the_modified_date

function

the_modified_date( string $d = '', string $before = '', string $after = '', bool $echo = true )

Display the date on which the post was last modified.

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Description
- Parameters
- Return
- Source
- Changelog
Related
- Uses
User Contributed Notes

Description Description

Parameters Parameters

$d

(string) (Optional) PHP date format defaults to the date_format option if not specified.

Default value: ''

$before

(string) (Optional) Output before the date.

Default value: ''

$after

(string) (Optional) Output after the date.

Default value: ''

$echo

(bool) (Optional) default is display. Whether to echo the date or return it.

Default value: true

Return Return

(string|void) String if retrieving.

Source Source

File: wp-includes/general-template.php

function the_modified_date( $d = '', $before = '', $after = '', $echo = true ) {
	$the_modified_date = $before . get_the_modified_date( $d ) . $after;

	/**
	 * Filters the date a post was last modified for display.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 *
	 * @param string $the_modified_date The last modified date.
	 * @param string $d                 PHP date format. Defaults to 'date_format' option
	 *                                  if not specified.
	 * @param string $before            HTML output before the date.
	 * @param string $after             HTML output after the date.
	 */
	$the_modified_date = apply_filters( 'the_modified_date', $the_modified_date, $d, $before, $after );

	if ( $echo ) {
		echo $the_modified_date;
	} else {
		return $the_modified_date;
	}

}

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Changelog
Version	Description
2.1.0	Introduced.

Uses Uses

Uses
Uses	Description
wp-includes/general-template.php: get_the_modified_date()	Retrieve the date on which the post was last modified.
wp-includes/general-template.php: the_modified_date	Filters the date a post was last modified for display.
wp-includes/plugin.php: apply_filters()	Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes

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Contributed by Codex — 4 years ago
Default Usage
Displays the date the post was last modified, using the Default date format setting (e.g. F j, Y) from Administration > Settings > General.
```
<p><?php printf( __( 'Last modified: %s', 'textdomain' ), get_the_modified_date() ); ?></p>
```
Last modified: December 2, 2006
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Contributed by Codex — 4 years ago
Date as Month Day, Year
Displays the last modified date in the date format ‘F j, Y’ (ex: December 2, 2006).
```
<div><?php printf( __( 'Last modified: %s', 'textdomain' ), get_the_modified_date( 'F j, Y' ) ); ?></div>
```
Last modified: December 2, 2006
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Contributed by Codex — 4 years ago
Date and Time
Displays the date and time.
```
<p><?php printf( __( 'Modified: %1$s at  %2$s', 'textdomain' ),
	get_the_modified_date( 'F j, Y' ) ),
	get_the_modified_date( 'g:i a' )
); ?></p>
```
Modified: December 2, 2006 at 10:36 pm
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Contributed by Codex — 4 years ago
Date with superscript or subscript number suffixes
Displays the date with a superscript or subscript st, nd, rd or th after the day. Because characters from the alphabet are used to represent the date format types, each of the HTML tag characters need to be escaped using a back slash. Superscript HTML tag is <sup> and subscript is <sub>.
```
<p><?php printf( __( 'Modified: %s', 'textdomain' ), get_the_modified_date('j\<\s\u\p\>S\<\/\s\u\p\> M Y') ); ?></p>
```
Modified: 2nd Dec 2006
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