the_date() is not appearing on my posts.

isn’t your loop incomplete?

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

romanonly,

Try what ryans149 suggests but don’t forget to end the if statement.

<?php query_posts('showposts=3&cat=6');
if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

doc4 and ryans149,

I tried adding the if and endif statements but I’m still not getting a date. This is actually the SECOND loop in the document, being exactly identical, other than calling a different category and using slightly different formatting. Here’s what the code looks like right now including BOTH of the loops:

<div class="news">
    <div class="divtitle">
     <h2>News</h2>
    </div>

    <br />

    <?php query_posts('category_name=News&showposts=1'); ?>
    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
    <?php while (have_posts()): the_post(); ?>

    <h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
    <div style="font-family: tahoma, geneva; color: #ffffff; font-size: 15px; margin-left: 20px;">
    <?php the_content(); ?>
    </div>
    <hr width=95%" size="1" color="#ffffff" align="center">
    <p style="font-family: tahoma, geneva; color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px; margin-left: 20px;">Posted by <?php the_author(); ?> on <?php the_date(); ?>.</p>

    <?php endwhile; endif ?>

   </div>

   <div class="featphoto">
    <div class="divtitle">
     <h2>Featured Photo</h2>
    </div>

    <?php query_posts('category_name=featphoto&showposts=1'); ?>
    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
    <?php while (have_posts()): the_post(); ?>

    <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
    <div style="text-align: center;">
    <?php the_content(); ?>
    </div>
    <p style="font-family: tahoma, geneva; color: #ffffff; font-size: 10px; margin-left: 20px;">Uploaded by <?php the_author(); ?> on <?php the_date(); ?>.</p>

    <?php endwhile; endif; ?>

   </div>

The date appears properly in the first loop, but the second loop simply inserts a blank where the date should be.

Thanks for your help!

Try using the_time(). the_date() will only show the same date once on a page.

romanonly,

greenshady has a good point here: SPECIAL NOTE: 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() with a date-specific format string.

Check out the WordPress Template Tag Page for more. https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/the_date

greenshady and doc4,

Thank you so much for your help, switching to the_time() solved the problem and the date is appearing perfectly now!

Awesome!

Great, this post helped me out! Thank you greenshady. the_date() was driving me nuts.