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Simple Relative Date

A simple way to turn your post/comment date in its relative versions.

By danivalentin·Date·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 14 years ago
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As of April 2026, Simple Relative Date is a WordPress date plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Meta and Date Remover.

0/5Rating
10active installs
1.9K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

This was based on Lester Chan’s Relative Date plugin.
It tries to simplify things a bit. This plugin can:

  • Replace the_date() in the post
  • Replace get_comment_date() or comment_date() in the comments

Note that if your theme is writing the date in a different form, it won’t work. You have to
replace its function call to one of the above (in the TwentyTen theme for example, replace twentyten_posted_on()
by the_date().

Also important to say that, comment replacement won’t work if you are using the default wp comment renderer because
it calls get_comment_time() as well. You have to do a customized callback function to use with
wp_list_comments( array( ‘callback’ => ‘your_customized_function_here’ ) ). (ok, maybe things were not
simplified that much…

Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress2.7+ requiredTested up to 3.0.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Contributors

danivalentindanivalentin
Plugin Info
Version
1.0
Last Updated
May 7, 2011
WP Requires
2.7+
Tested Up To
3.0.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
1.9K+
Added
May 7, 2011
Business
Free

Tags

datetimerelative

Developer

D
danivalentin
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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