Right functions for displaying post Date and Author WordPress. Code examples

For date:

if ( ! function_exists( 'sitename_posted_on' ) ) :
	/**
	 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time.
	 */
	function sitename_posted_on() {
		$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';
		if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
			$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time><time class="updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time>';
		}

		$time_string = sprintf(
			$time_string,
			esc_attr( get_the_date( DATE_W3C ) ),
			esc_html( get_the_date() ),
			esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( DATE_W3C ) ),
			esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
		);

		$posted_on = sprintf(
			/* translators: %s: post date. */
			esc_html_x( 'Posted on %s', 'post date', 'nasha-vishivka' ),
			'<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="bookmark">' . $time_string . '</a>'
		);

		echo '<span class="posted-on">' . $posted_on . '</span>'; // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

	}
endif;

For author:

if ( ! function_exists( 'sitename_posted_by' ) ) :
	/**
	 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current author.
	 */
	function sitename_posted_by() {
		$byline = sprintf(
			/* translators: %s: post author. */
			esc_html_x( 'by %s', 'post author', 'nasha-vishivka' ),
			'<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ) . '">' . esc_html( get_the_author() ) . '</a></span>'
		);

		echo '<span class="byline"> ' . $byline . '</span>'; // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

	}
endif;