Copyright Year writes the copyright line for your footer and changes the year for you every January. Add a start year for a range, a company details line, legal links and a website credit, then lay it out inline, stacked or split.
Each bar below is a single Copyright Year element. The years are worked out when the page loads, so they are right today and will still be right next year.
Company name, a custom start year of 2015 and the default rights text. Alignment is set to centre. The end of the range is always the current year.
The Split layout on a dark footer bar. The privacy link comes from the page set in Settings > Privacy, two more links are added by hand, and a website credit sits at the end. On tablets and phones the links move under the copyright line.
The Stacked layout puts each part on its own line. This one uses the word Copyright with the symbol, the “to” range separator, and a Company Details line for the registered number and VAT number.
Use Custom Format is switched on with the format {symbol} {years} {company}. Built in Yorkshire. {rights}. Company Name is left blank, so it uses the site title, and Start Year is set to the year of the first post.
Add it once to your footer template and leave it.
Drop Copyright Year into your footer. With no settings at all it shows the symbol, this year, your site title and the rights text.
Set a start year for a range, then add a company details line, legal links and a website credit if you need them.
Choose Inline, Stacked or Split, set the alignment and colours, and you are done. The year looks after itself.
The small things that usually mean a Code Block or a shortcode.
The year is worked out on the server each time the page is built, so there is nothing to change in January.
If a page cache is still serving a copy made last year, a small script moves the year forward in the browser. It never moves it back.
Type a start year, or use the year of your first post. Choose 2015–2026, 2015-2026 or 2015 to 2026.
The symbol, Copyright with the symbol, the word Copyright, (c), or nothing.
Add as many links as you need, with a choice of separator. The privacy link can follow the page set in Settings > Privacy.
A second line for the registered number, VAT number or registered office, with its own typography.
An optional Website by line with a name, a link and a nofollow switch.
Write the whole line yourself with {symbol}, {years}, {year}, {start_year}, {company}, {site_name} and {rights}.
Inline on one line, Stacked with each part on its own line, or Split with the links on the right.
Any site with a footer, and most of all the ones you look after for other people.
Hand over a site and never get the January email asking you to change the year.
Add a Website by line to every build, with or without a link.
Show the registered number and office on a second line, as company websites must.
Put privacy, terms and refund links next to the copyright line.
The default texts are translatable, so the line follows the site language.
Leave Company Name blank and the same footer works on every site, using each site title.
This is the full list of settings in the Breakdance editor, with their default values.
| Control | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Content: Copyright | ||
| Company Name | The name shown after the year. Leave blank to use the site title. | Site title |
| Company Link | Turns the company name into a link. | — |
| Symbol | ©, Copyright ©, Copyright, (c) or None. | © |
| Start Year | None (current year only), Custom, or Year of first post. | None |
| Start Year (e.g. 2015) | The first year of the range, when Start Year is Custom. | — |
| Year Range Separator | 2015–2026, 2015-2026 or 2015 to 2026. | 2015–2026 |
| Text Before Year | Extra text between the symbol and the year. | — |
| Text After Year | Extra text between the year and the company name. | — |
| Show Rights Text | Shows the rights text after the company name. | On |
| Rights Text | The text to show. | All rights reserved. |
| Use Custom Format | Write the whole line yourself using tokens. | Off |
| Format | The line, built from tokens and your own text. | {symbol} {years} {company}. {rights} |
| Content: Company Details | ||
| Company Details Line | A second line, e.g. registered number and VAT number. | — |
| Content: Legal Links | ||
| Add Privacy Policy Page | Links to the page set in Settings > Privacy. Nothing shows if no page is set. | Off |
| Links | A list of links, each with a label and a link. | — |
| Separator | |, ·, •, / or None. | | |
| Content: Credit | ||
| Show Credit | Shows a credit after the links. | Off |
| Text | The text before the name. | Website by |
| Name | The name to credit. | — |
| Link | Turns the name into a link. | — |
| Nofollow | Adds rel="nofollow" to the credit link. | Off |
| Content: Settings | ||
| Layout | Inline, Stacked, or Split (links on the right). | Inline |
| Keep Year Current On Cached Pages | Moves the year forward in the browser if a cached page is out of date. | On |
| Design: Layout | ||
| Alignment | Left, centre or right. Responsive. | Left |
| Gap | Space between parts on the same line. Responsive. | 0.75em |
| Row Gap | Space between lines. Responsive. | 0.35em |
| Split: Stack At | The breakpoint where the Split layout stacks. | Tablet Portrait |
| Design: Text | ||
| Typography | Font settings for the whole element. | — |
| Color | Main text colour. | — |
| Secondary Color | Colour of the details line, credit and separators. | — |
| Company Details Typography | Font settings for the details line. | — |
| Design: Links | ||
| Links & Credit Typography | Font settings for the links and credit. | — |
| Link Color | Link colour. | — |
| Link Hover Color | Link colour on hover and focus. | — |
| Underline | None, On Hover or Always. | None |
| Design: Spacing | ||
| Wrapper | Margin above and below the element. | — |
Yes. The year is set on the server whenever the page is built. With Keep Year Current On Cached Pages on, a small script also updates it in the browser if a cache is still serving last year’s copy.
You see a single year, not a range. Next year it becomes a range on its own.
{year}, {years}, {start_year}, {company}, {site_name} and {symbol} work in any text on the element. The Format field also takes {rights}.
From the page set in Settings > Privacy in WordPress. Change it there and the footer follows. If you also add the same page by hand, it is only shown once.
Yes. Company name, start year, the text fields, the format, the details line, link labels and the credit all accept dynamic data.
This version is for Breakdance.
Copyright Year is included with Phox Elements, along with 150+ other premium elements for Breakdance.