[Resolved] Show last modified date on pages only

[Mike]

Want to show the last modified date on pages, and created date on posts.

Followed this – https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/show-last-modified-date-to-pagesposts/ – and pages are great, but it applies to posts as well. I want posts back to normal with created date.

Thanks!

[David]

Hi there,

you can use this method instead:

PHP Snippet:

add_action( 'generate_after_entry_header', 'tu_page_meta' );
function tu_page_meta() {
    if ( is_singular( 'page' ) ) : ?>
        <div class="entry-meta">
            <?php generate_posted_on(); ?>
        </div><!-- .entry-meta -->
    <?php endif;
}

CSS:

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

[Mike]

That works! Except, I also want to remove the “by” and author. I think that was in the generate_posted_on in the way I had before.

[Tom]

Along with the code David supplied, try this:

add_action( 'wp', 'tu_remove_page_byline' );
function tu_remove_page_byline() {
    if ( is_page() ) {
        add_filter( 'generate_post_author', '__return_false' );
    }
}

Let me know 🙂

[Mike]

That worked. Thanks!

Dunno if being able to toggle all of this through the regular backend page editor could be a future feature, as it seems like it could be a common use.

Scenario: A static front page, the basic content unit on the site is a page (not a post), and the blog is a blog. On some pages, like the home page, a datestamp isn’t required, but an pages that are articles, a datestamp is, sometimes without the author (like maybe, a glossary or an About page), sometimes with (a regular article).

On my site, I don’t need author on any page, for now at least, so the solution you gave works, along with a snippet in Simple CSS to hide the date on some pages. Fairly efficient.

.entry-meta {
    display: none;
}

Thanks again!

[Tom]

No problem! Really appreciate your feedback 🙂

[Author]

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