[Resolved] Adding updated date on homepage

[Garrick]

Hi,

I’m trying to add an “updated on” below the title in the homepage but so far I’m having trouble. On the posts, the “updated on:” date appears without any issues.

This is the code I’m using

if ( ! function_exists( 'generate_posted_on' ) ) :
/**
 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
 */
function generate_posted_on() {

	if ( 'post' !== get_post_type() ) 
		return;
	
	$date = apply_filters( 'generate_post_date', true );
	$author = apply_filters( 'generate_post_author', true );
		
	$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s" itemprop="datePublished">Published on %2$s</time>';
	if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) )
		$time_string .= '<time class="updated" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">Updated on %4$s</time>';

	$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_date() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
	);
	
	// If our date is enabled, show it
	if ( $date ) :
		printf( '<span class="posted-on">%1$s</span>',
			sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark">%3$s</a>',
				esc_url( get_permalink() ),
				esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
				$time_string
			)
		);
	endif;
	
	// If our author is enabled, show it
	if ( $author ) :
		printf( ' <span class="byline">%1$s</span>',
			sprintf( '<span class="author vcard" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author">%1$s <a class="url fn n" href="%2$s" title="%3$s" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%4$s</span></a></span>',
				__( 'by ','generate'),
				esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
				esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'generate' ), get_the_author() ) ),
				esc_html( get_the_author() )
			)
		);
	endif;
	
}
endif;

/* Add Last update below titles, for pages */
if ( ! function_exists( 'generate_post_meta' ) ) :
/**
 * Build the post meta
 *
 * @since 1.3.29
 */
add_action( 'generate_after_entry_title', 'generate_post_meta' );
function generate_post_meta()
{
	if ( 'post' == get_post_type() || 'page' == get_post_type() ) : ?>
		<div class="entry-meta">
			<?php generate_posted_on(); ?>
		</div><!-- .entry-meta -->
	<?php endif;
}
endif;

Can you please help me.

[David]

Hi there,

the last piece of you code is hooking into the generate_after_entry_title which doesn’t exist on the Page template. Try the generate_after_entry_header instead.

Visual hook guide is a handy reference:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/hooks-visual-guide/#static-page

[Garrick]

Hi David,

I tried making the change but I still don’t see the “updated on” in the homepage.

I’ve placed the code in the child theme under functions.php.

[David]

So this part of the code is limiting the output to posts:

if ( 'post' !== get_post_type() )

try:

if ( 'post' !== get_post_type() || 'page' !== get_post_type() )

[Garrick]

Hi I made the edits in the code but strangely, the updated on disappears on both the page and post

[Tom]

What if you do this instead?:

add_filter( 'generate_entry_meta_post_types', function( $type ) {
    $types[] = 'page';

    return $types;
} );

[Garrick]

It doesn’t work.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far…

I tried this

if ( 'post' !== get_post_type() || 'page' !== get_post_type() )

but the updated date doesn’t show up. Then I tried this

if ( 'post' !== get_post_type() ||)

And it shows up on the posts page. Then I tried this

if ( 'page' !== get_post_type() ||)

And it shows up in the pages including the homepage.

[Tom]

And my code didn’t work at all when you removed all of your other changes?

[Garrick]

Unfortunately it did not. To clarify, I’d like to add the updated date on BOTH pages and posts. Since my homepage is a long form post, I have to add an updated date to it.

This is the whole code in the functions.php on the child theme.

<?php
/**
 * GeneratePress child theme functions and definitions.
 *
 * Add your custom PHP in this file. 
 * Only edit this file if you have direct access to it on your server (to fix errors if they happen).
 */

function generatepress_child_enqueue_scripts() {
	if ( is_rtl() ) {
		wp_enqueue_style( 'generatepress-rtl', trailingslashit( get_template_directory_uri() ) . 'rtl.css' );
	}
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'generatepress_child_enqueue_scripts', 100 );

if ( ! function_exists( 'generate_posted_on' ) ) :
/**
 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
 */
function generate_posted_on() {

	if ( 'post' !== get_post_type() )
		return;
	
	$date = apply_filters( 'generate_post_date', true );
	$author = apply_filters( 'generate_post_author', true );
		
	if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) )
		$time_string = 'Updated on <time class="updated" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">%4$s</time>';
	
	$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_date() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
	);
	
	// If our date is enabled, show it
	if ( $date ) :
		printf( '<span class="posted-on">%1$s</span>',
			sprintf( '%3$s',
				esc_url( get_permalink() ),
				esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
				$time_string
			)
		);
	endif;
	
