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The default Genesis post info can be tweaked for a bit of extra SEO goodness. This will change your posts publish date to use the last-updated date instead. It also allows you to select a custom author page rather than using the standard post archive. This part is optional and doesn't affect the post date at all.
<?php
/**
* Some tweaks to the Genesis post info for SEO purposes.
*
* This set of functions are designed to change the output of the Genesis post info
* to reflect the date a post was updated rather than the date it was published. A
* function to set a custom author page is also included and is entirely optional.
*
* @author FAT Media, LLC
* @link http://auditwp.com/genesis-post-info-seo/
*/
add_filter( 'genesis_attr_entry-time', 'prefix_attributes_entry_time' );
/**
* Filter attributes to show the modified timestamp for the entry.
*
* @param array $attributes Existing attributes.
* @return array Amended attributes.
*/
function prefix_attributes_entry_time( $attributes ) {
$attributes['itemprop'] = 'dateModified';
$attributes['datetime'] = get_the_modified_time( 'c' );
return $attributes;
}
add_filter( 'genesis_post_date_shortcode', 'prefix_post_date_filter' );
/**
* Filter the output of the post date to show the modified date.
*
* @param array $output Existing output.
* @return string $output Modifed output.
*/
function prefix_post_date_filter( $output ) {
$display = get_the_modified_date();
$output = sprintf( '<time %s>', genesis_attr( 'entry-time' ) ) . $atts['before'] . $atts['label'] . $display . $atts['after'] . '</time>';
return $output;
}
add_filter( 'genesis_post_author_link_shortcode', 'prefix_custom_author_link' );
/**
* Filter the output of the post link to resolve to a custom URL.
*
* @param array $output Existing output.
* @return string $output Modifed output.
*/
function prefix_custom_author_link( $output ) {
// If we're not showing a post by you, do nothing.
if ( get_the_author() != 'Your Name' ) {
return $output;
}
// Set the URL to your "About" page.
$url = get_permalink( 15 );
$author = get_the_author();
$output = sprintf( '<span %s>', genesis_attr( 'entry-author' ) );
$output .= $atts['before'];
$output .= sprintf( '<a href="%s" %s>', $url, genesis_attr( 'entry-author-link' ) );
$output .= sprintf( '<span %s>', genesis_attr( 'entry-author-name' ) );
$output .= esc_html( $author );
$output .= '</span></a>' . $atts['after'] . '</span>';
return $output;
}
add_filter( 'genesis_post_info', 'prefix_post_info_filter' );
/**
* Filter the output of the post info to remove links to post comments in archives.
*
* @param array $post_info Existing post info.
* @return string $post_info Modifed post info.
*/
function prefix_post_info_filter( $post_info ) {
if ( is_page() ) {
return;
}
$post_info = 'Last Updated on [post_date] // Written by [post_author_link] [post_edit]';
if ( is_singular( 'post' ) ) {
$post_info = 'Last Updated on [post_date] // Written by [post_author_link] [post_comments] [post_edit]';
}
return $post_info;
}
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