Description
DX Out of Date allows you to display a notification box on your posts
when a given amount of time has passed. Quite handy when writing tutorials
or any content that might get outdated due to external factors – now you
could automatically notify your readers after a given period.
You could configure the expiration time of your posts in the admin panel. Valid time units are days, months and years.
Currently the plugin options are:
- Duration frame (days, months, years)
- Period – “amount” of “duration” units (1 to 40)
- Message – the message format for the notification box
- Enable on template – a checkbox for displaying the outdated posts in the template. Must be checked to enable the plugin functionality
- Skin manager – a list with skins for customizing the notification
Screenshots
DX Out of Date Settings page. 
Out of date message in old post.1. Admin options page
Installation
- Upload the
dx-out-of-datefolder in the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the
DX Out of Dateplugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress - Go to Settings -> DX Out of Date
- Configure your time settings and check the “Enable the message by default on all outdated posts ” checkbox
- Save the form and you’re good to go!
Other ways to display the “Out of Date” box snippet:
- Use the
[out_of_date]shortcode - Call the DX_Out_Of_Date::outdated_box_generator() function right before rendering the post
FAQ
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How to configure the duration/period settings?
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These are the options that define what an “outdated” post means. For instance, selecting
monthsinDuration frameand6inPeriod
means that every post older than 6 months would be qualified as “outdated”. -
Can I add new skins?
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Not without some small plugin modifications. However, the
cleanskin adds no styles at all, which means that you could
easily style the.out-of-dateclass in the frontend in your custom theme stylesheet. -
Why would I need that plugin?
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If you write tutorials or articles related to products/services in a given state,
updating them could affect the validity of your resources. A good example is one of
the resources that led to building the plugin – Brandon’s blog,
with his custom approach for marking tutorials as outdated.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.1
- Fixed notice when banner is not visible
1.0
- Added new section – Enable the display of the status in post
- Refactor section – Choose a skin for your template
- Added new section – Choose the position of the message
0.3
- First stable plugin version
- Admin settings
- Single view display
- Skins
- Time options