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lukasbesch/shortcode-year-or-years
==================================

WordPress Plugin that provides a shortcode to display the current year, optionally including a start year. Commonly used in copyright notices.

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Shortcode: Year or years
========================

[](#shortcode-year-or-years)

Provides a WordPress shortcode to display the current year, and optionally a start year.

Commonly used for copyright notices.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require lukasbesch/shortcode-year-or-years
```

Alternatively download the latest release from GitHub and install it into the plugins directory.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Show current year

[](#show-current-year)

```
[year_or_years]
// 2026

```

### Show current year and a start year

[](#show-current-year-and-a-start-year)

```
[year_or_years from="2019"]
// 2019–2026

```

The start year will only be displayed if it is lower than the current year:

```
[year_or_years from="2026"]
// 2026

```

Optionally specify a custom separator:

```
[year_or_years from="1984" separator=" until "]
// 1984 until 2026

```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance52

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2230d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/eb69c0703a9baffb8c589acac013698f8dac0b19a4778e0d41625e1547e07cda?d=identicon)[lukasbesch](/maintainers/lukasbesch)

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Top Contributors

[![lukasbesch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/241689?v=4)](https://github.com/lukasbesch "lukasbesch (18 commits)")

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Tags

copyrightdate-formattingshortcodewordpress-plugin

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