Help changing “publish date” to “last updated on”

  • Resolved mylifeoutdoors

    (@mylifeoutdoors)


    5 years, 12 months ago

    I would like my theme to show the Last Updated date of each blog post rather than the publish date. (not both as some plugins allow) I am currently going through a number of old posts and updating them with new information. I would like the relevancy of this new information to be reflected in the post date. (avoid users skipping a post because it appears old and outdated).

    I have read all over the web and tried various ways to accomplish this. My issues seems to be with the Ascension theme. I cannot find where post date meta is handled (displayed) anywhere in the theme files. Plus the theme coding does not seem to coincide with online guides. The them is Possibly just using CSS for appearance? I am not sure. Please help.

    I admit I am not very code savvy…but I get by.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Thread Starter mylifeoutdoors

    (@mylifeoutdoors)

    I figured it out. Ascension is a child theme of Primer. In the Primer theme folders there is a post-meta.php file under the loop folder. I changed the following code:

    <?php the_date(); ?>

    To this code:

    <?php the_modified_date(); ?>

    I now wish I could differentiate between and updated post and a new post. I would like new posts to display only the publish date. While Updated posts would reflect the modified date. But I will take this for now.

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