How to show only updated date on blog and search engine

Hi there,

add the PHP Snippet provided here to force the Theme to only output the modified date ( if it exists ):

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_post_date_output/#only-show-updated-date

Whether the search engine chooses to display an updated date is down to their algorithms, the theme itself cannot force it to change

Where do I add this? FUnction.php or hook?

In your child theme functions.php or use the code snippets plugin.
more info her:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

Thank you.

I will like to show it in this format Updated: January 10, 2020

Can you help on this?

Look for this line in the code:

$time_string = '<time class="entry-date updated-date" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">%4$s</time>';

and change it to:

$time_string = '<time class="entry-date updated-date" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">Updated: %4$s</time>';

Thank you. My biggest concern is changing the date format to something like this January 10, 2020

You can change the date format in Dashboard > Settings > General - it should still work with that function enabled.

Oh my bad! I forgot!

Thank you

Happy to be of help :)

Thanks again

You're welcome

Hello,

The code has stopped working :(

Hi there,

Can you share the exact code you're using?

Also, can you make sure the date is enabled in Customize > Layout > Blog?

Let me know :)