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[laanavd]

Hello,

Would it be possible to show last modified posts?

I am working on a timeline site and would like to show visitors what the latest modified posts are, so for example a new post date 14 february 2010.

So not ‘recent-post’ but ‘last modified post’.

Best regards,

Annemarie

[Rupok]

Hi Annemarie,

Thanks for writing in! You can just change the publish date to current time after modifying the posts. It would make it latest.

Cheers!

[laanavd]

Hello Rupok,

Thank you for your answer.

I use the publication date to indicate when an event has occured, for example a post about marriage or birth. So I would like to show visitors what posts I have added which have taken place in the past.

Hope you understand what I mean…

Best regards,

Annemarie

[Rahul]

Hey There,

Thanks for writing back!

You can change the date of a post with the current date. The modified posts will appear in the recent posts section.

Hope this clarifies it!

Let us know if you need any further help with this.

Thank you.

[laanavd]

Hi,

If I change the date of the post with the current date I will get for example:
2016 nov 15 – Marriage John and Mary
2016 nov 15 – Birth Andrew
2016 nov 15 – First schoolday Andrew

Where this should be (because the timeline is based on the publication date):
1977 may 23 – First schoolday Andrew
1973 dec 5 – Birth Andrew
1970 jul 30 – Marriage John and Mary

Hope you understand…

Thanks

[Rupok]

Hi there,

Thanks for writing back. In that case it’s not possible to show the last modified post since the publishing date will be count. This is how WordPress works and we can’t change the functionality.

Hope this makes sense.

[laanavd]

Hi there,

Thank you for your response. The reason I asked is this function I used:

function wpb_lastupdated_posts() {

// Query Arguments
$lastupdated_args = array(
‘orderby’ => ‘modified’,
‘ignore_sticky_posts’ => ‘1’
);

//Loop to display 5 recently updated posts
$lastupdated_loop = new WP_Query( $lastupdated_args );
$counter = 1;
$string .= ‘

‘;
while( $lastupdated_loop->have_posts() && $counter < 5 ) : $lastupdated_loop->the_post();
$string .= ‘
• post->ID ) . ‘”> ‘ .get_the_title( $lastupdated_loop->post->ID ) . ‘ ( ‘. get_the_modified_date() .’)

‘;
$counter++;
endwhile;
$string .= ‘

‘;
return $string;
wp_reset_postdata();
}

//add a shortcode
add_shortcode(‘lastupdated-posts’, ‘wpb_lastupdated_posts’);

<?php
if (function_exists(wpb_lastupdated_posts)) :
wpb_lastupdated_posts();
endif;
?>

I tested this and it seems to work, but without the Theme X layout options. I will look further myselve how to implement this proper in Theme X….but please let me now if you have any creative ideas which could help 😉

Best regards and thank you for your quick replies!

Annemarie

[Rupok]

Hi Annemarie,

I wish I could help but this is something our of our support scope. Let’s share with us if you manage to do this anyway 🙂

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