{"id":26587,"date":"2016-06-10T14:03:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T18:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/?p=26587"},"modified":"2025-02-18T00:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:46:59","slug":"add-last-updated-date-wordpress-blog-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/add-last-updated-date-wordpress-blog-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Show &#8220;Last Updated Date&#8221; in WordPress Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You might have noticed that some WordPress blogs shows a <em>last updated date<\/em> on the posts or pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking to add the same feature in your blog too, this plugin will help you to achieve that. Use <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/post-updated-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Posts Modified Date<\/a> plugin and simply show post updated date before content in single post! You can gain loyalty and popularity by showing post updated date on your blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a blogger I can suggest you to use this functionality on your blog. Audience will understand that you blog regularly updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show &#8220;Last Updated Date&#8221; in WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Why most of the bloggers want to show <strong>last update date<\/strong> in blog post? Example, when you publish an article in your blog, there are often times you might need to make updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if your article <strong>Posted on June 1, 2020<\/strong>, and you found out five days later that there was an update to the article. You can just edit the article, and it will show &#8220;<em><strong>(Last Updated On: June 5, 2020)<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; before content that article. Still there showing original published date in post info. So you&#8217;re going to show both dates published and updated to the readers. And this will help you to notice your readers that blog is always updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Need to Update Content?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Content needs to be fresh. Old, outdated content is not very helpful.<\/li><li>Topics central to any niche remain central to the discussion over long periods of time.<\/li><li>To add updates and correct previously conceived notions about different aspects of any niche\/industry.<\/li><li>Previously created content is an asset, but it is a depreciating asset. It loses value over time.<\/li><li>Content repurposing and updating as opposed to new content costs less in terms of time\/money.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Just simply install Post Updated Date plugin and it will be automatically display Last Updated Date in your WordPress posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/post-updated-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you have any questions then ask by commenting bellow.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might have noticed that some WordPress blogs shows a last updated date on the posts or pages. If you&#8217;re &#8230; <a title=\"How to Show &#8220;Last Updated Date&#8221; in WordPress Posts\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/add-last-updated-date-wordpress-blog-posts\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Show &#8220;Last Updated Date&#8221; in WordPress Posts\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[803],"class_list":["post-26587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress","tag-posts","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86397,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26587\/revisions\/86397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}