date snippet in home page

Hi there,

We can try removing the microdata, but I don't think Google cares. If the date is visible on the page, they'll show it within the search results.

To remove the microdata, you can do this:

add_filter( 'generate_post_date_output', function() {
    $time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';

    if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
        $time_string = '<time class="updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time>' . $time_string;
    }

    $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() )
    );

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