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Metatags extended Plugin

This plugin automatically sets the metatag date to the date the content was last changed or added. In addition it automatically sets the summer- and wintertime difference, sets the author's name and the number of days a search engine should come to visit again.

I found it helpful to develop a tool, which dynamically adjusts the date in the metatags, as it was annoying to always change the metatag, once a change or addition to the content had occurred.

The final result looks like the second image:

Simply enter the values in the plugin (see the first image for details), publish the plugin and position it to on of the first positions of your system plugins. (Order it or give it a specific number accordingly.) Please use the format +02:00 or +00:00 for the time difference, which will be added to the date timestamp. If both time zones are the same (e.g. Cape Town), simply write +02:00 (or +00:00) in both fields. (UTC time zone settings apply. Almost the same as GMT+1 etc.)

Standard values will be used, if the parameters are empty. I hope that you find this plugin helpful.

Best regards,
Kelley

P.S. You can/should take those three metatags out of your template, if you had added them manually. (I know that the summer/wintertime calculation is not 100% correct. It will be OK for a few days in the months March and October nevertheless.)

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Version:

1.0 - First stable release

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Extra hint:
I have set it up on my own page to also take into consideration the latest Twitter Tweet time. But this plugin doesn't do this yet as the Twitter modules are all different.

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2012-02-25
Reviews: 128
Hi Kelley,

Thanks very much for making this plugin. Was looking all over for a plugin that could add the correct dates to me articles as I was doing them manually and it's a real pain as you would know.

This plugin is a gem! Thank you very much for contributing this over here on JED.

Cheers
Owner's reply

Hi Kokujin,

thank you very much for your friendly feedback. I am glad that you like this little plugin and wish you all the best and a great day.

Thanks,
Kelley