Ignazio Di Maio

<p>IDM Post Date Archive Link is a lightweight plugin that provides a dedicated <strong>block</strong> and a <strong>shortcode</strong> for dynamically displaying the publication date, or the last modified date, of a post or page.</p>
<p>Its core function is to offer display flexibility, allowing you to choose between the <strong>publication date</strong> or the <strong>last modified date</strong>. Furthermore, it enables linking the displayed date to different types of date archives.</p>
<p>This tool is perfect for <strong>Full Site Editing (FSE) themes</strong> and for users who require precise control over the date’s format and link destination within their templates and content.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Gutenberg Block</strong>: Fully compatible with the block editor and FSE themes.</li>
<li><strong>Date Selection</strong>: Choose to display the published date (default) or the last modified date.</li>
<li><strong>Archive Links</strong>: Option to link the date to the yearly, monthly, or daily archive of the current post, to its permalink, or display it as plain text.</li>
<li><strong>Custom Formatting</strong>: Supports date/time formatting using standard PHP formatting characters.</li>
<li><strong>CPT Support</strong>: Correctly handles archive links for Custom Post Types by appending their slug to the URL.</li>
<li><strong>Shortcode</strong>: Includes the shortcode for backward compatibility and use in widget areas or the Classic Editor.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>Block</h4>
<p>The block is registered as <strong>“IDM Post Date Archive Link”</strong> under the <strong>Theme</strong> category. Once inserted, you can customize it using the available settings in the Block Inspector sidebar:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Use custom format</strong>: Override the default date format (set in the general settings) with a custom one.</li>
<li><strong>Enable date link</strong>: Make the date clickable by linking it to the post or a date archive.</li>
<li><strong>Display last modified date</strong>: If the post has been modified, display the last modified date instead of the publication date.</li>
<li><strong>Date prefix</strong>: Custom text prefix to add before the date (e.g., “Published on:”).</li>
</ul>
<p>The block can be styled using the Styles panel of Block Inspector sidebar. To match the current theme style, apply the class “<em>wp-block-post-date</em>” to the block (same class of Post Date core block).</p>
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
<p>You can use the <code>[ipdal]</code> shortcode in any supported area (shortcode block, widgets, classic editor), or in a classic theme template with: <code><?php echo do_shortcode('[ipdal]'); ?></code>.<br />
Available attributes are:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong><code>link</code></strong> : Make the date clickable by linking it to the post or a date archive.<br />
Accepted Values: <code>post</code>, <code>day</code>, <code>month</code>, <code>year</code>, <code>none</code><br />
Default: <code>post</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong><code>modified</code></strong> : If the post has been modified, display the last modified date instead of the published date.<br />
Accepted Values: <code>true</code>, <code>false</code><br />
Default: <code>false</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong><code>format</code></strong> : Override the default date format (set in the general site settings) with a custom one.<br />
Accepted Values: Any <a href="https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/customize-date-and-time-format/" rel="ugc">date format string</a> like “<code>d/m/Y</code>” or “<code>timeago</code>” for relative date format.<br />
Default: <code>default</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong><code>text</code></strong> : Custom text prefix to add before the date.<br />
Accepted Values: Any string (e.g., “Published on:”)<br />
Default: <code>''</code> (none – empty string)</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Example:</em></p>
<pre><code>[ipdal modified="true" link="month" format="m/d/Y" text="Updated:"]
</code></pre>
<p>( this sample will displays the last modified date linked to the monthly archive, with the format month/day/year, and “Updated:” as custom text prefix )</p>
<p>The shortcode can be styled with custom CSS by referencing its class: “<em>idm-post-date-archive-link_shortcode</em>“.</p>


IDM Post Date Archive Link

Display the publication (or modification) date in a block or shortcode, with links to date archives and custom formatting.

