How To Add Page Last Updated To Your Concrete CMS Pages

This tutorial is over a year old and may not apply to your version of Concrete CMS.
Mar 7, 2023

Every web page on the internet has important dates attached to it. The first is its Published Date, which is when the author of the page originally published the content on the web. The second is the Last Updated/Modified Date, which is when the author last updated the web page. If you manage a federal website, you are required to provide the last updated date on the webpage. Fortunately, Concrete CMS has a page attribute you can add to a global area called "Page Date Modified."

Here's how to add the Updated Date:

Go into Edit Mode.

Click the "+" from the edit bar menu. This will pop out the blocks pane from the left.

Find the "Page Attribute Display" block and drag it onto an available block area. It will glow, indicating that it is ready to receive a new block.

The Page Attribute Display will then present you with a form. This form allows you to personalize the block to your site and situation.

Under "Property to display," choose "Page date modified."

Under "Title Text," *enter *"Date updated."

Click the "Options" tab to make other customizations to the Display Date and Format.

Under "Display Property with Formatting," choose one of the following formats:

See the formatting options for date at php.net/date. "Format of Date Properties":

Click "Add." Congratulations, you've successfully added the date updated to your Concrete CMS page!

Recent Tutorials
Configure Composer to work with a Page Type
Feb 20, 2025
By myq.

Fix the "Unable to load block into composer. You must edit this content from within the context of the page." error message

Restoring deleted pages using advanced search
Jan 16, 2025
By myq.

How to recover deleted pages when there are more than a few to choose from.

How to Automate the Copyright Year
Dec 27, 2024

Learn how to keep your website's copyright year updated automatically in Concrete CMS.

How to change the path of a group of pages
Dec 23, 2024
By myq.

Change the canonical path without breaking things

Bi-directional Express associations
Dec 18, 2024
By myq.

Set up associations between Express entries in both directions

Display Express Data Across Multiple Sites
Dec 17, 2024
By myq.

A guide to configuring Express entities and the Express Entry List block to ensure proper data display across multiple sites.

Improvements?

Let us know by posting here.