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How to display block number instead date value on WordPress posts?

I have no idea what a ‘block number’ is, but when themes output the date for a post they will use either the_date() or the_time() (or both). You can replace the output using the filters the_date() or the_time(): add_filter( ‘the_date’, function( $the_date, $format ) { $block_number=”whatever a block number is”; return $block_number; }, 10, 2 … Read more

How to customize Date Format for American visitors?

WordPress is not multilingual out of the box. It needs a third party plugin to be. The date will be displayed as defined in the settings according the website language also defined in the WordPress settings? Regards

Convert custom field date format to “WordPress default”

I don’t see a function to do what you want directly, but it is not hard to retrieve the format that WordPress has configured: $df = get_option(‘date_format’); $tf = get_option(‘time_format’); You can then substitute $df wherever you had a hard-coded date format (or $tf for a time format). In your example, that would look like … Read more

Change Post status based on custom field date +1 day

Doesn’t your script state to expire the post if it’s expire date is before tomorrow? Wouldn’t that make it expire a day sooner? If it’s set to expire the 12th, and it’s the 11th, 11+1 = 12, so expire it. Wouldn’t you rather either subtract 1 day instead of add 1 day, or add the … Read more

Exclude posts by date – related post

Sorting past events by month

Using query_posts is pretty much always a bad idea as it causes another database query but it also will break pagination and can cause other issues as well. What you need it a filter on pre_get_posts. function pgp($qry) { if (!is_admin() && is_main_query() && $qry->is_category(3709)) { $qry->set(‘orderby’,’meta_value’); $qry->set(‘meta_key’,’Deadline’); //formatted YYYYMMDD $qry->set(‘ignore_sticky_posts’,true); } return $qry; } … Read more