[Resolved] Rearranging the entry meta.

[Jay]

I’m showing the “updated” post date followed by the post author (“Updated: [date] by [name]”) in my entry meta the exact same way it’s being done here: https://woorkup.com/generatepress-review/

Now I want to switch the order around, so it becomes…

By: [name] Updated: [date]

This seems like it should be pretty simple, but I’m having some trouble making it happen.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Tom]

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',
    );
} );

[Jay]

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!

[Leo]

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

Tom’s function should work now 🙂

[Jay]

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.

[Leo]

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 🙂

[Jay]

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!

[Tom]

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 🙂

[Jay]

Perfect! Thanks guys.

[Tom]

You’re welcome 🙂

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