Additional Fields – date – OnPoint Plugins

Hi.

Please don’t answer this until you guys have returned from vacation. There is no rush at all on this question.

QUESTION: How can I show the date the link was published using the simple-links widget?

I have tried an ADDITIONAL FIELD but I have to type the date in manually in the text box. I am looking to have a checkbox that lets me show the published date of the link and maybe a pull down menu that lets me select the position of the date (before or after the link) and maybe some styling options so I can assign a custom css class to the date. As well as a field separator just like the additional field type would be useful.

Note: I know the support for this plugin is ending and you guys are looking to hand over maintenance, I am not expecting new features. Just curious what my options are before I start learning php.

Thanks for the great plugin. This is REALLY powerful.

Robert

OnPoint Plugins

6 months and 2 days ago

Hi Robert,

You may add the requested settings to the widget, and adjust the link’s output by adding the following filters to your active theme’s functions.php file:

add_action( 'simple_links_widget_form', function ( $instance, $class ) { if ( ! isset( $instance['date-separator'] ) ) { $instance['date-separator'] = '-'; } if ( ! isset( $instance['show-date'] ) ) { $instance['show-date'] = false; } if ( ! isset( $instance['date-class'] ) ) { $instance['date-class'] = ''; } ?> <hr /> <p> <strong>Show link date:</strong> <input type="checkbox" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $class->get_field_id( 'show-date' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $class->get_field_name( 'show-date' ) ); ?>" <?php checked( $instance['show-date'] ); ?> value="1" /> </p> <p> <strong> Date position: </strong> <select id="<?php echo esc_attr( $class->get_field_id( 'date-position' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $class->get_field_name( 'date-position' ) ); ?>"> <?php foreach ( [ 'after', 'before' ] as $position ) { printf( '<option value="%s" %s>%s</option>', esc_attr( $position ), selected( $instance['date-position'], $position ), esc_html( $position ) ); } ?> </select> </p> <p> <strong>Date separator:</strong> <br /> <input type="text" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $class->get_field_id( 'date-separator' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $class->get_field_name( 'date-separator' ) ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $instance['date-separator'] ); ?>" class="widefat" /> </p> <p> <strong>Date CSS class:</strong> <br /> <input type="text" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $class->get_field_id( 'date-class' ) ); ?>" name="<?php echo esc_attr( $class->get_field_name( 'date-class' ) ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $instance['date-class'] ); ?>" class="widefat" /> </p> <?php }, 10, 2 ); add_filter( 'simple_links_link_output', function ( $output, $data, $link, $img, $args ) { if ( empty( $args['show-date'] ) ) { return $output; } if ( 'before' === $args['date-position'] ) { return "<span class=\"{$args['date-class']}\">" . get_the_date( '', $link ) . '</span> ' . $args['date-separator'] . ' ' . $output; } return $output . ' ' . $args['date-separator'] . " <span class=\"{$args['date-class']}\">" . get_the_date( '', $link ) . '</span>'; }, 10, 5 );

Have a great day!

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