Title: Date modified column
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Date modified column

 *  Resolved [Jimpwp321](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimpwp321/)
 * (@jimpwp321)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-modified-column/)
 * Tobias,
    This is a GREAT plug in! Question though – is there a way to create 
   a column “Date Modified” that will auto fill/update when a particular row is 
   change. I want to track the date modified for each and every row, when or if 
   the row gets changed.
 * Thanks,
    Jim
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-modified-column/#post-4390975)
 * Hi Jim,
 * thanks for your question!
 * No, sorry, something like that is not possible automatically. TablePress only
   keeps track of the last change to a table, but not to a row.
    For this, you will
   need to manually maintain that “Date modified” column.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [Jimpwp321](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimpwp321/)
 * (@jimpwp321)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-modified-column/#post-4391215)
 * Tobias,
    Thanks for getting back to me and I understand. I already implemented
   a column for Date Modified. The challenge is that this is a table with 100 plus
   row and 4 users authorized to edit it. It’s not that big of a table, but it’s
   difficult to track / monitory if a row changed AND it’s difficult to enforce 
   when people forget to update the column when they change a row. I feel this would
   be a valuable option or function to have, since I’m sure many others would find
   it useful. Maybe it’s something you would consider sometime in the future. Again,
   thanks for supplying this great plugin. Jim
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-modified-column/#post-4391216)
 * Hi Jim,
 * I totally understand, but unfortunately, I’ll have to disappoint you here. First,
   and to be honest, I don’t really think that this would be useful for the majority
   of users, who only enter static non-changing data into their tables. Second (
   and that’s the real reason against this): There are some technical restrictions
   right now, that don’t allow a feature like this to be implemented reliably. TablePress
   just doesn’t make a difference as to whether a row or column or cell was changed
   when saving or not.
    Your best chance, if you really need this, would probably
   be to write some custom JavaScript code for the “Edit” screen, that automatically
   updates the date column, if any cell in a row is edited. The simpler solution
   would be to teach your four users and reinforce how important it is to you that
   they update the dates in that column. Sorry for not having better news here…
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-modified-column/#post-4391216)
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