[Support request] Want to display update date

[John]

Hello

I’m using “Volume” for my site. It Seems for showing title and date meta data volume using header element.

Now I want to display post update date instead publish date.

How Can I do this?

Thanks

[David]

Hi there,

this doc provides the PHP snippet to change the date in a Header Element:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/show-the-updated-post-date/#show-the-“updated”-post-date-in-header-element

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[John]

Works fine. But shows published date in before content as well.

Here is the screenshot – https://prnt.sc/q0nsha

[David]

Can you try disabling the Post Date in the Customizer Blog options:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/blog-content-layout/#single

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[John]

Thanks.

The issue is solved.

One more question,

Is post Update Date(from Header Element), will show in google search as well?

[David]

Your SEO ( or schema ) plugin is outputting published and updated dates in the JSON-LD for the site, so Goole will pick up the dates from there. Generally ( but we have no control over ) Google will choose the most relevant date to the article – as the only date displayed on the site is the Updated date it should prefer that.

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[John]

Disabled schema plugin.

Could you please check now?

[Tom]

Hi there,

No need to disable the schema plugin – it should actually help get that data into Google for you 🙂

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/
Ongoing Development: https://generatepress.com/ongoing-development

[John]

Reactivate the Schema plugin.

I’ve updated few posts and applied them to fetch on google search console.

But unfortunately, Google doesn’t show update date even any date.

[Tom]

It’s up to Google, so the only thing you can do is provide the necessary data and hope they use it. Does all of the data exist if you run the URL through this tool?: https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/u/0/

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/
Ongoing Development: https://generatepress.com/ongoing-development

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