How to add the Updated Date on the Homepage with WP Show Posts PRO

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January 12, 2021 at 1:02 pm #25356
Charbel
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Hello Team,

How can I add the updated date with or without the published date for the Posts on my homepage?

Here is my staging site: http://wpcharbelnemnomblog.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com/

I have a list called: Custom with pagination show posts for the 11 articles in my homepage.

I have also function in GeneratePress Child Theme (functions.php) to add the updated date on the Author page, as well as for a single post.
```
// Show the “Updated” Post Date in Header Element
function post_modified_date() {
    return get_the_modified_date();
}
add_shortcode( 'modified_date', 'post_modified_date' );

// Display the date a post was updated in the GeneratePress 3.0 theme
// https://gist.github.com/brianleejackson/d98aad3831cbe934ddc21e50b08d4e39
add_filter( 'generate_post_date_output', function( $output, $time_string ) {
    $time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s" itemprop="datePublished">Published on %2$s</time>';
    if ( get_the_date() !== get_the_modified_date() ) {
        $time_string = '<time class="entry-date updated-date" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">Updated on %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
    );
}, 10, 2 );
```
I need also to add the Updated date for my homepage.
January 12, 2021 at 6:55 pm #25372

elvin
Moderator

Hi,

To clarify: Do you want to show the updated date only for the WPSP posts?

If so, this filter can help.

add_filter( 'wpsp_post_date_show_updated_only', '__return_true' );

I need also to add the Updated date for my homepage.

I’m not sure I understand what you mean by this. Can you explain a bit more? Thank you.

January 12, 2021 at 11:48 pm #25384

Charbel
Participant

Hello @Elvin,

Thank you for your support.

What I want to accomplish is, to add the updated date and/or published date for the WPSP posts.
For example, if a post was published and was not updated at a later date, then I want to show the updated date.

Please have a look at my author (blog) page, those are not WPSP posts: http://wpcharbelnemnomblog.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com/author/charbel-nemnom/ You can see Published on or Updated on date.
I succeeded to add the published and updated date for a single article, as well as, for the author page articles by using the code mentioned above.

I want to have the same for all WPSP posts which are showing on my homepage: http://wpcharbelnemnomblog.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com/

I hope this clear for you now.

January 13, 2021 at 12:34 am #25388
Charbel
Participant
Hello @Elvin,

Here is additional details to have super clear picture:

I migrated from MH Magazine Theme to a GeneratePress Dispatch Theme, so I moved my date function.
The function below is for showing the published date, as well as the updated date across my entire site with the following format: Jan 4, 2021 | Updated on Jan 4, 2021

– Author Page: http://wpcharbelnemnomblog.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com/author/charbel-nemnom/
– Homepage for WPSP Posts: http://wpcharbelnemnomblog.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com
– Articles: http://wpcharbelnemnomblog.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com/export-all-nsg-rules-from-all-azure-subscriptions-with-powershell/
```
/***** Adding Last Modified Date Blog (Old Code) *****/
// A non-numeric value encountered post-meta.php on line 169 //
function et_last_modified_date_blog( $the_date ) {
    if ( 'post' === get_post_type() ) {
        $the_time = get_post_time( 'His' );
        $the_modified = get_post_modified_time( 'His' );
        $published =  sprintf( __( '%s', 'Divi' ), esc_html( get_post_time( 'M j, Y' ) ) );
		$last_modified =  sprintf( __( 'Updated on %s', 'Divi' ), esc_html( get_post_modified_time( 'M j, Y' ) ) );
        $date = $the_modified !== $the_time ? $published . ' | ' .  $last_modified : $published;
        return $date;
    }
}
add_action( 'get_the_date', 'et_last_modified_date_blog' );
add_action( 'get_the_time', 'et_last_modified_date_blog' );
```
The problem with that function, it’s throwing the error below on the author page (only):
http://wpcharbelnemnomblog.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com/author/charbel-nemnom/
However, the published and updated date are still showing (e.g. Jan 4, 2021 | Updated on Jan 4, 2021) as you can see. The error is showing because I have enabled WP Debug set to True to debug another issue, then I found that the function above is causing it.
Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-content/themes/generatepress/inc/structure/post-meta.php on line 169

I have checked with GeneratePress premium support forum, and they said my current function: Right now it’s making it so the get_the_time() function isn’t returning a unix timestamp (which is a number). So the + is adding a non-number (because of the filter) to a number.

What do you recommend, and what is the best approach to use so we can show both the published + updated date for readers and Google across Author Blog Page, Article(s), and WPSP Posts?

Thank You!
-Charbel
January 14, 2021 at 12:59 am #25443

Charbel
Participant

Hello @Elvin,

I have implemented the method noted by GeneratePress here: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/show-the-updated-post-date/ entirely including the Show the “Updated” Post Date in Header Element:

I was able to show the updated date for the Author blog Page here: http://wpcharbelnemnomblog.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com/author/charbel-nemnom/

For the single article(s), I added the Published on {{post_date}} | Updated on [modified_date] under Elements | Single Post:
Check it here: http://wpcharbelnemnomblog.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com/export-all-nsg-rules-from-all-azure-subscriptions-with-powershell/

However, the updated date is NOT showing on the Homepage for WPSP Posts, the published date is displayed only: http://wpcharbelnemnomblog.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com

I am using WPSP Pro Edition. Could you please advise on how can I show the updated date for WPSP Posts as well?

Thank You @Elvin

January 14, 2021 at 2:07 am #25456
elvin
Moderator
However, the updated date is NOT showing on the Homepage for WPSP Posts, the published date is displayed only: http://wpcharbelnemnomblog.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com

Can you try adding this PHP snippet:

add_filter( 'wpsp_post_date_show_updated_only', '__return_true' );

And this CSS:
```
time.wp-show-posts-updated {
    display: block !important; 
}
```
Let us know how it goes.
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