Binimuse Geʽez Calendar

Binimuse Geʽez Calendar brings accurate Ethiopian calendar support to WordPress.

Convert and display dates between the Ethiopian (Geʽez) and Gregorian calendars anywhere on your site — in the block editor, with a shortcode, or from your own code. Output supports Amharic and English month names and both Geʽez (፩፪፫) and Arabic numerals.

The Ethiopian calendar has 13 months — twelve months of 30 days plus Pagumē — and runs roughly 7–8 years behind the Gregorian calendar. This plugin handles all of that correctly, including the Ethiopian leap-year cycle.

Features

• Ethiopian Date block — a native Gutenberg block with a built-in Ethiopian date picker (13 months, leap-aware).
• [ethio_date] shortcode — for the classic editor, widgets, and theme files.
• Site-wide defaults — set your preferred format, language, and numeral system once.
• REST API — an endpoint for converting dates programmatically.
• Developer API — PHP helper functions for converting Ethiopian and Gregorian dates in your own themes and plugins.
• Translation-ready — ships with an Amharic translation.

Conversion uses the established Beyene-Kudlek algorithm via Julian Day Numbers, validated against known reference dates, with correct handling of Pagumē (the 13th month) and the Ethiopian leap year.