PHP in footer

BB Theme
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Hello,

I’m trying to add a date to the wordpress footer.

While looking through the forums I saw that it isn’t possible to input php into the footer through the wordpress dashboard.

Can I do this through a hook in functions.php somehow?

Thanks in advance for your time

-Keith

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Hey Keith,

Thanks for getting in touch! There are four actions that you can hook to in the footer and these are:

  1. fl_footer_col1_open
  2. fl_footer_col1_close
  3. fl_footer_col2_open
  4. fl_footer_col2_close

More information here. Disregard the Coming Soon text as those actions are already implemented.

Ben

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Thanks Ben, you guys are awesome!

Sorry, I wasn’t clear enough. Specifically, I’m looking to change the default copyright text at the bottom of the page. I can do this in the wordpress dashboard, but I need to add in a <?php echo date(‘Y’); ?>, which I realize I can’t do. Could I hook into the copyright line in functions.php?

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Hi Keith,
I use this plugin (very simple and lightweight!) to add 2 x shortcodes for year and copyright.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/jonradio-current-year-and-copyright-shortcodes/

From the description:

[c] 1997-[y] John Smith
Assuming it is currently the year 2014, that would display as:

© 1997-2014 John Smith

In 2015, it would automatically display as © 1997-2015 John Smith without anyone having to edit the Page.

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Hey Dave,

Thanks for jumping in! I’ll take note of that plugin. :slight_smile:

Keith,

You could try Dave’s suggestion above. Or, you could also modify the copyright.php file itself under bb-theme/includes/ in a child theme. That way, you can change the default copyright text.

Hope this helps!

Ben

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Thanks Ben, That works nice too…
Out of interest, what is this in the <a tag ?
/?utm_source=external&utm_medium=builder-theme&utm_campaign=footer

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Perfect, thanks for the help Ben and Dave!

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Hey Dave,

That’s a UTM code used for tracking. More information on the link below.
http://www.launchdigitalmarketing.com/seo-definitions/what-are-utm-codes/

Keith,

No worries! Have fun with The Beaver! :slight_smile:

Ben

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Thanks Ben…
regards, Dave

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I was just looking for this answer!

The only copyright.php file I see is here wp-content/themes/bb-theme/includes/copyright.php and not in the BB child theme.

Will that be over written if the main BB theme updates?

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Hey William,

You are correct in that it will be overwritten when a new update comes. What you can do is, copy the file and place it under /bb-theme-child/includes/ folder(you’ll have to create the folder as well). It’s not included by default on our child theme so you’ll have to make a copy of it. Same is true to all other files, so long as they follow the same directory structure as their parent theme. :slight_smile:

Ben

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Thanks Ben!

That worked perfectly!

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Hey William,

No worries! Enjoy The Beaver! :slight_smile:

Ben