How to replace "published date" with "last updated" date

[Fabio]

Hi there,
the title says it all. I keep updating my posts and it sucks that it shows a published date from 1 year ago or so.
I want to replace "published date" with "last updated" date so that when I update a post it shows:

Last updated on October 12th, 2014 by Author

I was reading this article
http://www.wpbeginner.com/opinion/why-you-should-not-remove-dates-from-your-wordpress-blog-posts/

and they say to use this code:
Last updated on <time datetime="<?php the_modified_time('Y-m-d'); ?>"><?php the_modified_time('F jS, Y'); ?></time>

but I have no idea where to use it.
Any idea how to do this?

Thanks
Fabio

ps- my site contains adult content NSFW (no porn, no nudity, just adult topics)

http://goo.gl/C3pfEA

[Brad Dalton]

Try this http://wpsites.net/wordpress-admin/last-modified-date-shortcode-for-genesis-post-info/

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[Fabio]

Hi Brad,
I have copied both raw codes at the bottom of my functions.php file (I have tried on a test site first and not on the real one) and nothing happened. It did not show "last updated" at the top of the post.

What's going on?
Thanks
Fabio

[Fabio]

Eleven 40 doesn't even display the words "published" usually. I have actually found other people on forums asking for help with this problem on Eleven 40 (I am using the old eleven 40, not the PRO one).
Any help please?

[Brad Dalton]

Won't work if you use both code snippets.

Please only choose one method.

You will need to update the posts as well for the updated ( modified date ) to display.

All code snippets on my site are tested and work.

If it doesn't work for you then the problem is most likely at your end.

Some work is required on your behalf.

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[Brad Dalton]

Fabio

Just tested the code and it works.

Here's the screen cast which may help http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjMEwtlSfB8

There's 2 steps required.

1st is to create the shortcode and the 2nd is to filter the post info and add the new shortcode so 2 snippets need to be pasted.

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[Fabio]

HI Brad,
thanks for the video. I have pasted this code:

add_filter( 'genesis_post_info', 'add_modified_date_post_info' );
function add_modified_date_post_info($post_info) {
	$post_info = 'Updated: [modified_date] by [post_author_posts_link] [post_comments] [post_edit]';
	return $post_info;
}

function wordpress_modified_date_shortcode() {

    return get_the_modified_date(); 
}
add_shortcode( 'modified_date', 'wordpress_modified_date_shortcode' );

at the bottom of my functions.php

I have updated the post, deleted the cache and hard-refreshed the page, but it's not working.
Maybe it only works on HTML5 themes and not on the old ones?

Thanks

[Sridhar Katakam]

Try http://sridharkatakam.com/add-last-updated-date-post-info-genesis/

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[Brad Dalton]

Didn't test on the old themes running XHTML but you could be right.

Try the old code and see if it works with the shortcode http://my.studiopress.com/snippets/post-info/

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[Fabio]

@Sridhar
I have tried with that code on a website using News PRO and it didn't work.
Actually I have noticed you are using Eleven 40 on your website, so have you tried it there? Does it work?
I am using an old version of Eleven 40 - the one before the HTML5 update

@Brad
Sorry Brad what do you mean by:
Try the old code and see if it works with the shortcode http://my.studiopress.com/snippets/post-info/

How do I need to edit/adapt that shortcode?

I have installed the same Eleven 40 on a test site. If you want I can post the credentials here and you can log in and see what's going on...

Thanks

[Brad Dalton]

I'm happy to login and fix the problem for you for a fee.

If you want this done, please send me your login details and i'll work out what the problem is.

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[Fabio]

Hi Brad,
should I contact you through your site to have a quote?

[Sridhar Katakam]

Fabio, I do not have a copy of eleven40 (XHTML) theme to test.

I tested the code in http://www.studiopress.community/topic/how-to-replace-published-date-with-last-updated-date/#post-127790 in News Pro and Balance, a XHTML theme and it is working fine in both of them.

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[Fabio]

Hi Sridhar,
that's strange now it seems to work on my test site too.
I will try on the blog and see what happens.

[Fabio]

Ok super super weird:

It works on my test site:
http://testing.exclusiveskills.com/

it doesn't work on my blog:
http://goo.gl/C3pfEA

both test site and blog have the same Eleven 40 version and same identical functions.php file.

Any idea where I should look for the issue?

[Fabio]

I have copied
functions.php
home.php
and style.css
from my blog to the test site, so now the two sites have identical code, identical wordpress version and genesis version. And yet the test site shows the "last updated" and the blog doesn't.

Is it possible that a plugin is interfering? I have some plugins installed on my blog which I don't have on the test site.
Is that a possible way to go to find the solution?

[Fabio]

The problem is the "Genesis Simple Edits" plugin.

When I deactivated it, the "last updated" thing appeared.

Then I replaced this:
Last Updated: [modified_date] by [post_author_posts_link] [post_comments] [post_edit]

in the post info section of the simple edits plugin and now it works 🙂

[Author]

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