Place date before title

[websitestory]

Hi all,

I'm working on a custom theme and trying (unsuccessfully) to position the date before the post title. I have managed to change the post meta to show what I'd like but I really want it all on the same line as the post title.
If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be so grateful.

Thank you!

[Erik D. Slater]

You mean something like this screenshot here?

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Erik D. Slater: Digital Platform Consultant • LinkedIn

[websitestory]

Hey Erik,

Thanks for the reply. Almost like that but I'd like them on the same line e.g.

9th June 2015 - This is the post title

Hope that makes sense

Cheers

[Erik D. Slater]

Take a look at this: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-date-part-of-the-title

I just tested it and it works. You would just need to modify the date format.

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Erik D. Slater: Digital Platform Consultant • LinkedIn

[websitestory]

Awesome thanks Erik! I will test it out and let you know how I go. It seems relatively straightforward.

Cheers.

[websitestory]

If anyone else is interested to do the same, the code Erik pointed me to worked great. My only change was no date format which then uses the date format in WordPress and I wrapped the date up in a span with a class so I can style it separately. Here it is:

//* Add date before title
add_filter( 'the_title', 'add_date_to_title', 10, 2 );
function add_date_to_title( $title, $id ) {
	// if not a wp-admin page
	if ( !is_admin() ) {
		// if it's inside the main loop
		if ( in_the_loop() && is_main_query() ) {
			// add date to title
			$title = '<span class="date">' . get_the_date() . '</span>' . ' ' . $title;

		}
	}
	return $title;
}

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