Display last updated date in google meta tag

Hello @zyntsz,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math support.

Rank Math already adds the dateModified property in the Schema to inform the search engines of the last modification date. However, the date displayed in the SERPs is mostly taken from the one visible in the front end of the post. So you will have to make sure that the date displayed on your posts in the last modified date, not the published date.

Here’s a link for more information:
https://rankmath.com/kb/remove-dates-from-search/#how-google-find-date

Hope that helps.

I have hidden the published date available in the theme and instead added this code after the one which is responsible for the published date in content-single.php. Is modified date still displayed?

$u_time = get_the_time('U'); 
$u_modified_time = get_the_modified_time('U'); 
if ($u_modified_time >= $u_time + 86400) { 
echo "<p>Last modified on "; 
the_modified_time('F jS, Y'); 
echo " at "; 
the_modified_time(); 
echo "</p> "; } 

Hello @zyntsz,

To edit the theme files and make sure that everything is correctly set up, it’s always best to get in touch with the theme provider first.

They will be able to assist you better in making those sorts of changes in your theme.

Thank you.