1.1 corrected minor typos in readme.txt file 2014-04-24 version 1.1 added the ability to override the stroed format by including the format string in the shortcode 2014-04-22 version 1.0 ## Meta * Version **1.2.1** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **700+** * WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.9.40** * Tags * [current date](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/current-date/)[current day](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/current-day/) [current month](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/current-month/)[date](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/date/) [todays date](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/todays-date/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/todays-date-inserter/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date-inserter/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date-inserter/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date-inserter/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date-inserter/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date-inserter/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date-inserter/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date-inserter/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ mulscully ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mulscully/) ## Support Got something to say? 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