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  • #999884

    Hi,

    for removing the date stamps in SERP in search engines like Google completely I added the following code to functions.php:

    
    function jl_remove_post_dates() {
            add_filter('the_date', '__return_false');
            add_filter('the_time', '__return_false');
            add_filter('the_modified_date', '__return_false');
            add_filter('get_the_date', '__return_false');
            add_filter('get_the_time', '__return_false');
            add_filter('get_the_modified_date', '__return_false');
    } add_action('loop_start', 'jl_remove_post_dates');
    

    Unfortunately this is removing all visible dates in magazine elements, latest news, single post etc. But what I want to achieve is to remove the dates of posts in SERP only.

    I read that it could be helpful to remove the word “published” in time classes of functions.php for not showing up a date in SERP (but “updated” should not be removed). But I am not quite sure.

    What do you think? Do you have an idea how to remove (without a plugin or similar)? Would be great!

    Thank you and best regards,
    Sophie

    #1000401

    Hey Sophie,

    Have you tried using a plugin such as this one – https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-meta-and-date-remover/?

    Best regards,
    Yigit

    #1000773

    Hi Yigit,

    thank you for your reply. I thought I could solve this without using any plugin. Do you have any idea?

    Thank you and best regards,
    Sophie

    #1000972

    Hi,

    That would require a lot of custom code, which we cant provide it…

    Best regards,
    Basilis

    #1001757

    Hi Basilis,

    thank you for the update. That’s too bad :-( . You can close this topic now.

    Best regards,
    Sophie

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