Stealth Update

Author:Scott Reilly
Version:1.0
Last update:14 Apr 2009
Compatibility:WP 2.6+, 2.7+
Comments:go here
Download:[ zip ]
Description:

Adds the ability to update a post without updating the post_modified timestamp for the post.

Extended Description

Adds the ability to update a post without updating the post_modified timestamp for the post.

WordPress maintains a post field called post_modified which tracks the date the post was last edited. This value is used by feeds to indicate the latest update to each post or to report the latest updated post. Plugins and other manual uses of some of WordPress’s template tags may also reference the post modification date to call attention to posts that have been updated. However, if an update is such that you don’t want it to be recorded in the post_modified date field (perhaps due to the update being a small formattting/editing change or fix, or if you just want to keep quiet about an update), then this plugin is for you.

This plugin adds a “Stealth udpate” checkbox to the “Publish” box of any post or pages “Edit Post” admin page.

Note: The fact that a post was stealth updated is not retained once the update completes. You must re-check the “Stealth Update” checkbox for subsequent updates that you wish to also be stealthy.

Read the readme.txt.

Screenshots

  • A screenshot of the ‘Publish’ sidebar box on the write/edit post admin page when Javascript is enabled. The ‘Stealth update’ checkbox is integrated alongside the existing fields.

    screenshot 1

  • A screenshot of the ‘Stealth Update’ sidebar box on the write/edit post admin page when Javascript is disabled for the admin user.

    screenshot 2


Installation

  1. Unzip stealth-update-v1.0.zip inside the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for your site
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ admin menu in WordPress
  3. Click the ‘Stealth update’ checkbox when updating a post to prevent the date of the update from being saved for the post.

Release Log


Copyright & Disclaimer

Copyright © 2009 by Scott Reilly (aka coffee2code)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.