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<p>Easy Custom Auto Excerpt is a WordPress plugin to cut/excerpt your posts displayed in home, search or archive pages. This plugin also enables you to customize the read more button text and thumbnail image. Just activate the plugin, configure some options and you’re good to go 🙂</p>
<p>ECAE only works on themes that call <code>the_content()</code> or <code>the_excerpt()</code> on home, search & archive pages. ECAE does not support themes that use custom functions to display excerpt, like Total, OceanWP, Writee, and Customizr.</p>
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<p>The free version comes with everything you need to auto excerpt your content.</p>
<blockquote>
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</blockquote>
<h4>Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Excerpt your posts based on character length.</li>
<li>Choose to excerpt your posts on home, search, archive, or custom archive pages.</li>
<li>Align text (Justify, Right, Left, Center) your text based on your preference.</li>
<li>Custom Read More text and Button.</li>
<li>Preserve Image on Excerpt.</li>
<li>Preserve real excerpt you wrote.</li>
<li>Partial Indonesian and Spanish translation.</li>
<li>Enable excerpt on RSS feed.</li>
<li>Excerpt method by 1st paragraph, 2nd paragraph, and 3rd paragraph</li>
</ul>
<h4>Premium Features:</h4>
<p>And if you like our plugin and want to do more customization we offer the premium version with some added features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Adjust Image Excerpt Position (left, right, center, float left and float right)</li>
<li>Adjust Image width and margin</li>
<li>Disable excerpt on specific post</li>
<li>10 Read More font type and custom font size</li>
<li>40+ Read More button themes.</li>
<li>Customize button HTML</li>
</ul>
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<h4>Plugin Demo</h4>
<p>You can try the plugin on this URL: http://coba.tonjoostudio.com</p>
<blockquote>
<p>username: coba<br />
  password: 123456</p>
</blockquote>
<h4>Information</h4>
<p>if you have any questions, comment, customization request or suggestion please contact us via our <a href="https://forum.tonjoostudio.com/thread-category/easy-custom-auto-excerpt/" rel="nofollow ugc">support forum</a></p>
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<h4>Install Instruction</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install the plugin.</li>
<li>In the Admin Panel, Go to Excerpt -> Settings.</li>
<li>Customize the settings according to your need.</li>
<li>To remove read more link, fill read more text with “-” (without quote)</li>
</ol>
<p>Please have a time to understand how this plugin is generating excerpt :</p>
<ol>
<li>If the post has read more, then the read more will be used.</li>
<li>If the post doesn’t have read more, then post excerpt will be used.</li>
<li>If the post doesn’t have read more and excerpt, then it will automagically generate excerpt.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Usage Instruction</h3>
<h4>General Options</h4>
<ol>
<li>Excerpt method
<ul>
<li>Paragraph method will cut per paragraph</li>
<li>Character method will cut per character based on characters count of Excerpt Size</li>
<li>The left options is to only show one or more paragraph from beginning of the content</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Excerpt Size
<ul>
<li>The number of characters to show based on Paragraph or Character Excerpt Method</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Strip shortcode
<ul>
<li>If you select ‘yes’ any shortcode will be eliminated from the excerpt</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Strip empty HTML tags
<ul>
<li>If you select ‘yes’ any empty HTML tags will be eliminated from the excerpt</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Disable on RSS Feed
<ul>
<li>Disable this plugin on RSS feed page</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Special method
<ul>
<li>This basically will fix some error on some themes</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Content Options</h4>
<ol>
<li>Text align
<ul>
<li>The plugin will try to align the excerpt</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Display Image Options</h4>
<ol>
<li>Content image
<ul>
<li>Option to select what image to show on the excerpt</li>
<li><strong>“Show all images”</strong> will show all the images on the visible content</li>
<li><strong>“Show only first image”</strong> will only show the first image on the content</li>
<li><strong>“Use Featured Image”</strong> will show the post’s featured image</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Image position, Image width, and Image margin <strong>[PREMIUM VERSION]</strong>
<ul>
<li>This options is to configure how to show the image</li>
<li>This options is work only on Content Image: Show Only First Image and Use Featured Image</li>
<li>Below the screenshots of the some image options</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Image thumbnail size <strong>[PREMIUM VERSION]</strong>
<ul>
<li>This is an option so select what image size to show</li>
<li>This options is work only on Content Image: Use Featured Image</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Excerpt location</h4>
<ol>
<li>Basic settings
<ul>
<li>Option to determine the location to show the excerpt, i.e. blog page, front page, archive page, and search page</li>
<li>User can also select which page to enable the excerpt</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Advanced settings
<ul>
<li>This is an advanced settings of the location, which is users can select the post type or category to show on the each option, like blog page or front page</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Read more button</h4>
<ol>
<li>Display option
<ul>
<li><strong>Normal</strong> : show readmore button, only if content length is bigger than excerpt size</li>
<li><strong>Always Show</strong> : always show the readmore button</li>
<li><strong>Always Hide</strong> : always hide the readmore button</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Read more text
<ul>
<li>The text to show on read more link</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Text after content
<ul>
<li>The text located right after the content, for example dots “[…]”. This element can be styled by css with selector “.ecae-dots”</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Inline Button
<ul>
<li>The plugin will try to make the read more link inline with the paragraph</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Readmore align
<ul>
<li>The plugin will try to align the read more link</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Button font <strong>[PREMIUM VERSION]</strong>
<ul>
<li>The font of read more link and the text before link</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Button font size <strong>[PREMIUM VERSION]</strong>
<ul>
<li>The font size of read more link and the text before link</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Text before button link
<ul>
<li>Text before read more link</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Button link type <strong>[SEPARATED PREMIUM VERSION]</strong>
<ul>
<li>The style of read more link<br />
> Notes: both Read more text and Text before link can be translated with WPML string translation. After you save the ECAE option, go to the WPML String Translation and then search for domain name “easy-custom-auto-excerpt”. The text is the one named “Readmore text” and “Before readmore text” (see the attached image below).</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Button Shortcode</h4>
<p>You can manually add the button by put this shortcode to your post: <strong>[ecae_button]</strong> Required “strip shortcode options” = No</p>
<h4>Read More Live Preview</h4>
<p>The preview of read more link and the text before link</p>
<h4>Custom CSS</h4>
<p>Allow user to add the custom css for the read more link and the text before link</p>
<h4>License</h4>
<ul>
<li>Registering the license code is useful to get the regular updates of ECAE premium</li>
<li>Registering the license code will also remove the tonjoostudio ads</li>
</ul>
<h4>Translation :</h4>
<ol>
<li>Bahasa Indonesia : Todi ~ @todiadiyatmo</li>
<li>Serbian : Ogi Djuraskovic ~ firstsiteguide.com</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
</ol>


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