Last modified date in post meta

Hi @psonetz,

I’ve been meaning to make it easier to modify the post meta output in Chaplin for a while, and your question nudged me to get around to it, so kudos for that. When you’ve updated to version 2.4.0 of Chaplin, which should be live in a bit, you’ll be able to add the modified date to the post meta by adding the code below to the functions.php file in a child theme:

// Post meta: Add the modified_date post meta item to the end of the single top and archive post meta
function chaplin_child_post_meta_add_modified_date( $post_meta ) {

	$post_meta[] = 'post-date-modified';

	return $post_meta;

}
add_filter( 'chaplin_post_meta_items_single-top', 'chaplin_child_post_meta_add_modified_date' );
add_filter( 'chaplin_post_meta_items_archive', 'chaplin_child_post_meta_add_modified_date' );

// Post meta: Output the modified_date post meta item
function chaplin_child_post_meta_output_modified_date( $post_id, $location ) {
	global $has_meta;
	$has_meta = true;
	?>
	<li class="post-date">
		<a class="meta-wrapper" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
			<span class="meta-icon">
				<span class="screen-reader-text"><?php esc_html_e( 'Post modified date', 'chaplin-child' ); ?></span>
				<?php chaplin_the_theme_svg( 'calendar' ); ?>
			</span>
			<span class="meta-text">
				<?php printf( __( 'Updated %s', 'chaplin-child' ), get_the_modified_date( get_option( 'date_format' ) ) ); ?>
			</span>
		</a>
	</li>
	<?php
}
add_action( 'chaplin_post_meta_post-date-modified', 'chaplin_child_post_meta_output_modified_date', 10, 3 );

Let me know if it works as expected.

— Anders

Great, it works, thanks! ??

+1

Hi Anders,
could it be that your solution doesn’t work with 2.4.2?

Hi @psonetz,

Yes, sorry about that – I tweaked the filter structure slightly. I can’t edit the reply anymore, so I’ve posted the updated code for the first function below.

// Post meta: Add the modified_date post meta item to the end of the single top and archive post meta
function chaplin_child_post_meta_add_modified_date( $post_meta, $location ) {
	
	if ( in_array( $location, array( 'archive', 'single-top' ) ) ) {
		$post_meta[] = 'post-date-modified';
	}

	return $post_meta;

}
add_filter( 'chaplin_post_meta_items', 'chaplin_child_post_meta_add_modified_date', 10, 2 );

— Anders

Many thanks, it works.