	// If our author is enabled, show it
	if ( $author ) :
		printf( ' <span class="byline">%1$s</span>',
			sprintf( '<span class="author vcard" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author">%1$s <a class="url fn n" href="%2$s" title="%3$s" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%4$s</span></a></span>',
				__( 'by ','generate'),
				esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
				esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'generate' ), get_the_author() ) ),
				esc_html( get_the_author() )
			)
		);
	endif;
	
}
endif;

/* Removing datePublished from comment section */
if ( ! function_exists( 'generate_comment' ) ) {
	/**
	 * Template for comments and pingbacks.
	 *
	 * Used as a callback by wp_list_comments() for displaying the comments.
	 */
	function generate_comment( $comment, $args, $depth ) {
		$args['avatar_size'] = apply_filters( 'generate_comment_avatar_size', 50 );
		if ( 'pingback' == $comment->comment_type || 'trackback' == $comment->comment_type ) : ?>

		<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" <?php comment_class(); ?>>
			<div class="comment-body">
				<?php _e( 'Pingback:', 'generatepress' ); // WPCS: XSS OK. ?> <?php comment_author_link(); ?> <?php edit_comment_link( __( 'Edit', 'generatepress' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
			</div>

		<?php else : ?>

		<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" <?php comment_class( empty( $args['has_children'] ) ? '' : 'parent' ); ?>>
			<article id="div-comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" class="comment-body" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Comment">
				<footer class="comment-meta">
					<?php
					if ( 0 != $args['avatar_size'] ) {
						echo get_avatar( $comment, $args['avatar_size'] );
					}
					?>
					<div class="comment-author-info">
						<div class="comment-author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person">
							<?php printf( '<cite itemprop="name" class="fn">%s</cite>', get_comment_author() ); ?>
						</div><!-- .comment-author -->

						<div class="entry-meta comment-metadata">
								<time datetime="<?php printf( // WPCS: XSS OK.
										/* translators: 1: date, 2: time */
										_x( '%1$s', '1: date, 2: time', 'generatepress' ),
										get_comment_date()
									); ?>">
									<?php printf( // WPCS: XSS OK.
										/* translators: 1: date, 2: time */
										_x( '%1$s', '1: date, 2: time', 'generatepress' ),
										get_comment_date()
									); ?>
								</time>
							<?php edit_comment_link( __( 'Edit', 'generatepress' ), '<span class="edit-link">| ', '</span>' ); ?>
							<?php
							comment_reply_link( array_merge( $args, array(
								'add_below' => 'div-comment',
								'depth'     => $depth,
								'max_depth' => $args['max_depth'],
								'before'    => '<span class="reply">| ',
								'after'     => '</span>',
							) ) );
							?>
						</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
					</div><!-- .comment-author-info -->

					<?php if ( '0' == $comment->comment_approved ) : ?>
						<p class="comment-awaiting-moderation"><?php _e( 'Your comment is awaiting moderation.', 'generatepress' ); // WPCS: XSS OK. ?></p>
					<?php endif; ?>
				</footer><!-- .comment-meta -->

				<div class="comment-content" itemprop="text">
					<?php comment_text(); ?>
				</div><!-- .comment-content -->
			</article><!-- .comment-body -->
		<?php
		endif;
	}
}

[Tom]

Can you remove the generate_posted_on() function from your child theme, then try the filter I posted? You shouldn’t need to overwrite the entire generate_posted_on() function.

[Garrick]

Hi Tom,

I tried removing it but it didn’t work.

[Tom]

Can you try this?:

add_filter( 'generate_entry_meta_post_types', function( $types ) {
    $types[] = 'page';

    return $types;
} );

add_action( 'wp', function() {
    if ( is_page() ) {
        add_action( 'generate_after_entry_header', 'generate_post_meta' );
    }
} );

[Garrick]

Hi Tom,

This code actually worked for the homepage and posts. How can I add the other details such as “updated on:”, etc, etc. like the function I posted earlier.

[Tom]

Maybe this will help?: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/show-the-updated-post-date/

[Garrick]

Here’s the final code that solved the issue. Now about to display the dateModified on the homepage.

add_filter( 'generate_post_date_output', 'tu_show_modified_date' );
function tu_show_modified_date() {
	$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s" itemprop="datePublished">%2$s</time> ';
	
	if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
		$time_string = '<time class="updated" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">%4$s</time> ';
	}
	
	$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_date() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
	);

	printf( 
		'<span class="posted-on">%1$s</span>', // WPCS: XSS ok, sanitization ok.
		sprintf( 'Updated on <a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark">%3$s</a>',
			esc_url( get_permalink() ),
			esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
			$time_string
		)
	);
}

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