Display the “Last Modified” date on posts, pages, and products to signal freshness, boost SEO, and increase visitor trust

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Freshtag lets you manually set and display a custom “Last Modified” date for any post, page, or product. 
Instead of always showing the original publish date, you can highlight recent updates — keeping your content looking fresh and relevant.
✅ Key Features:
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<li>Custom meta box in the post/page/product editor to manually set a “Last Modified” date</li>
<li>Automatically display the last modified date at the top or bottom of posts/pages</li>
<li>Hide the default WordPress “Published On” date</li>
<li>Shortcode <code>[freshtag]</code> to place the date anywhere in your content</li>
<li>Works with posts, pages, and WooCommerce products</li>
<li>Simple setup — no coding required</li>
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This is especially useful for blogs, news sites, and e-commerce stores where keeping content fresh builds SEO trust and user confidence.
How To Use
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Option A — Auto-insert (no code)
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<li>In your WordPress dashboard, go to Settings → FreshTag.</li>
<li>Under Display Position, choose Above the post or Below the post.</li>
<li>Click Save and refresh your site. You’ll see “Last updated: …” at the location you selected.</li>
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Option B — Manual placement
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<li>Shortcode (Classic or Block Editor): [freshtag]</li>
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How it works: FreshTag reads the post’s Last Modified time (WordPress post_modified). Update your post (or adjust the Last Modified meta on the edit screen, if enabled) and the frontend will show the new “Last updated” time automatically.
<h3>Freshtag Pro (Coming Soon)</h3>
FreshTag Pro turns FreshTag into a full freshness monitoring system.
Planned Pro features:
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<li>Outdated content monitoring for posts, pages and custom post</li>
<li>Email alerts when content becomes outdated</li>
<li>Auto‑update post dates (modified or publish)</li>
<li>Drip updates to spread refreshes over multiple days</li>
<li>Updated content history and logs</li>
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