How to add "Published on" and "Updated on" without CSS?

Hi there,

are you wanting to display both the Updated on and Publish on dates ? Or just one of them ?

And are you a GenerateBlocks user ?

Hi! Not a GenerateBlocks user, still using sections

I want to display the Updated on-date if it exists, and if not Published on, but I also want to display a text before these dates that says "Published on ..." ahead of the published on date, and "Updated on" ahead of the updated on date, without using CSS if that'd be possible?

Thank you again!

Try this PHP Snippet:

add_filter( 'generate_post_date_output', function( $output, $time_string ) {
    $time_string = '<span class="date-label">Published on: </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s" itemprop="datePublished">%2$s</time>';

    // Check modified date is newer thant published

    $updated_time = get_the_modified_time( 'U' );
    $published_time = get_the_time( 'U' ) + 86400;

    // If modified date exists then ouput both time strings with modified date
    
    if ( $updated_time > $published_time ) {
        $time_string = '<span class="date-label">Updated on: </span><time class="entry-date updated-date" datetime="%3$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() )
    );

    return sprintf( '<span class="posted-on">%s</span> ',
        $time_string
    );
}, 10, 2 );

Awesome works!! Thank you so much!

Glad to hear that!