Inserting Copyright into Footer

First install the “Dynamic Year Block” plugin, see: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/dynamic-year-block/

Then go to Appearance > Editor > Patterns > Footer. Edit the footer there. Now add the “Site Title” block to display the website name. And add the “Dynamic Year” block. You can still customise both blocks to your requirements.

Thank you for the info. However, I was hoping not to use a plugin. I inserted a copyright in the classic editor years ago using some simple code, and it wasn’t that difficult. I’ve forgotten the method, though, and unsure what of code would now be used for the block based editor.

Instead of a plugin, you can also write the year yourself. Or you can use a shortcode like this one:

function custom_year_shortcode () {
 return date_i18n('Y');
}
add_shortcode ('year', 'custom_year_shortcode');

You have to insert it via code snippet plugin or in the functions.php of your child theme. You can then use the shortcode block

[year]

at the place where you want it to go.

I can try that. Thank you for the info and the code.