Dynamic Month & Year into Posts vs Random Content

Automate your SEO Insert dynamic dates anywhere in your WordPress content using simple shortcodes: Years: [year] (current), [nyear] (next), [pyear] (previous) Months: [month] (January), [mon] (Jan), [nmonth]/[pmonth] (next/previous) Dates: [date] (full date), [dt] (day number), [weekday] (day name) Age: [age date="1990-05-15"] calculates years from any date Season: [season] displays current season (supports hemispheres) Countdowns: [daysuntil date="2025-12-25"] and [dayssince date="2020-01-01"] Post Dates: [datemodified] and [datepublished] shortcodes. Event Dates: [blackfriday] and [cybermonday] shortcodes. Block Editor support: Toolbar to quickly insert the shortcodes, customizable date and countdown blocks. Works in posts, pages, titles, widgets, and SEO meta. Renders in your WordPress language. Perfect for affiliate marketers, bloggers, and anyone who wants evergreen content that updates automatically. But that’s not it. See Full List of Shortcodes New: Display current season with [season] shortcode. Supports hemisphere: [season region="south"] for Southern hemisphere. New: Calculate age with [age date="1990-05-15"] shortcode. Add ordinal suffix with ordinal="true" (e.g., “35th”). New: Post dates with [datemodified] and [datepublished] shortcodes. New: Event dates with [blackfriday] and [cybermonday] shortcodes. Gutenberg Blocks Four dedicated blocks for the Block Editor: Dynamic Date Block – Insert any dynamic date with live preview: Select date type from dropdown (year, month, date, age, season, etc.) Configure age format (years only, years & months, full breakdown) Set ordinal suffix for age display Typography and color controls Spacing options (margin, padding) Live Countdown Block – Real-time countdown powered by WordPress Interactivity API: Count days until or since any date Auto-updates without page reload, even when the page HTML is cached Repeat the countdown annually Customizable label text Correct singular and plural day labels Typography and color styling Perfect for event promotions and milestones Published Date Block – Display the post’s publication date: Uses WordPress date format from Settings Custom format support Typography and color controls Modified Date Block – Display the post’s last modified date: Uses WordPress date format from Settings Custom format support Typography and color controls All blocks are found under “Widgets” category in the Block Inserter. Plus, a toolbar button in the formatting toolbar lets you quickly insert any shortcode into text blocks. Works with popular SEO Plugins Supports RankMath, Yoast and SEOPress plugins and can be used to replace all their date based variables. [year] works as a replacement to %currentyear% , [month] as a replacement to %currentmonth% already. Use various combinations to make your articles even more dynamic and make your content always SEO ready — no matter the date or year. Extremely useful for Affiliate Marketers, Amazon Affiliates and Copywriters. Tested Support With Rank Math Rank Math Pro SEOPress SEOPress Premium Yoast SEO Yoast SEO Premium SureRank Gutenberg and Block Editor Content, Headings and Buttons All popular Block Editor Addons, including Greenshift, GenerateBlocks, Ultimate Blocks, Kadence Blocks, Spectra, Otter Blocks. Elementor Page Builder WP Bakery Page Builder Visual Composer Beaver Builder Brizy Builder Oxygen Builder Bricks Builder Jetpack Related Posts Intelly Related Posts a.k.a. Inline Related Posts (IRP) Advanced Custom Fields (Manual: please see the FAQs) Lightweight Accordion (including Schema) All major themes including Twenty Twenty-Five, Twenty Twenty-Four, Twenty Twenty-Three, Twenty Twenty-Two, Twenty Twenty-One, Twenty Twenty, Astra, Neve, Hello (Elementor), Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy, and OceanWP. Tested to be totally working with Yoast SEO, SEOPress and Rank Math’s breadcrumbs, custom meta titles, excerpt etc. Note: Since August 2021, Google has started showing h1 titles in search results, this plugin becomes even more useful as no other SEO plugins adds Current Month, Current Year or Today’s Date in h1 titles except this; keeping the same in SEO meta as well. More features Full Rank Math OpenGraph Support. Full Schema and OpenGraph support in YoastSEO. Multiple Langauge (WPML) Support: Shortcode renders your site’s defined language. Contextual Related Posts Support. Jetpack Related Posts Support. Totally native. Doesn’t write anything to the database. No configuration required. The Live Countdown corrects cached day counts in the browser. Easy to use Just install the plugin (see Installation tab) and activate it. Add [year] to render current year, [nyear] to render next year, [pyear] to render previous