Adding Last Updated to Footer

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#1

I need a way to add in the footer the last update date for a page or a post. I would prefer to modify Global CSS and Javascript if at all possible. Modifying a child theme PHP is possible but not desirable. I’ve looked through a variety of support topics but I’m not finding the right solution. Any help is appreciated

#2

Hello @brinkleyr,

Thanks for asking. :slight_smile:

You can take a look at following plugins to display last updated information.



Thanks.

#3

What about something that combines the solution for adding a year to a copyright notice (suggested in https://theme.co/apex/forums/topic/add-current-year-to-footer/#post-226892):

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Thanks for writing in! You can use the following code in your footer content:

Copyright TEXT Company Name - All Rights Reserved.

And then, add the following code into your Customizer, Custom > JavaScript section.

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
var currentYear = (new Date).getFullYear();
jQuery("#year").text( (new Date).getFullYear() );
});

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With the Last Updated: solution in https://theme.co/apex/forums/topic/add-last-updated-to-footer/ (see below)

If there were some way to do this with Custom Global Javascript and Custom CSS?

I might prefer that over yet another plugin. But maybe the plugin is the right solution.

Thoughts?

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You can add this in your child theme’s functions.php

function site_last_updated($d = ‘’) {
$recent = new WP_Query(“showposts=1&orderby=modified&post_status=publish&post_type=any”);
if ( $recent->have_posts() ) {
while ( $recent->have_posts() ) {
$recent->the_post();
$last_update = get_the_modified_date($d);
}
echo $last_update;
}
else
echo ‘No posts.’;
}
Then create file wp-footer.php in wp-content/themes/x-child/framework/views/ethos and copy the code below into that file

<?php // ============================================================================= // VIEWS/ETHOS/WP-FOOTER.PHP // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Footer output for Ethos. // ============================================================================= ?> <?php x_get_view( 'global', '_header', 'widget-areas' ); ?> <?php x_get_view( 'global', '_footer', 'scroll-top' ); ?> <?php x_get_view( 'global', '_footer', 'widget-areas' ); ?> <?php if ( x_get_option( 'x_footer_bottom_display', '1' ) == '1' ) : ?> 
<footer class="x-colophon bottom" role="contentinfo">
  <div class="x-container max width">

    <?php if ( x_get_option( 'x_footer_content_display', '1' ) == '1' ) : ?>
      <div class="x-colophon-content">
        <?php echo x_get_option( 'x_footer_content' ); ?>
      </div>
    <?php endif; ?>
    <div class="last-updated"><?php echo site_last_updated('') ?></div>

    <?php if ( x_get_option( 'x_footer_menu_display', '1' ) == '1' ) : ?>
      <?php x_get_view( 'global', '_nav', 'footer' ); ?>
    <?php endif; ?>

    <?php if ( x_get_option( 'x_footer_social_display', '1' ) == '1' ) : ?>
      <?php x_social_global(); ?>
    <?php endif; ?>

  </div>
</footer>
<?php endif; ?> <?php x_get_view( 'global', '_footer' ); ?>

After that add the code below in custom > css box in the customizer.

.x-colophon.bottom .last-updated {
display:block;
clear:both;
float:none;
overflow:hidden;
text-align:center;
}

#4

Ignore the above…I went with Last Modified Timestamp plugin…Works great and is up to date compared to the others. You can find it here.

#5

Glad you’ve found a solution.

#6

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