{"id":1034,"date":"2025-07-11T02:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T02:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2026-05-24T11:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:28:10","slug":"html-meta-statements-and-ways-to-include-publication-date-information-in-your-web-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/html-meta-statements-and-ways-to-include-publication-date-information-in-your-web-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"HTML meta statements and ways to include publication date information in your web pages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are several HTML meta statements and ways to include publication date information in your web pages that search engines and other platforms can utilize:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is a widely used meta tag, particularly important for social media sharing. It should be placed in the\u00a0<code>&lt;head><\/code>\u00a0section of your page and formatted according to the ISO 8601 standard. Example:<br><code>&lt;meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-10T10:06:00+00:00\"\/><\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using JSON-LD markup within your HTML allows you to provide detailed information about your article, including the publication date. This helps search engines understand the content&#8217;s context and relevance. The&nbsp;<code>datePublished<\/code>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<code>dateModified<\/code>&nbsp;properties are <br>used for this, and they should also adhere to the ISO 8601 format. Example:<br><code>&lt;script type=\"application\/ld+json\"&gt; { \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"Article\", \"headline\": \"Your Article Title\", \"datePublished\": \"2024-07-10T10:06:00+00:00\", \"dateModified\": \"2024-07-10T10:06:00+00:00\", <em>\/\/ ... other article properties<\/em> } &lt;\/script&gt;<\/code><br>Search engines may prioritize the&nbsp;<code>dateModified<\/code>&nbsp;property if the article has been substantially updated since its initial publication,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/appearance\/structured-data\/article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to Google<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HTML&nbsp;<code>&lt;time&gt;<\/code>&nbsp;tag: You can use the&nbsp;<code>&lt;time&gt;<\/code>&nbsp;tag with the&nbsp;<code>datetime<\/code>&nbsp;attribute to specify the publication date and time within the page&#8217;s content.html<br><code>&lt;time datetime=\"2024-07-10\"&gt;July 10, 2024&lt;\/time&gt; <\/code>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s recommended to include&nbsp;<strong>both<\/strong>&nbsp;the original publication date and the last modified date (if the content has been significantly updated) for both users and search engines. Consistent use of these practices helps search engines like Google understand your content&#8217;s freshness and display it appropriately in search results.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several HTML meta statements and ways to include publication date information in your web pages that search engines and other platforms can utilize: It&#8217;s recommended to include&nbsp;both&nbsp;the original publication date and the last modified date (if the content has been significantly updated) for both users and search engines. Consistent use of these practices &#8230; <a title=\"HTML meta statements and ways to include publication date information in your web pages\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/html-meta-statements-and-ways-to-include-publication-date-information-in-your-web-pages\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about HTML meta statements and ways to include publication date information in your web pages\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}