[Plugin: WP-RelativeDate] Sorry Lester, but the code in this plugin is awful

The problems:
– lots and lots of unnecessary repetition. Seriously, the code could have been 1/4 of the size and complexity
– filters are forced and added automatically – the plugin forces itself onto 4 date formats widely used in WordPress. I had to turn them all off manually and then call appropriate functions by hand, as it was messing with existing dates:

// Remove all automatic RelativeDate plugin functions
remove_filter('the_date', 'relative_post_date', 999, 4);
remove_filter('the_time', 'relative_post_time', 999);
remove_filter('get_comment_time', 'relative_comment_time', 999);
remove_filter('get_comment_date', 'relative_comment_date', 999);

– after all this, there is actually no function to convert a given date to relative date on the fly – there is no way to pass anything to the plugin, as it only contains a few prebuilt functions

All of the above is quite upsetting, since I respect you as a developer and you’ve written many plugins. I hope one day you decide to evolve it and take it to the next level.

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