How to update the current year in the footer of your website

3 min readJan 3, 2018

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Every January 1st I take a quick look at my websites to make sure the year is current in the footer. This year, I thought it might be helpful to share those steps with you.

WordPress Footers and footer.php

If you’re using WordPress, you’re probably already using a child theme, and most likely have a footer.php file already. I’ve posted some extra info below.

If you don’t have a child theme, do a quick search to find out how to update the copyright with the theme you’re using, and skip the rest of this post 🙂

Assuming you have a footer.php file, follow these steps.

Go to Appearance > Editor > Select your child theme
click on Footer.php file
Look for the section that includes your copyright information
update the year
save your changes

Don’t have a footer.php or a child theme?

Creating a child theme is pretty easy, but it looks a bit scary, because it requires using file names like .php and going into the Cpanel to add files. It involves a bit more than just clicking “add new theme”, but it’s not that bad, either.

Divi from Elegant Themes — edit in customizer

If you’re using divi, you can make these changes easily within your theme (be sure to use a child theme). Follow these simple steps:

While logged into your dashboard, select Divi > Theme Customizer

2. Expand the Footer options

3. Open the Bottom Bar options

4. Scroll down to “edit footer credits” and update with your current year info

5. Click the Publish button and then you can close the theme customizer

Update footer on your Teachable website

Go to Admin > Site > Custom Text
Use Ctrl + F to use the “find” tool”
Type in the word “Footer”, and you should jump to the footer section
Click “Save”

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Originally published at https://loraleehutton.com/update-current-year-footer-website/2018/01/01/ on February 20, 2018.