Hi Calin,
Thank you for your reply.

I don’t think we understand each other.

I have set the blocks to show modified date and it’s working fine. No problem with that.

I have also set the single post template to show modified date after reading this tutorial: http://www.techbuzz.in/tagdiv-newspaper-theme-last-updated-modified-time.php

So, my posts are showing the modified date instead of publishing date.

The problem is that the:
<meta property=”article:published_time” content=”2019-03-04T16:26:51+00:00″ />

Is still visible in the post’s code.

And even though after using the WP Last Modified plug-in I also get this code on the same post:
<meta property=”article:modified_time” content=”2019-03-06T19:26:04+00:00″ />

Google won’t show the modified date on the SERP’s as long as the published_time/date is present in the post’s code.

The whole point of doing so is to increase CTR to the post by adding the “FRESHNESS” element to the post and show more up to date dates.

I don’t understand why your team can’t implement this somewhat simple feature that is available in a lot of other themes that don’t come close to the “Newspaper” quality.

I really want to understand.

Thanks again.

Hi Calin, thanks for the reply.

I already enabled the option to show modified date on blocks and it’s working fine, and it’s a nice option to have.

But, although showing the last modified on blocks is nice and helpful, it doesn’t contribute to SEO, since it won’t be showing in the SERP’s.

Furthermore, I’m not using tagDiv Composer to build posts, I’m using Thrive Architect.

And I’m positive I’m not the only one, and I know that others are using Elementor.

So the method you showed doesn’t help me.

We need a simple option to delete or hide the published date and display last modified date instead so that Google and other search engines could pick it up and show it.

That’s the whole deal.

Looking forward to your reply.

Thanks.

rmeijden, can you please share how you did it?
I’m using this method to show last modified date on single posts: http://www.techbuzz.in/tagdiv-newspaper-theme-last-updated-modified-time.php

But, I’m not sure if the change is noticeable in the SERP’s, which is the whole purpose for doing this in the first place, to boost CTR.

As far as I know, the “datepublished” must be removed from the post’s code in order for Google to pick up the last modified date and show it, and only it in the SERP.

And I really don’t understand how a good theme like newspaper doesn’t have this feature in the first place.

Anyone?
Would really want to solve this one.
Correct display of tables is quite important for me, and I guess for others as well.

Thanks.

No one knows how to solve this issue?

anyone?

I know, but I can’t ignore the fact that the team put a lot of effort in improving the theme.
I just wished they update the docs more often and explain how to design pages/posts like the ones we see in the demos.

Install the newest version of newspaper, and you will see 7 new demos.
If you want the same demo I linked to then its name is FastNews.
https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper_fast/

I’ve also wondered how to change posts width. When I’m using sidebars on post the content is way too boxed in my opinion and I’m looking for ways to space things up a bit.

Like in this post demo: https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper_fast/2018/08/16/td-post-social-media-marketing-for-franchises-is-meant-for-women/

Even with the sidebar, the content width is great. How do I change this on my site without installing a new demo and importing its settings?