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How to show certain data on certain interval of period

Here’s a function you can put in functions.php. function get_current_event() { global $post; $now = get_the_time(‘U’); $year = get_the_time(‘Y’); if($now >= strtotime(“January 1 $year”) && $now < strtotime(“March 1 $year”)) { return get_post_meta($post->ID,’eventA’,true); } if($now >= strtotime(“March 1 $year”) && $now < strtotime(“October 15 $year”)) { return get_post_meta($post->ID,’eventB’,true); } $nextyear = $year+1; if($now >= strtotime(“October … Read more

Get date function not working

You have to pass the second parameter $post to get_the_time(‘j’): get_the_time( ‘j’, $post ); If you don’t WordPress will just use whatever the current global post object is.

Randomizing Post Links Outside of Loop – No Author or Date

The key to this is covered on the get_posts codex page: Access all post data using the setup_postdata function: foreach ( $rand_posts as $post ) : setup_postdata($post); Regarding the_date, see the note about multiple instances on a page: SPECIAL NOTE: When there are multiple posts on a page published under the SAME DAY, the_date() only … Read more

Comparing Time with the_time();

the_time() doesn’t return the current time, it returns the time of the current post, also it echoes the result. If you need the current time, simply use PHPs native time() function.

admin end post published time display not working correctly

Your computer’s time and your server’s time may not be exactly synchronized. So you may be seeing some pseudo-issues because of that. I don’t know where you are seeing “published 1 minute ago”, or anything like that, in the backend. I see a “published on” date and a “last edited” date but those are ‘hard’ … Read more

How to add correct Last update in Postings (the_modified_time)

You could compare post_date to post_modified and only echo your content if they do not match. // inside a Loop if ($post->post_date != $post->post_modified) { ?> <span style=”font-size:85%”>Last update <u><time datetime=”<?php the_modified_time(‘d-m-y’); ?>”> <?php the_modified_time(‘l j F, Y’); ?></time></u></span><?php } If you want “significant” updates, though, you will need to determine what counts as significant … Read more

Problems with the_time,the_date, get_the_time

When using date function it is recommanded to use date format or time format of the installation : get_option(‘time_format’); get_option(‘date_format’); This allows you to grab date format or time format of the current installation.

How do I convert all custom_field php timestamps in the database to js timestamps?

ACF using milliseconds is not standard for timestamps, and nor is it useful. How much accuracy do you need? Bear in mind that converting to something like yyyymmdd will not accommodate timezones. If you have access to PHPMyAdmin (or similar) and know your way around SQL, running a quick query would probably be the easiest … Read more

Access last visit time to a post

You can put a small script in your single.php that updates a custom field with the current time. update_post_meta(get_the_ID(),”last_visit”,time());

Redirect to URL if x number of days passed

To redirect after 3 days gone after publication, hook into template_redirect, check if is a singular cpt view, check the date and compare to current time and redirect if needed. In the 3 days time frame, check if stats is is the query vars and if so redirect to post page. add_action(‘template_redirect’, ‘check_the_date_for_stats’); function check_the_date_for_stats() … Read more

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