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Custom Plugin to show age today in a shortcode from date of birth

Download as a zip and install as a plugin

usage [age dob="12 july 1988"]

age-shortcode.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Age Shortcode
Plugin URI: https://fullworks.net
Description: Shortcode [age dob="28 feb 1971"] display age based on dob
Version: 0.1
Author: Alan
*/


add_shortcode( 'age', function ( $atts ) {
	$a         = shortcode_atts(
		array(
			'dob' => '28 feb 1971',
		),
		$atts );
	$birthdate = new DateTime( date( "Y-m-d", strtotime( $a['dob'] ) ) );
	$today     = new DateTime( date( "Y-m-d" ) );
    $age = $birthdate->diff( $today )->y;
    echo $age;
  } );