Shortcodes not displaying correctly

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  whatthedickensbakery · Member · Jan 9, 2019 at 6:01 am

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  Hi, there.

  Newbie here, so I apologise in advance for this basic question :(

  I want to display the current year on a WP page. So, I’m using the shortcode …

  [date format=”Y” timestamp=”today”]

  But rather than the page displaying 2019, it’s just displaying the shortcode.

  What am I doing wrong?

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  skipiczeljko · Member · Jan 9, 2019 at 6:20 am

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  Hello,

  you can easily display the year on your website, but you will need a small piece of code in your funstions.php file in order to display the shortcode as a year, here are further instructions on how to do it:

  Year Shortcode

  I assume that you want the dynamic year shown in the footer of your website, next to the copyright, I suggest that you take a look at this article as well
  https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-a-dynamic-copyright-date-in-wordpress-footer/
  It explains how to add the dynamic year, so you do not have to change it every year manually.

  Furthermore, you are using the self-hosted version of WordPress, not the WordPress.com one, so please post your further inquiries here:
  https://wordpress.org/support/

  I hope this helps
  Cheers