Description
DX Out of Date allows you to display a notification box on your posts
when a given amount of time has passed. Quite handy when writing tutorials
or any content that might get outdated due to external factors – now you
could automatically notify your readers after a given period.
You can configure the expiration time of your posts in the admin panel. Valid time units are days, months and years.
Currently the plugin options are:
- Period – « amount » of « duration » units (1 to 40)
- Duration frame (days, months, years)
- Message – the message format for the notification box
- Enable by default – a checkbox for enabling the message on all posts by default
- Enable post status in Dashboard – a checkbox for adding an extra column in the Dashboard for the outdated status of posts
- Post types to affect – allows you to choose which post types for display the message for
- Position of the message – choose whether the message should be displayed at the top or at the bottom of a post’s content
- Background color – Choose a background color for the message
- Text color – Choose a text color for the message
- Custom CSS – Add custom CSS rules to the message box
Installation
- Upload the
dx-out-of-date
folder in the/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the
DX Out of Date
plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress - Go to Settings -> DX Out of Date
- Configure your time period and customization settings
- Save the form and you’re good to go!
Other ways to display the « Out of Date » box snippet:
- Use the
[out_of_date]
shortcode - Call the DX_Out_Of_Date::outdated_box_generator() function right before rendering the post
FAQ
-
How to configure the duration/period settings?
-
These are the options that define what an « outdated » post means. For instance, selecting
months
inDuration frame
and6
inPeriod
means that every post older than 6 months would be qualified as « outdated ». -
Can I limit the message to show only on certain posts/post types?
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From the Out of Date Settings page, you can choose which post types will have the outdated message (Default is Posts only).
In the Post Edit page you have a checkbox, which toggles the message for that specific post. The Default state of that checkbox can be changed
from the Plugin Settings page via the « Enable the message by default on all outdated posts » checkbox. -
Can I customize the Outdated Message?
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You can customize the content of the message from the « Message » field in the Out of Date Settings page. On top of that, you can
change the Background and Text colors to your liking. -
Why would I need this plugin?
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If you write tutorials or articles related to products/services in a given state,
updating them could affect the validity of your resources. A good example is one of
the resources that led to building the plugin – Brandon’s blog,
with his custom approach for marking tutorials as outdated.
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Journal
2.1.
- Tested with WordPress 6.6
- Update Requires version to 5.0
- Update Requires PHP version to 7.4
2.0
- Applied WPCS to all files
- Removed unused CSS files
- Optimized CSS delivery
- Replaced deprecated functions
- Added doc comments to all functions
- Updated screenshots
- Updated readme.md file
- Code speed optimizations
- Removed notification from archive views
- Fixed wrong translation domains
- Fixed typos
- Made the default options make more sense
- Improved the way we check if a post is expired
- Added a « Settings » link for the plugin in the Plugins page
- Added support for Block-based themes (e.g. Twenty Twenty Two)
- Improved the « Enable Message by Default » functionality
- Added an option to choose which post types to display the notification for
1.0.1
- Fixed notice when banner is not visible
1.0
- Added new section – Enable the display of the status in post
- Refactor section – Choose a skin for your template
- Added new section – Choose the position of the message
0.3
- First stable plugin version
- Admin settings
- Single view display
- Skins
- Time options