Smart Copyright Year (Lite) – Auto Current Year Updater Shortcode
by Nisaurl Amin Naim · Uncategorized
Smart Copyright Year is a super lite plugin which provides [year] shortcode to auto-display current year in copyright info.
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Health
C 69/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “year” and “year shortcode” for “copyright year” and “copyright”. “year” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “copyright year” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “year shortcode” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “copyright” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
69 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.6%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 2.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 365 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
27
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.9
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| smart year your tag | #4 | #19 | down 1 |
| auto year shortcode your tag | #7 | #21 | — |
| copyright year | #7 | #19 | down 1 |
| current year your tag | #8 | #18 | 0 |
| year shortcode your tag | #12 | #20 | — |
| copyright shortcode | #7 | #18 | 0 |
| year your tag | #15 | #23 | down 1 |
| copyright | #16 | #21 | down 8 |
| current year shortcode | #10 | #21 | 0 |
| display copyright | #9 | #20 | down 1 |
| wave | #24 | #21 | down 4 |
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “year” and “year shortcode” for “copyright year” and “copyright”. “year” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “copyright year” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “year shortcode” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “copyright” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “year”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “year shortcode”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 1 Nov 2023 · 1,096 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 188 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 31 Oct 2025
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 79% of the way through.
Install history since 31 Oct 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Laura8mo ago
Convenient and easy to use. Just insert the shortcode wherever you want. Recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Shahbaj2.8y ago
The special part of the Smart Copyright Year plugin is, just use [year] anywhere and it works. And I’ve reviewed the code, and it’s super tiny, preventing any bloat on my site.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Smart Copyright Year is a super lite plugin which provides [year] shortcode to auto-display current year in..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 654 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("auto year shortcode", "smart year", "year shortcode" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-15 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-13 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-12 100+ → 200+ up after 490 days in tier
- 2024-09-09 90+ → 100+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-09-01 80+ → 90+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2024-08-03 70+ → 80+ up after 28 days in tier
- 2024-07-06 60+ → 70+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2024-06-10 50+ → 60+ up after 27 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Current Year and Footer Information 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Current Date Free 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Snappy Year Shortcode — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - T Texlab Current Year — installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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Title Year ShortCode — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Perennial – Auto-Updating Copyright Year Block — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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