Below is the code to link post dates to their archive pages in WordPress.
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| <?php | |
| function prefix_link_post_dates() { | |
| /* Get the year, month, and day of the current post. */ | |
| $year = get_the_time('Y'); | |
| $month = get_the_time('m'); | |
| $day = get_the_time('d'); | |
| $out = ''; | |
| /* Add a link to the monthly archive. */ | |
| $out.= '<a href="' . get_month_link($year, $month) . '" title="Archive for ' . esc_attr(get_the_time('F Y')) . '">' . get_the_time('F') . '</a>'; | |
| /* Add a link to the daily archive. */ | |
| $out.= ' <a href="' . get_day_link($year, $month, $day) . '" title="Archive for ' . esc_attr(get_the_time('F d, Y')) . '">' . $day . '</a>'; | |
| /* Add a link to the yearly archive. */ | |
| $out.= ', <a href="' . get_year_link($year) . '" title="Archive for ' . esc_attr($year) . '">' . $year . '</a>'; | |
| return $out; | |
| } | |
| add_shortcode('post_date_links', 'prefix_link_post_dates'); |
Once this code snippet is added to your child theme’s functions.php file, you can use the shortcode [post_date_links] within the loop to display the post date. Each element of the post date (day, month, year) are now linked to their respective archive page (see example here).