Adding the current date to a WordPress page or post
Instead of a using a plugin like wp time and date, we much prefer to use code to solve these little problems. Code is more efficient and provides a more secure way to customise your website. The plugin works great for newbies, but we like the slightly more advanced way.
If you would like to add today’s date eg: 16/10/2020, to your post or page, simply copy the code below into your theme’s functions.php file. Preferably into the child theme’s functions.php file as you won’t overwrite when updating your theme.
function date_shortcode($atts, $content = null){ return ($content) ? date($content) : date("d/m/Y");}add_shortcode('curr_date', 'date_shortcode');
Add the shortcode
All you need to do then is paste the shortcode [curr_date] to your post or page content.
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