I need to replace ‘Created date’ with ‘last updated date’

Hi there,
by default the theme displays the created date always, I suggest checking this article https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/display-the-last-updated-date-of-your-posts-in-wordpress/
on adding Last Updated date also. While you can open single.php,content-entry.php and content-entry-widget.php and remove

					<time class="entry-date" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ); ?>"><?php echo esc_html( get_the_date() ); ?></time>

replacing it with

<?php 
$u_time = get_the_time('U'); 
$u_modified_time = get_the_modified_time('U'); 
if ($u_modified_time >= $u_time + 86400) { 
$updated_date = get_the_modified_time('F jS, Y');
$updated_time = get_the_modified_time('h:i a'); 
$custom_content .= '<time class="entry-date"> '. $updated_date . ' / '. $updated_time .'</time>';  
}
echo $custom_content;
 ?>

But it is not suggested to hide the original date.

Let me know if you need additional help with this.

Hello Fotis,

Thank you for the solution. Can you please let me know why it is not suggested to remove created date of the blog post and replace it with the updated date?

And, if I have to show them both, I am not sure how they would appear in the UI

• This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by ravikirans.

Hi there,
purely for SEO reasons. One should stay as it is while the other you appear before the content, like the suggested article.