Do blogs have dates?
A lot of WordPress blogs have dates built into the URL structure of the site. The default is usually something like domain.com/blog/2020/2/bit-of-post-title, or something similar. Sure, you can redirect the old URL to the new one, but you do lose some SEO value in doing so.
Can you back date blog posts?
Set a past or future publish date for an unpublished post You can publish a new blog post with a publish date in the past, or schedule it to be posted on a future date. New blog posts with a publish date in the past will not trigger blog subscription emails or automated social posts.
Where do you put the date on a blog post?
Subtle Dates – you can keep dates on posts without having them ‘scream out at your readers’ that the post is old. For example dates at the bottom of posts, dates in more muted colors, dates in smaller font than headings etc all can give your readers the date without making a big point of it.
When do I repost a post on my blog?
Repost You’ll notice in that last example that the post is still dated 9 December 2006 (the date I originally published it). If I want to get that post back into the view of new readers here on the blog I could have republished it with a new date.
How to get the date of each post in WordPress?
When there are multiple posts on a page published under the SAME DAY, the_date () only displays the date for the first post (that is, the first instance of the_date ()). To repeat the date for posts published under the same day, you should use the Template Tag the_time () or get_the_date () (since 3.0) with a date-specific format string.
Is it OK to remove dates from blog posts?
Last week in my post exploring how to make blogs sticky I suggested (in point 14) that one technique to consider is to remove the dates from your blog posts. My theory is that dates can either add to or take away from a post. Let me explore this a little further: