YBP Modify Date Control

Description

This plugin provides a simple way to manage post modification dates in WordPress. It’s particularly useful when you want to fix minor typos without changing the « last updated » date, or when you want to manually set a date for significant updates.

Features:
* Normal Update: Updates as per standard WordPress behavior.
* Keep Original: Update content without changing the modified date.
* Reset: Resets the modified date to match the publication date.
* Manual: Set any date and time manually via a calendar picker.

It supports both Gutenberg (Block Editor) and the Classic Editor and is optimized for WordPress 6.9 environments.

Installation

  1. Upload the ybp-modify-date-control folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

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Contributors & Developers

“YBP Modify Date Control” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.0.10

  • Major Refactoring: Renamed to « YBP Modify Date Control » for better distinctiveness.
  • Fully localized via .po files. Removed all Japanese from PHP files and headers.
  • Updated PHP requirement to 7.0 and WordPress requirement to 6.0.
  • Fixed security by escaping all output functions (Plugin Check compliant).

1.0.9

  • Fixed: Updated minimum PHP requirement to 7.0.
  • Fixed: Translated descriptions in the readme into English.

1.0.8

  • Internationalization: Prepared for translation into multiple languages. Added translation text domain.

1.0.7

  • Updated « Tested up to » to WordPress 6.9 and synchronized versioning.

1.0.6

  • UI Improvements: Optimized administrative screen layout for mobile view.

1.0.5

  • Improved manual date-setting logic to better handle timezone offsets.

1.0.4

  • Adjusted meta box priority for Classic Editor environments.

1.0.3

  • Fixed bug where modified date would not be preserved in private or draft posts.

1.0.2

  • Security: Added Nonce verification and thorough sanitization of post data.

1.0.1

  • Initial Release: Implemented basic functionality for controlling post modification dates.