year, [month] to render current month (full name) and [mon] to render first three letters of months automatically. See Full List of Shortcodes (You can also see this link in Plugins page in your WordPress dashboard). As the months & years change, these shortcodes get updated into the content and title automatically on the shortcode locations. Zero bloat. Editor assets load only in the editor, and frontend JavaScript loads only for the Live Countdown block. Shortcode rendering makes no plugin database queries. Ordinary shortcodes are server-rendered, so configure your page cache to expire or purge when a cached year, month, date or age should change. Also, Dynamic Month & Year into Posts is a totally free plugin. There are no upsells and will never be. More details Free Support More WordPress Plugins and Web Tools WordPress Deals Request a Feature Privacy Dynamic Month & Year into Posts by Gaurav Tiwari is a completely native shortcode plugin. It has no settings page and does not use any analytics tool to gather or use your data. It’s bloat and ad-free. No notifications. No upgrade notices. Nothing. Fast Support and Feature Implementation I will provide instant support for all your queries or feature requests. Use support forum to ask your questions, request new features or report something broken. I will also update the plugin for every major and minor WordPress version. Compatibility I use the plugin myself on my primary website and other client sites that I run. I try my best to ensure that this plugin is compatible with every functionality plugin you use. Please let me know if this plugin isn’t compatible with your stack, create a support request and allow me some time. Please note that some plugins strip shortcodes or disable rendering of shortcodes. In such cases, it’s impossible to implement dynamic dates without rewriting the whole plugin code and breaking a couple of things. But still, I’ll give a try. Help me with a positive review to keep the development going.

Random Content is the easiest way to keep your WordPress site feeling fresh and dynamic. Create content groups, add as many items as you want, and display a random selection anywhere on your site with a single shortcode or widget. Every time a visitor loads the page, they see something different. That means higher engagement, more clicks, and a site that never feels stale. What can you do with it? Rotate testimonials — Show a different customer quote on every page load Randomize banners — Keep sidebar and header promotions fresh without manual updates Cycle CTAs — Test different calls-to-action to see what gets clicks Display tips or quotes — Add variety to any page, post, or widget area Shuffle FAQs — Surface different questions each visit Free features Display random content anywhere with the [random_content] shortcode Use in posts, pages, sidebars, or widget areas Organize content into groups for separate rotation sets Control how many items display at once Full WordPress editor support — text, images, HTML, shortcodes, embeds Lightweight and fast with built-in caching No coding required Getting started Create entries under the Random Content post type Organize them into Groups (works like categories) Add [random_content group_id="123"] wherever you want random content to appear That’s it. Your content rotates automatically on every page load. Need more control? Random Content Pro gives you complete control over what visitors see and when they see it: Scheduling — Set start and end dates so content appears and disappears automatically. Run time-limited campaigns without touching your site. Visitor targeting — Show different content based on user role, login status, UTM parameters, referrer, or page type. Frequency controls — Prevent the same item from showing twice in a row. Set cooldown periods between displays. Weighted selection — Assign weights (1–10) to each item. Higher weight = shown more often. Perfect for A/B testing. Display rules — Control visibility per group: logged-in only, specific roles, specific page types. Fallback content — Define what shows when all items are filtered out. Never display an empty space. Automatic updates — Get new features and fixes delivered directly to your WordPress dashboard. Learn more about Random Content Pro → Shortcode usage Display a random item from all entries: [random_content] Display from a specific group: [random_content group_id=”64″] Display multiple items at once: [random_content group_id=”13″ num_posts=”3″] Load content via AJAX (useful for sites with page caching): [random_content group_id=”64″ ajax=”yes”] Widget usage Navigate to Appearance → Widgets, add the Random Content widget to any sidebar, and select a group from the dropdown. Leave the group empty to pull from all entries.