Title: Displaying post modification date Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Displaying post modification date * Resolved [ecdltf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecdltf/) * (@ecdltf) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-post-modification-date/) * First of all, thanks for this very good plugin! * I discovered the plugin only some days ago and I’m [using](http://dflect.net/en/) it, amongst others, to display the last modified posts. * I was looking for the option to display the post’s modification date but so far I only found the one for the creation date. * For the moment I helped myself by replacing `get_the_date()` with `get_the_modified_date()` in pis-functions.php. Of course, this way I’m losing the option to display the creation date. (Not that I consider post creation dates very useful, but who knows when I might need it 😉 * Any chances that you will add an option to display the modification date out of the box? * (Or is it well hidden somewhere and I just didn’t find it?) * Tom * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-sidebar/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-sidebar/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [Aldo Latino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aldolat/) * (@aldolat) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-post-modification-date/#post-6721911) * Hi Tom! * > First of all, thanks for this very good plugin! * You’re very welcome! * > I was looking for the option to display the post’s modification date… * I can add an option to display the modification date. It’s not a problem. 🙂 I’ll add it in the next release. The user will have the choice to display the publication date or the modification date. Do you think it’s enough or a user could need to display both? * Thread Starter [ecdltf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecdltf/) * (@ecdltf) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-post-modification-date/#post-6721912) * > I can add an option to display the modification date. It’s not a problem. 🙂 > I’ll add it in the next release. * Thank you! * > The user will have the choice to display the publication date or the modification > date. Do you think it’s enough or a user could need to display both? * For me personally this is perfectly fine. * IMO, when a modified date exists that is not equal to the creation date, the creation date loses importance anyway. The creation date then becomes a mere historical information. (Always assuming that the author has taken measures to prevent minor modifications (typo corrections etc.) from affecting the modified date.) So I don’t see much need to display the creation date at all, even less displaying both, in a widget. * But, of course, other people will have different point of views…, so —_for the sake of completeness_, and when you have time to spare— Yes, I would, someday, implement the possibility to display both at the same time 😉 * But, again, me personally, I’m completely content and happy that you will add the option to display the modified date _instead_ of the creation date. * Cheers, Tom * Plugin Author [Aldo Latino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aldolat/) * (@aldolat) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-post-modification-date/#post-6721970) * Hello Tom, I just added the option to display the modification date. The new code is not published yet. * The modification date is displayed under these two conditions: 1. if the creation date is not displayed OR 2. if the creation date is displayed AND the modification date is different from the creation date. * This in order to avoid the displaying of two identical dates. * In other words: if the user has chosen to display only the modification date, this is always displayed; if the user has chosen to display both the publication date and the modification date, the plugin will show the modification date only if it’s different from the publication date. * Before pushing the new code, could you give me a feedback? What do you think? * Thread Starter [ecdltf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecdltf/) * (@ecdltf) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-post-modification-date/#post-6721975) * Sorry for the late reply. * > if the user has chosen to display only the modification date, this is always > displayed; if the user has chosen to display both the publication date and > the modification date, the plugin will show the modification date only if it’s > different from the publication date. * This sounds … quite perfect 🙂 * Plugin Author [Aldo Latino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aldolat/) * (@aldolat) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-post-modification-date/#post-6721976) * New version 3.1 pushed. 🙂 * Thanks [@ecdltf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecdltf/) for your posts. * Thread Starter [ecdltf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecdltf/) * (@ecdltf) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-post-modification-date/#post-6721982) * It works great, perfect! * Thank you very much for the great support (and for the plugin, of course!). * I’ve already added it to my [list of Essential WordPress Plugins](http://dflect.net/essential-wordpress-plugins/) 🙂 * Tom * Plugin Author [Aldo Latino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aldolat/) * (@aldolat) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-post-modification-date/#post-6721999) * Thank you [@ecdltf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecdltf/)! 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