Adding updated date on homepage

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

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.

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() )

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

What if you do this instead?:

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

    return $types;
} );

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.

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

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;
	}
}

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.

Hi Tom,

I tried removing it but it didn't work.

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' );
    }
} );

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.

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

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
		)
	);
}