Use modified time instead of published for articles

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#1

Hey there folks,

How do I change the published Date of articles to use the modified time of an article?

So, for instance:

I write an Article on April, 1. I update this Article on April, 2.

For now, it says: From April, 1.

But I want it to always show the date updated, so it says

From April, 2.

Can you help me?

#2

Hi examo, If you are using the rtPanel Child Theme to make modifications to your rtPanel Theme Framework, the following steps should suffice.

  1. Open your /lib/rtp-custom-hooks-applied.php file

  2. Locate the first funtion rtp and uncomment the following lines in it.

    remove_action( 'rtp_hook_post_meta_top','rtp_default_post_meta' ); // Post Meta Top  
remove_action( 'rtp_hook_post_meta_bottom','rtp_default_post_meta' ); // Post Meta Bottom`

  3. Then add the following lines right after that

    add_action( 'rtp_hook_post_meta_top','rtp_child_default_post_meta' ); // Post Meta Top  
add_action( 'rtp_hook_post_meta_bottom','rtp_child_default_post_meta' ); // Post Meta Top`

  4. Go to the end of the file and paste the following function

    rtp_child_default_post_meta( $placement = 'top' ) {  

if ( 'post' == get_post_type() && !rtp_is_bbPress() ) {  
    global $post, $rtp_post_comments;  
    $position = ( 'bottom' == $placement ) ? 'l' : 'u'; // l = Lower/Bottom , u = Upper/Top  

    if ( rtp_has_postmeta( $position ) ) {  
        if ( $position == 'l' ) { echo ''; } ?>  
        
      

<?php     

    if( 'bottom' == $placement )  
        rtp_hook_begin_post_meta_bottom();  
    else  
        rtp_hook_begin_post_meta_top();  

    // Author Link  
    if ( $rtp_post_comments['post_author_'.$position] || $rtp_post_comments['post_date_'.$position] ) { ?>  
                
      

<?php  
            if ( $rtp_post_comments['post_author_'.$position] ) {  
                printf( __( 'Posted by %s', 'rtPanel' ), ( !$rtp_post_comments['author_link_'.$position] ? get_the_author() . ( $rtp_post_comments['author_count_'.$position] ? '(' . get_the_author_posts() . ')' : '' ) : sprintf( __( '%3$s', 'rtPanel' ), get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ), get_the_author_meta( 'user_nicename' ) ), esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Posts by %s', 'rtPanel' ), get_the_author() ) ), get_the_author() ) . ( $rtp_post_comments['author_count_'.$position] ? '(' . get_the_author_posts() . ')' : '' ) ) );  
                    }  
                    echo ( $rtp_post_comments['post_author_'.$position] && $rtp_post_comments['post_date_'.$position] ) ? ' ' : '';  
                    if ( $rtp_post_comments['post_date_'.$position] ) {  
                        printf( __( 'on %s', 'rtPanel' ), get_the_modified_date('c'), get_the_modified_time( $rtp_post_comments['post_date_format_'.$position] ) );  
                    } ?>  
                
      

<?php  
    }  

    // Post Categories  
    echo ( get_the_category_list() && $rtp_post_comments['post_category_'.$position] ) ? '
     ' . __( 'in', 'rtPanel' ) . ' ' . get_the_category_list( ', ' ) . '
    ' : '';  

            // Post Tags  
            echo ( get_the_tag_list() && $rtp_post_comments['post_tags_'.$position] ) ? '
    ' . get_the_tag_list( __( 'Tagged', 'rtPanel' ) . ': ', ', ', '' ) . '
    ' : '';  

            // Post Custom Taxonomies  
            $args = array( '_builtin' => false );  
            $taxonomies = get_taxonomies( $args, 'objects' );  
            foreach ( $taxonomies as $key => $taxonomy ) {  
                ( get_the_terms( $post->ID, $key ) && isset( $rtp_post_comments['post_'.$key.'_'.$position] ) && $rtp_post_comments['post_'.$key.'_'.$position] ) ? the_terms( $post->ID, $key, '
    ' . $taxonomy->labels->singular_name . ': ', ', ', '
    ' ) : '';  
            }  

            if ( 'bottom' == $placement )  
                rtp_hook_end_post_meta_bottom();  
            else  
                rtp_hook_end_post_meta_top(); ?>  

        
      

  

<?php  
if ( $position == 'l' ) { echo ''; }  
    }  
} elseif ( !rtp_is_bbPress() ) {  
    if ( get_edit_post_link() && ( 'top' == $placement ) ) { ?>  
        
      

<?php rtp_hook_end_post_meta_top(); ?>
      

<?php  
    }  
}  
}

Now incase you are using the rtPanel Theme Framework itself to modify your theme ( not recommended ). You would need to locate /lib/rtp-default-functions.php and find the function rtp_default_post_meta and replace the contents of the function with the contents of the function from step no. 4 above.

This should do the trick. Let me know if this helps.

#3

Thanks Joshua,

That is the way I wanted it to work!

#4