Aged Content Message
Displays a message at the top of single posts published x years ago or earlier, informing about content that may be outdated.
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Possibly abandoned • Last updated 726 days ago • 3 reviews
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Description
This simple WordPress plugin displays a message in any single post that has been published x years ago from the current time or earlier. The default time to count back is 1 year. Minimal post age as well as message text, HTML, and CSS are fully customizable via settings.
Languages
- English (en_US) (default)
- German (de_DE)
- Formal German (de_DE_formal)
Installation
If you don’t know how to install a plugin for WordPress, here’s how.
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s right there, under General Settings in your admin menu. Configurable settings are:
- Activate Message: By default, no message will show up on your website until you activate it here.
- Minimal Post Age: Set a number of years for posts to be considered aged. Default: 1.
- Message Heading: Heading text. Default: The times, they are a-changin’. (Dylan, google him.)
- Message Body (Singular): Singular form of the message text, for 1 year-old posts.
- Message Body (Plural): Plural form of the message text, for 2+ year-old posts.
- Message Class Attribute: CSS class name(s) applied upon the message’s wrapping
<div>. - Message HTML: HTML template for the message. You can completely control its output via this field if you want, or use placeholders for heading and text.
- Message CSS: Customize the visual styling of your message right here. Or not.
Sure, just empty the CSS field and no styles shall be applied. If you want to add styles to your theme instead, this might get you started:
/* Default styles */
.aged-content-message {
background: #f7f7f7;
border-left: 5px solid #f39c12;
font-family: inherit;
font-size: .875rem;
line-height: 1.5;
margin: 1.5rem 0;
padding: 1.5rem;
}
.aged-content-message h5 {
font-family: inherit;
font-size: .8125rem;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 2;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.aged-content-message p {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
You can still use those good old filters from v1.3, like for this conditional handbrake that doesn’t have a setting (yet):
/* Set condition for displaying message to include pages. */
function yourprefix_aged_content_message__the_content_condition() {
return ! is_single() && ! is_page();
}
add_action( 'aged_content_message__the_content_condition',
'yourprefix_aged_content_message__the_content_condition' );
Review feed
Great little helper - very customizable
Changelog
1.4.4
- Changed ownership
- Tested compatibility with WordPress 6.4.
1.4.3
- Tested compatibility with WordPress 5.0.3.
1.4.2
- Tested compatibility with WordPress 4.6.
1.4.1
- Added setting for message class attribute.
- Fixed missing filter argument.
1.4
- Added settings. Because.
- Added an admin notice after plugin activation.
- Added formal German translation.
- Added composer.json to GitHub repo, props @Chrico!
- Updated plugin license to GPLv3
1.3
- Simplified calculation by introducing core constant
YEAR_IN_SECONDS, props @sergejmueller!
1.2
- Improved post aging calculation, props @Kau-Boy!
1.1.1
- Fixed minor formatting issues, props @bueltge!
1.1
- Fixed a broken link in readme.txt.
1.0
- Initial release.

