Title: Today's Date Author: ben poland Published: August 23, 2013 Last modified: August 27, 2013 --- 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.svg) # Today's Date By [ben poland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ben-poland/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/todays-date.zip) * [Details](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/todays-date/#description) * [Reviews](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/todays-date/#reviews) * [Installation](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/todays-date/#installation) * [Development](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/todays-date/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date/) ## Description This plugin allows a user to display the current date to the user via a shortcode in any place that a shortcode is usable. Styling of the date will be the result of styling the shortcode itself. For example if the shortcode is written in bold, blue text, then the date will show up as bold, blue text The formatting of the date is accomplished by changing the date format in the WordPress Admin Dashboard under Settings->General. Future releases of this plugin will allow formatting via the shortcode. [date today] ### Arbitrary section ### A brief Markdown Example ## Installation 1. Upload `plugin-name.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Place [date today] anywhere that shortcodes are usable. ## FAQ A question that someone might have ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Today's Date” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ ben poland ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ben-poland/) [Translate “Today's Date” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/todays-date) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/todays-date/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/todays-date/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/todays-date/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/todays-date/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * First Version. ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **13 years ago** * Active installations **90+** * WordPress version ** 3.0.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.6.1** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/todays-date/) * Tags * [current](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/current/)[current date](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/current-date/) [date](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/date/)[today](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/today/) [todays date](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/todays-date/) * [Advanced View](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/todays-date/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ ben poland ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ben-poland/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/todays-date/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://ben-poland-dev.com)