[Resolved] Remove datePublished and Time from Single Post

[Carson]

Hi,

I am looking for a solution to remove datePublished and the time from single posts, so all that shows is “datetime=”2019-08-28” in the source code and the date is pulled from when it was last modified.

I already got the CSS in place to display dateModified (which I want to show) and hide datePublished on the front-end, but datePublished still shows up in the source code.

Is it possible to do this based on tags? Meaning that it only removes the datePublished, if a specific tag is set for the post? Could you also remove the link from the date that is shown on page (globally)?

Thanks!

[Leo]

Hi there,

Give this snippet a shot:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_post_date_output/#only-show-updated-date

You will also need the conditional tag to target specific tag only:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#A_Tag_Page

Let me know if this helps 🙂

[Carson]

Thanks, that removed the datePublished and also removed the link.

Now I just need to remove the time, is there a filter for that as well?

Also, I don’t manage to combine the conditional tag and the filter for the published date.

I think I’d need this:
has_tag( array( 'sharp', 'mild', 'extreme' ) )

Could you help me out here please. 🙂

[Tom]

Hi there,

Try this:

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

        if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
            $time_string = '<time class="entry-date updated-date" datetime="%3$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() )
        );

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

    return $output;
}, 10, 2 );

Are you wanting to remove the datetime part as well?

[Carson]

This works great with the tags, thanks a lot!

No I don’t want to remove the datetime part. The only thing that’s left is that I want the time removed from datetime

So like this

<time class="entry-date updated-date" datetime="2019-09-22" itemprop="dateModified">September 22, 2019</time>

instead of this

<time class="entry-date updated-date" datetime="2019-09-22T00:10:40+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">September 22, 2019</time>

it can still say datetime though.

I am looking at the format from Wirecutter as a reference: thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-universal-remote-control/

PS: I use this snippet globally to remove the link from the date:

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

Apparently it causes issues with your snippet. You snippet works perfectly until I activate the one above, then it shows the datePublished again.

I need the link removed globally, the time removed globally, but the published date only removed based on tags.

Thanks for the amazing support!!!

[Tom]

Let’s try this:

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

        if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
            $time_string = '<time class="entry-date updated-date" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">%4$s</time>';
        }

        $time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
            esc_attr( get_the_date( 'Y-m-d' ) ),
            esc_html( get_the_date() ),
            esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'Y-m-d' ) ),
            esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
        );

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

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

Let me know 🙂

[Carson]

Works perfectly! One minor thing, could you make the time remove part (datetime=”2019-09-22″) global, like you did with the link removal? Other than that it’s perfect! Thanks!

[Tom]

Try this:

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>';

    if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
        if ( has_tag( array( 'sharp', 'mild', 'extreme' ) ) ) {
            $time_string = '<time class="entry-date updated-date" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">%4$s</time>';
        } else {
            $time_string = '<time class="updated" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">%4$s</time>' . $time_string;
        }
    }

    $time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
        esc_attr( get_the_date( 'Y-m-d' ) ),
        esc_html( get_the_date() ),
        esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'Y-m-d' ) ),
        esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
    );

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

Let me know 🙂

[Carson]

Amazing, thank you very much Tom!!!!

[Tom]

You’re welcome 🙂

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