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Micro Site Care: Post Last Updated Date

by djm56

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Description

Micro Site Care: Post Last Updated Date adds a last-updated date label to your posts and pages. It is lightweight, uses no JavaScript, and integrates cleanly with any theme.

Key features:

  • Show the last-updated date automatically before content, after content, or in both positions.
  • Set placement to Manual and use the template tag in your theme for full control over where the label appears.
  • Customise the label text with a flexible template — use %s to insert the date, or omit it to show a static label.
  • Choose between the WordPress site date format or a custom PHP date format string.
  • Optionally suppress the label when the modified date matches the publish date (suppress unchanged posts).
  • Target specific post types, or exclude selected post types from an all-types baseline.
  • Clean HTML5 <time> element output with an ISO 8601 datetime attribute for SEO and screen readers.
  • Developer-friendly: four filter hooks to customise visibility, label, CSS classes, and final HTML output.
  • Compatible with MSC Post Last Updated Date Pro for relative dates, style presets, per-post overrides, and shortcodes.
  1. Upload the micro-site-care-post-last-updated-date folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install directly from the WordPress plugin screen.
  2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
  3. Go to Settings MSC Post Last Updated Date to configure the plugin.
  1. Settings tab — two-column layout with placement, label, date format, and post type options.

    Settings tab — two-column layout with placement, label, date format, and post type options.

The label is not appearing on my posts. What should I check?

  1. Go to Settings MSC Post Last Updated Date and confirm Enable output is ticked.
  2. Make sure the relevant post type (e.g. Post or Page) is selected in the Post types list.
  3. If Only show when modified date differs from publish date is ticked, the label will only appear on posts that have been edited after their original publish date.
  4. If Automatic placement is set to Manual only, nothing is injected automatically — you need to add the template tag to your theme.

How do I place the label at a specific spot in my theme?

Set Automatic placement to Manual only on the Settings page, then add the following in your theme template where you want the label:

<?php msclup_the_last_updated(); ?>

See the Usage & Support tab on the settings page for full template tag documentation and examples.

Can I change the label text?

Yes. Use the Label template setting. The %s token is replaced with the formatted date. Examples:

  • Updated %s outputs Updated March 28, 2026
  • Last checked: %s outputs Last checked: March 28, 2026
  • Omitting %s entirely shows the label text with no date appended.

What HTML does the plugin output?

Updated March 28, 2026

Style the .msclu-last-updated class in your theme stylesheet.

Can I use a custom date format?

Yes. Set Date format source to Custom and enter a PHP date format string in the Custom date format field. The Usage & Support tab includes a quick reference table and a link to the full WordPress date format documentation.

Does it work with custom post types?

Yes. All registered public post types appear in the Post types list on the settings page.

Is there a Pro version?

Yes. MSC Post Last Updated Date Pro adds relative dates (“3 days ago”), a hybrid mode (relative then absolute after a configurable threshold), style presets (muted, pill, badge), per-post show/hide overrides via a metabox, and a shortcode with per-instance attribute overrides.

1.4.1

  • Tested with WordPress 7.0. No functional changes.

1.4.0

  • Adds complete translations for 10 additional locales (de_CH, de_DE, es_ES, es_MX, fr_CA, fr_FR, it_IT, ja, nl_BE, nl_NL). Regenerates .pot source template with correct file references. Populates readme.txt translations for all 12 locales.

1.3.0

  • Adds Brazilian and European Portuguese translations. No functional changes.

1.2.0

  • Fixed: Admin settings page redirect URL pointed to admin.php instead of options-general.php; success notice now appears correctly after saving.
  • Fixed: Label template without %s was silently replaced with the default Updated %s; it now renders as-is.
  • Added: Dedicated Usage & Support documentation tab with template tag reference, label examples, date format quick-reference, FAQ, and support link.
  • Added: Upgrade to Pro and Support sidebar panels on the Settings tab.
  • Removed: Debug error_log() calls from all Free plugin files.
  • Removed: Unnecessary wp_cache_delete() calls.

1.0.0

  • Initial public release.
  • Automatic content injection with before, after, both, and manual placement modes.
  • Configurable label template with %s date placeholder.
  • Site or custom date format source.
  • Visibility condition: suppress label when modified date matches publish date.
  • Include or exclude post type targeting mode.
  • PHP template tags: msclup_the_last_updated() and msclup_get_last_updated().
  • HTML5 <time> element output with ISO 8601 datetime attribute.
  • Developer filter hooks: msclu_should_display, msclu_label_text, msclu_wrapper_classes, msclu_output_html.
  • Two-tab admin settings page with Usage & Support documentation tab.
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