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show-modified-date-in-admin-lists

Show modified Date in admin lists

Show modified date column in the lists of pages and posts in the WordPress admin panel.

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praise review · high severity · relevance 0.48
Wonderful Plugin!!!

Wonderful Plugin!!!: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

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Thank you very much for the perfect plugin!!!
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.92
Make it work for WooCommerce products list please :)

Make it work for WooCommerce products list please :): users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Make it work for WooCommerce products list please :) Hi there, thx for this great plugin.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85
Unknown user is showing after editing page

Unknown user is showing after editing page: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Unknown user is showing after editing page Hi Plugin Author, I found one issue on this plugin in WordPress 5.9.2 and PHP 8 https://wordpress.org/plugins/show-modified-date-in-admin-lists/ I have installed plugin and while I am editing the pages the author is showing unknown For eg: May 16, 2022 2:57 pm by UNKNOWN View post on imgur.com Thanks, Kuldeep The pa
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Shows no modified date, only modified by

Shows no modified date, only modified by: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Shows no modified date, only modified by Hey, I installed the plugin.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.79
Issue: When user is deleted, the last modified user coughs up an error

Issue: When user is deleted, the last modified user coughs up an error: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Issue: When user is deleted, the last modified user coughs up an error Issue: When the user who last modified the post is deleted, the last modified user coughs up an error in the admin list.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Its very slow for sorter

Its very slow for sorter: users show performance, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Its very slow for sorter Hi dear Thanks for the plugin I am testing but I have near 1.000 pages/posts and the plugin is very slow for sorter Thanks for support Hi dear Thanks for the plugin I am testing but I have near 1.000 pages/posts and the plugin is very slow for sorter Thanks for support Hi there, The sorting is done by WordPress not by the plugin.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Issue: Wrong “Modified by” user is shown

Issue: Wrong “Modified by” user is shown: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Issue: Wrong “Modified by” user is shown I found when I modified a page, the plug-in showed someone else’s name as the person who changed the page.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Sort by?

Sort by?: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Hi, is it possible to add sort by feature so we can view latest modified post Thanks Hi, is it possible to add sort by feature so we can view latest modified post Thanks Hi @theblueli , Sorting for the column is enabled.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Wrong user name

Wrong user name: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Hi @ries234 , The plugin gets the information from the WordPress function get_the_modified_author() (more info here: get_the_modified_author() ).
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.72
Translation

Translation: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Translation Please make it translatable.

Competitor Context

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Post Updated Date praise owner · intel 74.6 · weakness 66.9
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stale update history below-average rating support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
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WP Last Modified Info weak incumbent · intel 72.4 · weakness 58.3
weak incumbent
4 unresolved support thread(s) 23 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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Last Modified Timestamp praise owner · intel 64.7 · weakness 47.9
praise owner
8 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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Change Last Modified Date praise owner · intel 63.2 · weakness 46.4
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17 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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WP Last Modified praise owner · intel 53.7 · weakness 37.4
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stale update history 1 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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Last-Modified and If-Modified-Since Headers praise owner · intel 51.6 · weakness 35.4
praise owner
stale update history 1 collected complaint signal(s) performance support 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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Last modified header praise owner · intel 32.4 · weakness 31.9
praise owner
stale update history 1 source link Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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Products and Orders Last Modified for WC REST API watchlist · intel 31.7 · weakness 34.5
watchlist
stale update history 1 collected complaint signal(s) support 1 source link Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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Collected Signals

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complaint Modified by is UNKNOWN support · 2026-06-17T23:15:42+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

The plugin shows modified dates correctly but lists the modifying user as UNKNOWN for every page, even after a new edit.

Evidence: the Modified by is showing UNKNOWN for all pages.
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neutral Please add this code block for sorting CPTs support · 2026-05-15T16:46:21+00:00 · low severity · last-modified

The user requests sortable modified-date columns for public custom post types and provides tested code for the feature.

