by Denra.com 4.9 (31 reviews)

WP Date and Time Shortcode

Name: WP Date and Time Shortcode
Rating: 4.9 (31 reviews)
Author: Denra.com

Shortcode to show any current, past, and future date or time. Display this, previous, or next year, month, day, etc.

WP Date and Time Shortcode ranks #1,866 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #251 of 8,547 in the Customization category, a 4.9/5 rating from 31 reviews, and was last updated Aug 25, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.7.1 Current Version v2.7.1

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 25 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#251 of 8,547 in Customization Top 5% by installs Downloads -16.9% this week Actively maintained

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Rank

#1,866

-1 this week

Active Installs

10K+

-31.1%

KW Avg Position

12.8

0.4 worse

Downloads

156.1K

+50 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (31 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 44.4%

10K+ 20K+

445

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Growth Needed

8,000,000

Active Installs

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Reviews & Ratings

4.9

31 reviews

Overall 98%

30 (97%)

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Support Threads Overview

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Total Threads

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100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Mar 31, 2025

WP Date and Time Shortcode [wp-date-and-time-shortcode] < 2.6.8

CVE-2025-31590 · Fixed in v2.6.8

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.7.1
Last Updated: Aug 25, 2026
Requires WP: 4.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Denra.com

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 31
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display dynamic date and time information in posts and pages. It solves the problem of showing current, past, or future dates and times in customizable formats without manual updates.

Multiple date/time shortcodes
Custom PHP date format support
Relative date and time formats
Add or subtract time units
Day of week and month names
Time zone selection
Post creation/modification date display
denra_wpdts_result filter hook

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP Date and Time Shortcode

We are working on such a subscription based Pro edition and it will be released as soon as possible.

If you are using a caching plugin you may need to exclude the page or post with the shortcode from it so the content may be generated dynamically. If you are using the start attribute with a fixed initial value you may also block the change of the shortcode result if needed.

Please make sure that you are using only straight double quotes (") and not curly/smart ones(„ or “) for the attributes. The curly ones are not recognized by the shortcode functions. If you are using the straight quotes only and you are still having issues please contact us for support.

WordPress applies the shortcodes in post's and page's content by default. If your theme does not apply shortcodes in other places automatically you may need to add additional code to your child theme's functions.php to hook into those functions where you need to see the shortcodes applied. For example: // For the titles. add_filter('wp_title', 'do_shortcode', 10); add_filter('the_title', 'do_shortcode', 10); // For the navigation menu texts. add_filter('walker_nav_menu_start_el', 'do_shortcode', 10); etc. If you do not know how to put the correct code you may want to use additional plugin for the purpose like this one to enable any shortcodes in other places of your website pages.

As we were improving the plugin we found out the [wpdts] shortcode will be much more recognizable and easier to use by everyone so we decided to change the old ones. We strongly recommend the use of the new [wpdts] shortcode although backward compatibility for [wp-dt] or [wp_dt] is supported.

We have generally completed the development of Free edition of this plugin and it has a big number of features which may cover every basic need. In future we will be mainly supporting it for WordPress version compatibility and bugs. However we will be releasing a Pro edition soon with an annual subscription plan and it will have many new features. Please send all your suggestions and ideas to our e-mail address and they may be developed and included in the paid product in future. Please note that if you have suggested a new feature and it is implemented you will get a 1-year subscription for 1 website for free.