Two small feature requests

I think it would be nice to have, in the edit timestamp box, an additional option to select current date and time.

I gotta ask: why? If you don’t check the box to use the (optional) timestamp, the post will get the current date and time assigned when you click “Publish.” Or am I misunderstanding?

The reason is; I use a sticky announcement at the top of my home page and re-edit it every few days. I want the new date to show each time its edited. I currently simply change the timestamp during each edit. But a nice little tic box would eliminate at least two mouseclicks. Quite a time saver, it would be.

I’ve got this gut feeling that I am about to be scolded.

“I’ve got this gut feeling that I am about to be scolded.”

Perhaps you’re right, but you won’t be scolded by me.

You have a valid point but I doubt the core development group will oblige due to the “unusual” nature of the request. Fundamentally, it goes against the concept of a post “publication” date, which is what we’re talking about here.

I have a gut feeling you’re gonna have to continue with the manual change of date each time.

I realized at the outset that it was a somewhat trivial request (thats why I expected a scolding), but hoped that it might be easily done myself. I am using the new sticky plugin and thought that it would remove the date completely, but I can’t seem to get that function. Thanks for your reply.

Nah, I sure won’t scold.

One of the fields in the wp_posts table (where wp_ is your db prefix) is “post_modified”. Have a look at the_modified_time template tag.
Just add that to your theme?

Thanks HandySolo! That’s the peachy keen, bee’s knees thing I was looking for.