This is a Word Press/PHP question (very beginner, I guess). I'm trying to insert a link to the latest blog post followed by a posted date using the following code.
<div class="latest_post">
<ul><li><span class="recent_blog">LATEST POST</span><?php
$args = array(
'numberposts' => 1,
'category' => 71,
'post_status' => 'publish',
);
$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ) {
echo '<a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '"> <strong>' . $recent["post_title"].'</strong></a>';
}
wp_reset_query();
?> (<?php echo get_the_date('Y/m/d'); ?>)</li></ul>
</div><!-- .latest_post -->
However, <?php echo get_the_date('Y/m/d'); ?> returns a wrong date "(2015/04/23)" which I have no idea where it came from. It's supposed to be (2017/01/02). Could anyone help me find out where it went wrong? Or, any other way to get the correct date fetched?
Thank you in advance!
Actually based on the reference :- https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_date/
(It Retrieve the date on which the post was written.)
So either provide a post id into this function to get that particular Post date
Or
If you want current date then you can use:-
<?php echo date('Y/m/d');?>
I think you have to do like below:-
foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ) {
echo '<a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '"> <strong>' . $recent["post_title"].'</strong></a>';
echo get_the_date('Y/m/d',$recent["ID"]);
}
You must use it like as above.
<?php echo get_the_date( $format, $post_id ); ?>
$format
(string) (optional) PHP date format. Default: the date_format option ('Date Format' on Settings > General panel)
$post_id
(integer) (optional) The ID of the post you'd like to fetch. By default the current post is fetched. Default: null
Try this with postID
<?php $pfx_date = get_the_date( $format, $post_id ); ?>
Refere Following links :
It looks, based upon the documentation (https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_date)
That "retrieves the date the current $post was written" so that the date: (2015/04/23) might refer to the active page where you are creating the link of the post you are on.
If you are able to get the post id (of the new post), you will be able to get the correct date:- get_the_date( $format, $post_id )