Evidence: This will allow custom post types to be sorted by modification date.
missing feature CPT modified-date sorting content publishing operations Investigate Pain card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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mixed esc_html in modified_column_display support · 2026-01-22T14:10:36+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

A recent update fixed textdomain warnings but removed the user’s ability to output needed HTML in the modified date admin column.

Evidence: this is something i really need to add some html code in the column of the posts
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mixed Text Domain Bug – Please update textdomain handling. support · 2026-01-17T16:12:50+00:00 · low severity · last-modified

The user politely reports WordPress 6.7 textdomain log spam and later notes it was fixed in an update.

Evidence: It doesn’t break functionality, but it does spam error logs on sites with WP_DEBUG enabled.
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praise Works just fine (5 stars) review · 2024-01-30T19:14:34+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

Works just fine: users praise reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Works just fine It was just what I needed, and it works!
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praise Great plugin, but it would be even more… (5 stars) review · 2023-12-19T13:10:35+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

Great plugin, but it would be even more…: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Great plugin, but it would be even more… …helpful, if it could sort Woocommerce products as well!
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complaint Make it work for WooCommerce products list please :) support · 2023-09-20T13:46:21+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

Make it work for WooCommerce products list please :): users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Make it work for WooCommerce products list please :) Hi there, thx for this great plugin.
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praise Wonderful Plugin!!! (5 stars) review · 2023-08-29T06:39:49+00:00 · high severity · last-modified

Wonderful Plugin!!!: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Thank you very much for the perfect plugin!!!
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praise Very good and easy to use (5 stars) review · 2023-08-02T20:58:31+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

Very good and easy to use: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Very good and easy to use This plugin is very helpful and easy to use.
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mixed Add option to remove user support · 2023-07-17T23:01:12+00:00 · low severity · last-modified

Add option to remove user: users show compatibility, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Add option to remove user If possible, would be good to have an option to remove the “by <username>” suffix.
compatibility missing feature setup easy content publishing operations Investigate Pain card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint Wrong user name support · 2023-06-15T14:43:35+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

Wrong user name: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hi @ries234 , The plugin gets the information from the WordPress function get_the_modified_author() (more info here: get_the_modified_author() ).
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praise Simple superb plugin. Does what it says it will do. Should be Core WP (5 stars) review · 2023-04-16T13:28:21+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

Simple superb plugin. Does what it says it will do. Should be Core WP: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Simple superb plugin.
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complaint Shows no modified date, only modified by support · 2023-03-01T10:47:41+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

Shows no modified date, only modified by: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Shows no modified date, only modified by Hey, I installed the plugin.
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praise Limited usefulness if you use any custom post types (5 stars) review · 2023-02-26T19:29:06+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

Limited usefulness if you use any custom post types: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: WordPress doesn’t appear to have the capability to add this feature without coding, so I suppose this is probably as good as you’ll find.
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praise All authors UNKNOWN support · 2023-01-24T04:37:31+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

All authors UNKNOWN: users praise easy, value, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: All authors UNKNOWN As others have stated, the plugin is great other than not being able to show the name of the user who did the modification, it’s always UNKNOWN.
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praise it works (5 stars) review · 2023-01-04T22:51:25+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

it works: users praise reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: it works it works !
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praise Does What It Says and Does It Well! (5 stars) review · 2022-12-29T01:01:08+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

Does What It Says and Does It Well!: users praise value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Sometimes you want a plugin to “just work” and get on with your life.
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praise Practical, Useful Plugin (5 stars) review · 2022-10-19T17:42:59+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

Practical, Useful Plugin: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: It is simple and clean.
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mixed Person doing the last update is shown is unknown support · 2022-07-12T18:38:02+00:00 · low severity · last-modified

Person doing the last update is shown is unknown: users show support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Person doing the last update is shown is unknown I installed the plugin “Show modified date in admin lists” as previously I only saw the date and time of publication of each page, now thanks to this plugin I can also see the date and time of the last edit.
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praise Perfect (5 stars) review · 2022-07-06T02:32:52+00:00 · medium severity · last-modified

Perfect: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Perfect Great plugin – thanks!
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