Title: Also set post modified date
Last modified: September 7, 2019

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# Also set post modified date

 *  Resolved [reflectivechimp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reflectivechimp/)
 * (@reflectivechimp)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/also-set-post-modified-date/)
 * Hey
 * I updated your plugin to add an option to also set the modified date to be the
   same as the published date. Otherwise all posts show as being modified at the
   exact same second (e.g. in Yoast SEO Sitemaps).
 * [https://pastebin.com/raw/pd8mkCrJ](https://pastebin.com/raw/pd8mkCrJ)
 * Feel free to incorporate it back in to your plugin.

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 *  Plugin Author [wellbeingtips](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wellbeingtips/)
 * (@wellbeingtips)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/also-set-post-modified-date/#post-11922999)
 * Thanks!
    I will check that test it and incorporate. Im working on an addon and
   hopefully your changes will also work with the addon.
 * If you would like to try the addon (possibility to filter the posts/products 
   by categories and tags). please contact me on [ansateza@yahoo.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/also-set-post-modified-date/ansateza@yahoo.com?output_format=md)
 *  Plugin Author [wellbeingtips](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wellbeingtips/)
 * (@wellbeingtips)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/also-set-post-modified-date/#post-11923404)
 * I checked your code and tested it. It’s working and also working with the addon.
   
   Thanks for your contribution I appreciate it.
 * Changelog
    1.2 – 11.09.2019
 * Enhancements:
 *  Option to also set the modified date to be the same as the published date. Thanks
   to [@reflectivechimp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reflectivechimp/)

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 * Last reply from: [wellbeingtips](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wellbeingtips/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/also-set-post-modified-date/#post-11923404)
 * Status: resolved