Post Date Block: Published & Modified

This plugin extends the core Post Date block variation, specifically the “Post Date” variation of the Date block. It appends the modified date to the block whenever it differs from the published date (when rendered in the provided date format). You can configure prefixes and suffixes for both dates, and you can display the modified date on a separate line.

For a full writeup of this plugin, see my blog post.

This is a prototype or stopgap for gutenberg#53099 (Post date: It is not clear that “display modified date” replaces the publishing date). See also gutenberg#61920 (Add prefix / suffix to Post Date block). What eventually lands in core will hopefully leverage “shortblocks” so that the conditional prefixes and suffixes needn’t be provided in a block settin…