Title: adding 'posted' before date
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# adding 'posted' before date

 *  Resolved [susanfw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susanfw/)
 * (@susanfw)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-posted-before-date/)
 * How would I add the word ‘posted’ before the date of the excerpt?
    Thank you
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-with-excerpts/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-with-excerpts/)

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 *  Thread Starter [susanfw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susanfw/)
 * (@susanfw)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-posted-before-date/#post-4130266)
 * I got this working by editing the plugin, and changing:
    `echo '<h2'.$h2_classes.'
   ><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.get_the_title().'</a></h2>';` to `echo '<h2'.
   $h2_classes.'><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.get_the_title().'</a></h2>Posted
   on ';`
 * I think I should be able to do this with css, but I haven’t been able to figure
   it out.
    I’d prefer not to edit the plugin, so if someone has a suggestion, I
   would appreciate it. Susan
 *  Plugin Author [Stephanie Leary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sillybean/)
 * (@sillybean)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-posted-before-date/#post-4130308)
 * Hi, Susan! You can do this in CSS like so:
 *     ```
       .recent_posts_with_excerpts h3.date:before {
          content: 'Posted on: ';
       }
       ```
   

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 * Last reply from: [Stephanie Leary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sillybean/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-posted-before-date/#post-4130308)
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