Rearranging the entry meta.

Hi there,

Are you using any functions right now to alter the post meta?

If not, try this PHP:

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

Hey Tom, thanks for the quick reply.

I’m actually using the method described in that article for altering the post meta, which is this...

if ( ! function_exists( 'generate_posted_on' ) ) :
/**
 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
 */
function generate_posted_on() 
{	
	$date = apply_filters( 'generate_post_date', true );
	$author = apply_filters( 'generate_post_author', true );
	//if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) 
		$time_string .= '<time class="updated" datetime="%3$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() )
	);
	
	// If our date is enabled, show it
	if ( $date ) :
		printf( '<span style="float: left; margin-right: 3px;">Updated:</span><span class="posted-on">%1$s</span>',
			sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark">%3$s</a>',
				esc_url( get_permalink() ),
				esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
				$time_string
			)
		);
	endif;
	
	// If our author is enabled, show it
	if ( $author ) :
		printf( ' <span class="byline">%1$s</span>',
			sprintf( '<span class="author vcard" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author">%1$s <a class="url fn n" href="%2$s" title="%3$s" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%4$s</span></a></span>',
				__( 'by','generatepress'),
				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() )
			)
		);
	endif;
	
}
endif;

Thanks!

You no longer need that long function if you are using the latest theme version.

Tom's function should work now :)

Hmmmm, I’m not sure I understand what you mean?

I originally began using this long function a while ago to show the updated post date because it was the only method that successfully caused Google to show the updated date for my posts in its results. I tested the CSS method covered in the GP docs, but it didn’t make this happen.

Has something changed since then?

Thanks.

You can use this to change the HTML markup now:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_post_date_output/#only-show-updated-date

Let me know if this helps :)

Ahhh, I see now. Thanks! So right now I have it as...

by Name • Updated: June 1, 2019

1. How do I change "by Name" to "Written by: Name"?

2. I also wanted to change the author link to a custom 'about' page rather than the default author page, so I found this in another thread:

add_filter( 'author_link', 'my_author_link' );

function my_author_link() {
	return home_url( 'slug' );
}

And that works perfectly except for one thing: the title for the link remains "View all posts by Name". Is there a way to change that to something else? If not, is there a way to just get rid of title on the author link altogether?

Thanks again for the help!

Hi there,

This function should handle both issues:

add_filter( 'generate_post_author_output', function() {
    return sprintf( '<span class="byline">%1$s</span> ', // WPCS: XSS ok, sanitization ok.
        sprintf( '<span class="author vcard" %5$s>%1$s <a class="url fn n" href="%2$s" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%4$s</span></a></span>',
            __( 'Written by:', 'generatepress' ),
            esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
            /* translators: 1: Author name */
            esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'generatepress' ), get_the_author() ) ),
            esc_html( get_the_author() ),
            generate_get_microdata( 'post-author' )
        )
    )
} );

Let me know :)

Perfect! Thanks guys.

You're welcome :)