Get Field Update Date

  • Resolved dueckjon

    (@dueckjon)


    11 years, 4 months ago

    Hi there, I have been using the following code to add an icon to recently updated posts. 

    <?php
    $mylimit=3 * 86400; //days * seconds per day
     $post_age = date('U') - get_the_modified_time('U');
    if ($post_age < $mylimit) {
        echo '<span class="menu-icon-update">';
        echo '</span>';
    }
?>

    Is there any way to get the date that a specific field has been updated? For example if a new file had been added to a field, it might be nice to highlight that change. I’m not sure if that’s possible, but I thought I would ask.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-fields/

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  • Plugin Author Radoslav Georgiev

    (@radogeorgiev)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Hi Jon,
    sorry for the “fast” reply.

    It’s possible, but it would include some implications and I really wouldn’t suggest anything straight away, because the implementation is quite case-specific.

    Overall the problem comes from the fact that every time you save a post, all of the fields about it get overwritten/updated even if there is no change in the content. The trick would be to always save the old value too and compare it to the new one, but again – it’s highly case-specific 🙂

    Thread Starter dueckjon

    (@dueckjon)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Hi Radoslav. Thanks for the response. I had figured that this wasn’t possible, but I thought I would check. Thanks for letting me know!

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