Is there a Shortcode to show the Post Date?

Howdy @silvermarc,

Great question.

The way to change what Posts in Page is putting out to the page is to modify the posts_loop_template.php file (hopefully after copying into your theme).

Check out the top three pinned posts on the support forum to get a better idea of the mechanics.

In short, you’ll:

1. copy posts_loop_template.php into your theme’s root folder
2. open the copied file and edit to add the date

The WordPress function that you can add to posts_loop_template.php to add the date is using the function you mention:

<?php echo get_the_date(); ?>

In fact, you may wish to surround it with some markup to make styling easier, so you might use:

<span class="entry-date"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></span>

I guess the next question is where you want to put it and that’s really up to you. Here’s some example code you can copy/paste into your customized posts_loop_template.php which contains the date.

<!-- Start of Post Wrap -->
<div class="post hentry ivycat-post">
	<!-- This is the output of the post title -->
	<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

	<!-- This is the output of the excerpt -->
	<div class="entry-summary">
		<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
	</div>

	<!-- This is the output of the meta information -->
	<div class="entry-utility">
		<span class="entry-date"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></span>
		<?php if ( count( get_the_category() ) ) : ?>
			<span class="cat-links">
				<?php printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Posted in</span> %2$s', 'twentyten' ), 'entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links', get_the_category_list( ', ' ) ); ?>
			</span>
			<span class="meta-sep">|</span>
		<?php endif; ?>
		<?php
			$tags_list = get_the_tag_list( '', ', ' );
			if ( $tags_list ):
		?>
			<span class="tag-links">
				<?php printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Tagged</span> %2$s', 'twentyten' ), 'entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links', $tags_list ); ?>
			</span>
			<span class="meta-sep">|</span>
		<?php endif; ?>
		<span class="comments-link"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '1 Comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '% Comments', 'twentyten' ) ); ?></span>
		<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentyten' ), '<span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
	</div>
</div>
<!-- // End of Post Wrap -->

I hope that helps!