[Resolved] Meta Style Question

[Chris]

1. First, I’ve read this article: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/entry-meta-style/. When it says ‘add this PHP snippet’: http://prntscr.com/qeehh3, does that mean I apply the code inside ‘Custom CSS’
2. I’d like my byline underneath the title to read like this:

By Name | Date

[Leo]

Hi there,

1. Adding PHP: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

2. Let’s try the snippet in the doc article first.

[Chris]

So do I just copy this code:

add_filter( 'generate_post_author_output', function() {
    return sprintf( ' <span class="byline">%1$s</span>',
        sprintf( '<span class="author vcard" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author">%4$s<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%3$s</span></a></span>',
            esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
            esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'generatepress' ), get_the_author() ) ),
            esc_html( get_the_author() ),
            get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) )
        )
    );
} );

add_filter( 'generate_header_entry_meta_items', function() {
    return array(
        'author',
        'comments-link',
        'date',
    );
} );

add_filter( 'generate_footer_entry_meta_items', function( $items ) {
    return array(
        'date',
        'categories',
    );
} );

And paste it at the end of function.php like this: http://prntscr.com/qeeqez

[Chris]

If so, could you modify the code where the end result looks like this:

By: Name | Date

[Tom]

To do that, try this:

add_filter( 'generate_header_entry_meta_items', function() {
    return array(
        'author',
        'date',
    );
} );

add_filter( 'generate_inside_post_meta_item_output', function( $output, $type ) {
    if ( 'author' === $type ) {
        $output = 'By: ';
    }

    if ( 'date' === $type ) {
        $output = ' | ';
    }

    return $output;
}, 10, 2 );

Let me know 🙂

[Chris]

Hey Tom,

I pasted your code and now my site (more specifically, blog posts) are receiving this error:

Fatal error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function {closure}(), 1 passed in /home/customer/www/test.com/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php on line 290 and exactly 2 expected in

[Tom]

Sorry about that – can you try now?

[Chris]

No worries 🙂 That worked! How could I remove the links from author and date?

For example, it says “by [name] | [date]”

The name links to my author bio. And the date links to the post.

How could I remove both links?

[Leo]

Try these PHP snippets:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_post_author_output/#remove-link
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_post_date_output/#remove-link-from-date

[Chris]

The ‘Remove Link’ from Author byline worked.

However, when I add the code to remove link from date:

add_filter( 'generate_post_date_output', function( $output, $time_string ) {
	printf( '<span class="posted-on">%s</span>',
		$time_string
	);
}, 10, 2 );

it removes the separator between name and date. For example:

Original: by Name | Date
After removing link from date: by namedate

[David]

Hi there,

you can edit this part of the code:

<span class="posted-on">%s</span> to include the extra content eg.

<span class="posted-on"> | %s</span>

[Chris]

That worked! Thanks David 🙂

However, I came across another issue:

Whenever I update the post, the date remains the same as the original publish date.

For example, I published an article yesterday (December 23, 2019). Today, I modified the article and clicked “Update”.

When I view the post, the date still shows as December 23, 2019. Instead, it should’ve updated with December 24, 2019.

[Tom]

Hi there,

Have you set it up so the updated date displays?: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/show-the-updated-post-date/

[Chris]

Perfect, thank you!

Awesome support from Leo, David, and Tom! Thanks a bunch guys!!

[Tom]

Glad we could help 🙂

[Author]

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