Timeline Express – Date – Time Add-On

When active, the Timeline Express – Date – Time Add-On will hide the default announcement date field, and generate a date and time field for you to use.

Multiple announcements that have the same date & time will fallback to use the published date to dictate order on the timeline.

Developers

Filters:
timeline_express_date_time_formats – Add your own date formats to the announcement.

Example:

/**
 * Assign a custom date format to the announcements.
 *
 * @param array $date_formats The original date formats array.
 */
function timeline_express_demo_custom_date_format( $date_formats ) {

    $date_formats['custom'] = 'Y-m-d'; // eg: 2018-10-02

}
add_filter( 'timeline_express_date_time_formats', 'timeline_express_demo_custom_date_format' );

timeline_express_date_time_query_args – Filter the query run for the date time add-on.

Example:

/**
 * Filter the announcement date time add-on query.
 * Fall back to post titles instead of published date when announcements contain the same date-time values.
 *
 * @param array $query_args The original date time add-on query arguments.
 */
function timeline_express_demo_filter_query_args( $query_args ) {

    unset( $query_args['orderby'] );

    $query_args['orderby'] = 'meta_value_num title';

    return $query_args;

}
add_filter( 'timeline_express_date_time_query_args', 'timeline_express_demo_filter_query_args' );

1. Upload the entire timeline-express-date-time-add-on folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. If you previously had announcements setup, follow the migration steps.
4. Create a new announcement set a date & time and set the date format for each announcement.

1. 

   Announcement Date & Time Selector

2. 

   Front End Date & Time on the Timeline

1.0.1 – February 26th, 2018

• Tweak: Ensure plugin works with Timeline Express free/pro.
• Tweak: Allow translation files to be loaded from theme root (see i18n/how-to.txt).
• Tweak: Hide migration notice when plugin is activated without Timeline Express free/pro.
• Tweak: Update admin notice styles on activation.

1.0.0 – February 11th, 2018

• Initial release.