Title: Next Date Author: Jeremy B. Shapiro Published: September 18, 2013 Last modified: December 17, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/nextdate/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=979804) # Next Date By [Jeremy B. Shapiro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeremyshapiro/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/nextdate.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/nextdate/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/nextdate/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/nextdate/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/nextdate/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextdate/) ## Description Want to always have the next date from a list displayed on a page of your site? Nextdate picks the next upcoming date from your list and displays it in the format you like! Perhaps you have a recurring monthly meeting or event and you want to always display the next date to keep the page current. Use the `[nextdate]` shortcode with a list of dates to get the next date from the list. The `dates` parameter is required and should include a comma separated list of valid dates in any format that [PHP will recognize](http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php), for example `5/15/2011, 2012-01-15, 21.9.2013, Tuesday, next Thursday` You can also specify a `default` value like `[nextdate dates="5/15/1993, 7/19/2008" default="No upcoming party" /]` to display a default value when none of the dates are in the future. You can optionally specify a [PHP friendly date format](http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php), for example `[nextdate dates="next Thursday" format="l, F jS" /]` to format the date. By default, dates are returned back in the `F j, Y` format, i.e. `September 18, 2013`. For an example of usage, see how the [Bay Area Mastermind](https://bayareamastermind.com/events/) lists their next upcoming event dates. ## Installation To install the plugin, download it, upload to your WordPress site, activate and use the shortcode. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Next Date” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jeremy B. Shapiro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeremyshapiro/) [Translate “Next Date” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/nextdate) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextdate/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/nextdate/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/nextdate/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/nextdate/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### Version 1.0 * 9/18/2013: Plugin Added ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 2.0.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.7.5** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextdate/) * Tags * [dates](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dates/)[times](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/times/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/nextdate/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextdate/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextdate/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextdate/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextdate/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextdate/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextdate/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextdate/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jeremy B. Shapiro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeremyshapiro/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextdate/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6FEVZ7NU86DNN)