[Support request] How to show the “Last Updated” Post date when using page header edit element

[Mayor]

Please, i need help on how to show the last updated post date, and also on reducing the font size for the Author Name and Date?

Thanks

[Leo]

Hi there,

– This should help:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/show-the-updated-post-date/#show-the-%E2%80%9Cupdated%E2%80%9D-post-date-in-header-element

– Are you going to add the author name and date in the header element?

Let me know 🙂

[Mayor]

Yes, this is the code I placed in the header element.

` <h1>{{post_title}}</h1>
Written by {{post_author}} on {{post_date}}

https://prnt.sc/qtr9na

But i don’t know how to add this code to the above, Please, how can i do it?

function post_modified_date() {
return get_the_modified_date();
}
add_shortcode( ‘modified_date’, ‘post_modified_date’ );

[Leo]

Try this for your HTML:

<h1>{{post_title}}</h1>
<div class="hero-meta">Written by {{post_author}} on {{post_date}}</div>

Then add this CSS:

.hero-meta {
    font-size: 10px;
}

Adding CSS: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

The code to create shortcode needs to be added with one of these methods:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

Let me know 🙂

[Mayor]

The code you provided works perfectly. But it is not showing the date a post is updated. Something like, when I update a particular post, it should show that the post was updated

[David]

Hi there,

Did you add the add_shortcode function to your site?
If so remove it and add this instead:

function display_modified_date_shortcode () {
    $mod_date = get_the_modified_date();
    if ( get_the_date() !== $mod_date ) {
        return 'Last Updated: ' . $mod_date;
    }
}
add_shortcode( 'modified_date', 'display_modified_date_shortcode' );

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

Then add [modified_date] to your Header Element.
If the Post has been updated ( there has to be a days difference between published and modified ) it will also display the Last updated date

[Author]

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