🔄 Automatically Update the Year in Your Site & Email Footer (WooCommerce Snippet)

Keeping your website and email footer up-to-date with the current year is a simple task—until it isn’t. Many store owners forget to update their copyright year, making things look outdated (or worse, neglected).

Here’s a quick snippet that dynamically inserts the current year into your site and WooCommerce emails, so you never have to touch it again.

🧩 The Code

/**
 * Dynamic year render for site and email footers
 */
// Add shortcode to display the current year (for site footer)
function display_current_year() {
    return date('Y'); 
}
add_shortcode('current_year', 'display_current_year');

// Add placeholders to display the current year (for email footer)
function add_current_year_placeholder_to_email_footer($footer_text) {
    $footer_text = str_replace('{current_year}', date('Y'), $footer_text);
    
    return $footer_text;
}
add_filter('woocommerce_email_footer_text', 'add_current_year_placeholder_to_email_footer', 9);

📍 Where to Add This

To use this snippet, add it to your WordPress theme’s functions.php file. You can find it here: wp-content/themes/your-child-theme/functions.php

If you’re using a custom plugin or a snippets plugin (like Code Snippets), you can add it there too.

✨ How to Use It

• On your website: Just use [current_year] anywhere you want the year to appear (e.g., in the footer widget or copyright text).
  
  
• In WooCommerce email settings: Go to WooCommerce → Settings → Emails → Email Footer Text and insert: © {current_year} Your Store Name. All rights reserved.

✅ Why It Matters

• Keeps your site looking fresh and legally compliant
• Prevents embarrassing oversights like outdated copyright info
• Saves time for you (or your dev team) year after year

👨‍💻 Pro Help for Smart WooCommerce Stores

At EUX Digital Agency, we build eCommerce solutions that are fast, secure, and thoughtfully automated. From small tweaks like this to full-scale integrations, we’ve got your back.

⚙️ Ready to make your store smarter? Let’s chat about how we can help.