[Resolved] Post Date Meta No Longer Showing in Latest Update

[Connor R]

Hi there,

I use a code snippet (I believe it’s the one below) to show the post updated date in my post meta data.

Following the latest update of GP, some of my posts are now missing the date (even if I have hit the update button in the WP backend).

Any help resolving this bug would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

add_filter( 'wpsp_date_output', 'tu_wpsp_updated_date_first' );
function tu_wpsp_updated_date_first() {
	$time_string = '';
	
	$time_string .= '<time class="wp-show-posts-entry-date published" datetime="%1$s" itemprop="datePublished">%2$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() )
	);
	
	// If our date is enabled, show it
	$output = sprintf(
		'<span class="wp-show-posts-posted-on wp-show-posts-meta">
			%1$s
		</span>',
		$time_string
	);

	return $output;
	
}

[Elvin]

Hi,

Can you link us to the site in question so we could take a closer look?

You can add the site details on the Private Information text area. Thank you.

[Connor R]

Hi Elvin,

I have put the site in question in the private info area. I have tried clearing the cache as well.

[Tom]

Hi there,

The code you shared is for WP Show Posts – it doesn’t have any effect on GeneratePress.

Are you using a different function for GP, maybe?

Let us know 🙂

[Connor R]

Anddddd this is why I know when I’m in over my head and head for the forum :)!

I believe my post meta data snippet is below:

add_filter( 'generate_footer_entry_meta_items', function() {
    return array(
    );
} );
add_filter( 'generate_post_author_output', function() {
    return sprintf( ' <span class="byline">%1$s</span>',
        sprintf( '<span class="author vcard" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"><span class="author-label">Written by </span><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%3$s</span></a></span><br>',
            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() )
        )
    );
} );
add_filter( 'generate_inside_post_meta_item_output', function( $output, $item ) {
	if ( 'categories' === $item ) {
        return ' | ';
    }
    return $output;
}, 50, 2 );
add_filter( 'generate_header_entry_meta_items', function() {
    return array(
		'author',
		'date',
		'categories',

    );
} );

I believe showing the updated date (rather than the published date) is done in the CSS using the below:

.posted-on .updated {
    display: inline-block;
}
.posted-on .published {
    display: none;
}

Like I said, for some reason this used to work, but after updating GP/GP Premium, it only works on some posts.

Thanks for the help!

[Tom]

Instead of this:

.posted-on .published {
    display: none;
}

Do this:

.posted-on .updated + .published {
    display: none;
}

Let me know 🙂

[Connor R]

That did the trick. Thank you, Tom!

[Tom]

You’re welcome 🙂

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