Comments on: Back Date WordPress Posts With The Post Timestamp

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:54:12 +0000

Hiding the date or timestamp requires the code on the themes files to be edited. That can be tricky and somewhat involved.

By: Accounting Teacher

Accounting Teacher — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:53:13 +0000

How do I hide the date completely?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:03:39 +0000

Huh? The post will be posted on the date you specify.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:40:07 +0000

Thanks this helps … but does backdating mean that search/indexing won’t work on the post?

By: Mutuo

Mutuo — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:03:53 +0000

especially if one is going to be away from the computer for awhile. It allows you to bank some pre-written posts, and specify publishing dates.

By: Richard Sleeman

Richard Sleeman — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:21:08 +0000

This is a very helpful tip….especially if one is going to be away from the computer for awhile. It allows you to bank some pre-written posts, and specify publishing dates.

Jeff, thanks for posting this.

Richard

By: PlugIM.com

PlugIM.com — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:13:51 +0000

Back Date WordPress Posts With The Post Timestamp…

A WordPress blog has the ability to to edit the published date of a post to an earlier date. This WordPress Guide shows how to use the Post Timestamp option. This may be useful if you have articles from a static website that you want to incorporate int…