[Resolved] Adding Copyright Notice to Middle Footer Widget

[Janine]

Hi, guys.

I’ve looked through the forum for info on this and nothing I came across seems to work for me.

I tried using a text box in the widget as well as Custom HTML and I end up with
%copy% %current_year% followed by a link to my site homepage.

I would like the copyright symbol followed by the year and hyperlink of site name.

Thank you.

[Leo]

Hi there,

Can you link me to what you currently have?

[Janine]

Leo, please scroll to bottom of this page: 2a0cfab5.ngrok.io. Thank you!

[Leo]

Can you try the Top Tip section of this article? http://www.zaposphere.com/display-the-current-year-auto-updating-copyright-footer/

[Janine]

Hi, Leo.

I did as you instructed and it works.

But does this mean that I will have to manually update the year going forward? Thank you.

[Leo]

You entered it as PHP right?

Did it show 2018 without you entering 2018?

[Janine]

No, it didn’t. I entered the years.

[Janine]

But I didn’t do the second part of the Top Tips, because I don’t really understand where I would place that code. Thank you.

[Leo]

Ahh that requires PHP.

Might be easier to just use a plugin that gives you shortcode: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/jonradio-current-year-and-copyright-shortcodes/

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