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My First WordPress Plugin: Sortable Modified Date

I know this one is quiet outside the travel content which is something I share most on this website but this does fall into my workflow of maintaining my [Travel Blog](https://chasingwhereabouts.com/h...

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My First WordPress Plugin: Sortable Modified Date

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I know this one is quiet outside the travel content which is something I share most on this website but this does fall into my workflow of maintaining my %20%22how%20to%20start%20a%20travel%20blog%22.

With the recent Google update and preference for the content that is updated recently or something that you can confirm in the video shared by Ahref recently on YouTube.

I decided that I would now update all the posts which have not been touched by me since the last time but this is where the problem arise.

How can I find the post which was not modified recently?

Until now, I have been tracking the content of the website using the Second Brain in Notion, which had the dump of all the posts that are present on my website and a column about the last updated, which I can keep updating when I am doing anything on the post.

But was it the best approach for me?

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Well, sometimes I really get tired of updating this again and again and switching between applications.

So what about something with which I can bake this feature inside WordPress? And that was the birth of this plugin.

How I coded and tested the Sortabel Modified Date?

Well the answer was simple, I am not PHP developer so if you know me I am just a Mainframe Developer with knack of traveling and filmmaking but in this age of ChatGPT and AI nothing is impossible.

I went to ChatGPT and asked about a simple query.

Hey ChatGPT can you make a code for me to add a new column in the admin area of the Wordpress with the last modified date and make this column sortabel.

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So it worked? Well no, that was a stupid way to ask about it, but then after multiple tries and around 2 days of work for the sanitization and uploading the code on Imsankz my final version was ready.

Well I had to call one of developer friend for helping me with some parts of the code as well but this was ready in no time.

My First WordPress Plugin: Sortable Modified Date - How I coded and tested the Sortabel Modified ...
โ€” My First WordPress Plugin: Sortable Modified Date - How I coded and tested the Sortabel Modified ... โ€”

How can you install the Plugin?

  • Search for Sortable Modified Date on WordPress Plugin

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  • Install and activate it

  • And you are ready to use it.

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Eri

Management Professional with 6+ years experience. Traveled extensively across Asia and Europe. Handles strategy and operations at Chasing Whereabouts.

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