Description
Date counter – is just a 9 kilobytes WordPress plugin.
Easily display the current date or calculate the difference between two dates.
Current date & time
Current date & time: [CurrentDatetime format="d/m/Y H:i"].
Current date & time: 05.07.2021 12:48.
[CurrentDatetime format="jS F, Y"].
6th July, 2021.
It's [CurrentDatetime format="g:i A (e)"].
It's 10:35 AM (UTC).
You can find all possible formats in documentation.
Date & time difference
I'm [DatetimeDifference startDate="1998-08-25" endDate="now" format="Y"] years old.
I'm 23 years old now.
[DatetimeDifference startDate="31.12.2020" endDate="now" format="a"] days have passed since the new year.
187 days have passed since the new year.
Tomorrow's trip at 14:35 (2:35 PM) starts in [DatetimeDifference startDate="now" endDate="07.07.2021 14:35" format="h hours & i minutes"].
Tomorrow's trip at 14:35 (2:35 PM) starts in 8 hours & 34 minutes.
You can find all possible formats in documentation.
Total date & time difference
The store will open in [TotalDatetimeDifference startDate="now" endDate="16.07.2021 8:00" format="i"] minutes today.
The store will open in 19 minutes today.
[TotalDatetimeDifference startDate="now" endDate="25.08.2025" format="d"] days left until my b-day.
39 days left until my b-day.
You can find all possible formats in documentation.
🤘Extra
Shift from today’s date: ± N days | ± N weeks | ± N months | ± N years
[DatetimeDifference startDate="now" endDate="+1day" format="d"]
[TotalDatetimeDifference startDate="-3years" endDate="now" format="d"]
Post created & modified date
[DatetimeDifference startDate="post:created" endDate="now" format="d"]
[TotalDatetimeDifference startDate="now" endDate="post:modified" format="d"]
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/date-counter
directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
- Place shortcode.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Date counter” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors“Date counter” has been translated into 8 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Changelog
2.0.3
Fixed exception messages in DatetimeDifference and TotalDatetimeDiffrence classes. Added support for creation and modification dates of the current post.
2.0.0
Redesigned plugin: added new features and simplified general workflow.
1.0.4
Added support for Time Zone management. You can now change the time zone using the WordPress settings.
1.0.2
- Improved calculations
- Added support for PHP DateInterval::format
1.0.1
- Just a first version of a Date counter plugin.