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Get copyright Year

Get copyright Year

function get_copyright_year(){
    $copyYear = 2016;
  $curYear = date('Y');
    return '<p>© '.$copyYear . (($copyYear != $curYear) ? '-' . $curYear : '').' <a href="'.esc_url( home_url() ).'" title="'.esc_attr(get_bloginfo()).'" rel="bookmark">'.esc_attr(get_bloginfo()).'</a><br/>';
}
add_shortcode('copyright', 'get_copyright_year');