Update the copyright year in footer sections of your blogs!

Now that we’re all in the new year of 2008, it is the perfect time for you to update the copyright year in footers of your blogs. This is something I used to neglect, but like any blogger, the more you write and the more you spend time maintaining and updating your posts, the better it is to have copyright years updated early into the new year.

I still remember the times when it took me almost half a year to notice that some of my blogs were still claiming the copyright period on them to cover everything up to the previous year, sometimes even the year before, but if you’re serious about protecting your intellectual property, better get into the habit of updating these copyright years early.

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January 3, 2008 · Filed Under blog

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2 Responses to “Update the copyright year in footer sections of your blogs!”

Marco on January 5th, 2008 12:52 pm

Hi there,

You can easily do this automatically with the date() function from PHP.

For example:
If 2006 was your “starters year”:

© 2006 –

date(Y) will print the current year.

Have a nice day and keep on bloggin,,
Gleb Reys on January 5th, 2008 4:55 pm

Hi Marco,

Yes, that’s how I would do it as well.

However, that’s not how most WordPress themes are done

Thanks for the useful tip!