Description
The short description really says it all. No bullshit, no complex stuff, just a simple shortcode that you can copy and paste to save a few seconds. I really made this so that I wouldn’t have to glance at the date every time that I posted an article; quite lazy, I know, but automating stuff is cool, and now I at least know how to put up a plugin on the WordPress repository.
Screenshots
This is what your shortcode should look like. Really simple, just [post_published]. 
This is what it should look like on the front end.
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/plugin-namedirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
- Use the Settings->Plugin Name screen to configure the plugin
Reviews
wswp2
July 29, 2018
I noticed this coding on a blog, but was paranoid about digging into code. I’m gratified to see it in plugin form. Gave me the motsy to open this up in the wp editor, so I could add my preferred date format ( ‘M j, Y’ ) for Jul 29, 2018. Happy camper! Thank you
Contributors & Developers
“Date Published Shortcode” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
0.1.0
The first, and probably last, change.
0.1.1
Fully up to date, thanks to a very nice tweet ??
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