Remove dateModified from HTML

[Chris]

Hi,

Is it possible to remove Modified Date from the HTML, rather than just hiding it with CSS?

[Tom]

You don’t want the modified date at all? If not, try this PHP:

add_filter( 'generate_post_date_output', function( $output, $time_string ) {
    $time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s" itemprop="datePublished">%2$s</time>';

    $time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
        esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
        esc_html( get_the_date() )
    );

    return sprintf( '<span class="posted-on">%s</span> ',
        $time_string
    );
}, 10, 2 );

Let me know 🙂

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[Chris]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for this but it doesn’t seem to have worked. I can still see the date in the html, with display: none; set. I have edited my initial post to show the URL

Out of interest, why do you hide it with CSS rather than remove it with PHP when a user has opted not to include it in the GP settings? 🙂

[Tom]

Are you already using a function to alter the post meta/date? Your HTML on the site doesn’t reflect the function I mentioned above.

The GP setting to remove the date should fully remove the date from the HTML.

Let me know 🙂

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[Chris]

Ah yes you were correct, I had some more code in there so I have now combined the two.

Also, apologies as I was mistaken about the setting to remove the date.

I had misremembered and thought there were separate options to show Date Published and Date Modified, but there is only a single option to control the date being shown.

My concern with hiding things via CSS is that it can look deceptive from an SEO point of view. I don’t think that is an issue here, but I prefer to just remove it if it is not being used.

[Tom]

In most cases, Google knows whether you’re being deceptive or not.

Did you get the above function working now?

Let me know 🙂

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[Chris]

Yes I did, thank you.

[Tom]

Awesome, no problem 🙂

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