Grade B

WP Date and Time Shortcode

Name: WP Date and Time Shortcode
Rating: 4.8 (31 reviews)
Author: Denra.com

⤓ Download v2.7 on WordPress.org ↗

by Denra.comupdated 2025-12-08🌿The Dependable Sort

Finally a simple way to master time and dates without coding.

HealthyDeclining

74/100

This utility provides many flexible shortcode options and reliable support for users.

Loved32/40

Trustworthy10/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum2/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_shortcode( 'wpdts-custom', function( $atts ) {
    $atts = shortcode_atts( [ 'format' => 'Y-m-d H:i:s' ], $atts );
    return date_i18n( $atts['format'] );
} );

add_shortcode( 'wpdts-date', function() {
    return date_i18n( get_option( 'date_format' ) );
} );

add_shortcode( 'wpdts-time', function() {
    return date_i18n( get_option( 'time_format' ) );
} );

add_shortcode( 'wpdts-year', function() {
    return date_i18n( 'Y' );
} );

add_shortcode( 'wpdts-month', function() {
    return date_i18n( 'n' );
} );

add_shortcode( 'wpdts-day', function() {
    return date_i18n( 'j' );
} );

Keep in mind:The plugin offers many more alias shortcodes and offset attributes; add extra add_shortcode calls for any you need.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

4.9★

31 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-43%

Declining fast

49 → 28 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORdownloads down 43% vs a year ago

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining fast · -43% in the last year

49/day a year ago→28/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

WP Date and Time Shortcode is widely praised for its flexibility, ease of use, and responsive support, though reviewers have not raised any notable drawbacks.

What people like

+Responsive and helpful support×3
+Highly flexible with many display options for dates and times×2
+User-friendly, allowing non-developers to add dates via shortcode without coding
+Frequent and fast updates to fix issues
+Accurate functionality that works as advertised
+Supports Japanese language for day names
+Comprehensive documentation with examples

Common complaints

Review trustMostly organic

4.85★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
16%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 31 total

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Latest reviews · 31 analyzed

2025-08-03★★★★★Roman month dates pavelberg1
2025-08-01★★★★★Top plugin artstu1-shot
2025-05-23★★★★★曜日が日本語で表示された!rurucop05
2025-04-19★★★★★Light, simple, but comprehensive Malae
2024-04-09★★★★★Best date and time plugin on wordpress securebiz1-shot
2023-07-29★★★★★Perfect!rntrice741-shot
2023-03-21★★★★★Amazing mendelistickmend
2022-11-04★★★★★Excellent Support – Works As Advertised jleeoht
2022-01-10★★★★★Great Plugin!itzo1-shot
2021-12-14★★★★★Amazing plugin!Đồng Phục Hải Triều

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2025-12-08v2.7
2025-04-16v2.6.8
2025-04-16v2.6.9
2024-11-27v2.6.7
2024-07-09v2.6.6

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-14.3%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

33%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.60

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

97%

5★ share in analyzed sample

16%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.87 → 4.85★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered