Latest Post Date

Adds two template tags, latest_post_date() and latest_post_modified_date(), the first echoes the most recent post publication date, the second echoes the modification date of the most recently modified post.

Each template tag takes two params: $date_format, standard WP date formatting string (defaults to the default date formatting for your WP blog), and $echo, display the date, if TRUE, or return the date to be used in PHP, if FALSE, (defaults to TRUE).

For example: would return a date similar to Friday, September 24, 2004 for use in PHP. Another example: would echo a date in the default formatting for your WP blog.

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The plugin is simple to install:

1. Download latest-post-date.zip
2. Unzip
3. Upload latest-post-date directory to your /wp-content/plugins directory
4. Go to the plugin management page and enable the plugin
5. Give yourself a pat on the back

v1 2008/10/27

• Plugin first released

v1.01 2008/10/27

• Removed various stray error logging code