I'm setting up my weebsite, and in the Bottom area of the footer where the Copyright year is I see that the year is hardcoded, is there a way to put a shortcode or a piece of code in there that will display the Current year instead of the hardcoded one?

Thanks!

Hello,

Unfortunately, that won't be an option. 

Im a front-end developer, whatever you need me to do you can write it here. I just wanted to avoid writing any additional code if this is already a part of the theme itself.

Thanks!

Hello, 

I might be able to solve this quite quick as I implemented the same as you require Noctris.

If you install(ed) the child theme which is located in your theme's downloadable files, add the following to the functions.php file.

//Allow shortcodes in widgets
add_filter ('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');
function year_shortcode () {
$year = date_i18n ('Y');
return $year;
}
add_shortcode ('year', 'year_shortcode');

Now you can use the following shortcode in your footer.

[year]

Luckily this theme sees the footer as a widget, though some don't, which in turn can make this a bit harder.

I hope this works as well for you as it does for us.

If for some reason it does not work on the default footer text block (which only adds text), use codexThemes's  "custom footer", I am 100% certain that it works there.

If you require a full run through, I'll be happy to share a step by step basis with screenshots.

@Gregor, it might be handy to add this piece of code in the themes by default, as to my knowledge, most people tend to prefer it.