Display Last Updated Date on MyListing Websites Using Elementor

This is a great way to show the freshness of your content. Since it will be automated, it will save you time adjusting the dates manually. There are other benefits, like improving your SEO and freeing your brain from remembering to change the dates.

This guide will teach you how to automatically display the last updated date on your MyListing website for any (or all) of your Elementor-based content.

Configure Your Elementor Pro Template

We will set up a template that will apply to all blog posts and show the last updated date on any posts you edit in the future.

You’ll need Elementor Pro since we’ll work with Elementor’s Display Conditions.

For the steps below, I’ll assume you’ve never set up a Single Blog Post template so that we can cover everything.

Create the Single Post Template

1. WordPress Dashboard > Templates > Theme Builder
2. Click the ‘+’ icon next to ‘Single Post.’
3. Create a new template, import a template from Elementor, or import a Single Blog Post template from the Club.
4. Using Elementor’s Display Conditions, assign the template as desired.

Add the Last Updated Date Element

With the basics of getting a Single Post Template up and running, let’s focus on adding the ‘last updated date’ to the Elementor template.

1. Edit your Single Post Template.
2. Drag in the ‘Post Info’ widget and place it somewhere towards the top of your template.
3. Remove all items that come with the widget by default (Author, Date, Time, and Comments), leaving just one behind.
4. Edit the one remaining item.
5. Type > Custom
6. Custom > Click on the Dynamic Icon.
7. Choose ‘Post Date’.

8. Click on ‘Post Date.’
9. Choose ‘Post Modified’.

10. Click the ‘Format’ drop-down.
11. Choose your desired format.
12. Save changes.

Any content you set up to use this template will automatically show when you last updated it. The ‘Post Info’ widget allows you to do many other things, like putting some text before or after the date, so tinker a bit and see what you can come up with. 

Add the Post Modified Date to Your Meta Descriptions With SEOPress

For the steps below, I’ll use SEOPress, my recommended SEO plugin for MyListing Websites.

1. WordPress Dashboard > SEO > Titles & Metas > Post Types > Posts
2. Under the ‘Meta description template’ text area, click the drop-down button and select ‘Post modified date.’

At this point, SEOPress will add the ‘Post modified date’ variable to your post meta descriptions. We want to move that variable to the very beginning of your meta description.

3. Using your mouse (or keyboard), cut the variable (%%post_modified_date%%) and paste it at the beginning of the Meta Description text area.
4. Save changes.

Now, search engines will automatically show the last time you modified a post by displaying the ‘Post Modified Date.’ If you want to verify this, pull up a post on the front end of your website, inspect it with your browser tools, and look for the Meta Description towards the top of the inspected post.

Check out my other SEO-related guides for more helpful tips and insights.