Shortcode Current Date

Display the current date via shortcode [current_date] with format, locale, text case, offsets (years/months/weeks/days) and tokens like {iso_week}, {weekday}, {quarter}.

✓ 15/09

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ShortcodeDescription
[​current_date] format — PHP date string + extra tokens. Default: j F Y

locale — e.g. en_US, da_DK (empty = site language)

case — normal | upper | lower | title

prefix — text before the date

suffix — text after the date

years, months, weeks, days — integer offsets (e.g. months="1")

wrapper — HTML tag (e.g. span, strong, div, h2…)

class — CSS class
[​current_date format="l, j F Y"]
[​current_date prefix="Week " format="{iso_week}, Y"]
[​current_date prefix="Week " format="{iso_week}, Y"]
[​current_date prefix="Q" format="{quarter} Y"] Q1 2026
[​current_date format="{weekday}, j F Y"]
[​current_date prefix="Day " format="{day_of_year}, Y"]
[​current_date months="1" format="F Y"] Next month
[​current_date weeks="-1" format="l, j F Y"] Last Week
[​current_date years="1" days="-3" format="j F Y"] +1 year, −3 days
[​current_date locale="en_US" format="l, F j Y"] Force language
[​current_date case="upper" format="l, j F Y"] Uppercase
[​current_date case="title" format="l, j F Y"] Title Case
[​current_date wrapper="strong" class="etwp-date-pill" format="j M Y"] Wrapper
[​current_date wrapper="h2" class="hero-date" format="F Y"] H2 Wrapper

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