diff --git a/inc/extras.php b/inc/extras.php
index 58b1e2737..e883d4e01 100644
--- a/inc/extras.php
+++ b/inc/extras.php
@@ -233,3 +233,33 @@ function _s_display_customizer_footer_scripts() {
 	// Otherwise, echo the scripts!
 	echo force_balance_tags( $scripts ); // WPCS XSS OK.
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * Shortcode to display copyright year.
+ *
+ * @author Haris Zulfiqar
+ * @param array $atts {.
+ * @type string $starting_year Optional. Define starting year to show starting year and current year e.g. 2015 - 2018.
+ * @type string $separator Optional. Separator between starting year and current year.
+ * }
+ * @return string
+ */
+function _s_copyright_year( $atts ) {
+
+	// Setup defaults.
+	$args = shortcode_atts( array(
+		'starting_year' => '',
+		'separator'     => ' - ',
+	), $atts );
+
+	$current_year = date( 'Y' );
+
+	// Return current year if starting year is empty.
+	if ( ! $args['starting_year'] ) {
+		return $current_year;
+	}
+
+	return esc_html( $args['starting_year'] . $args['separator'] . $current_year );
+}
+add_shortcode( '_s_copyright_year', '_s_copyright_year', 15 );
diff --git a/inc/template-tags.php b/inc/template-tags.php
index b3e8faf0c..5fb25f2b6 100755
--- a/inc/template-tags.php
+++ b/inc/template-tags.php
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ function _s_display_copyright_text() {
 	}
 
 	?>
-	<span class="copyright-text"><?php echo wp_kses_post( $copyright_text ); ?></span>
+	<span class="copyright-text"><?php echo wp_kses_post( do_shortcode( $copyright_text ) ); ?></span>
 	<?php
 }