WordPress Automatic posts from various sources to WordPress and can return the date when the item was posted at the source. Sometimes you may want a custom format other than the returned default one

The plugin has a tag named [formated_date] which can wrap a date tag to alter it’s format

How to use the formated_date tag?

The tag can be used in two ways the first one receives a time stamp as the source time and the second one receives the date

1- spot the correct tag that return the timestamp or the date for your campaign

For example in Youtube campaigns the tag used for the timestamp is [vid_time]

2- build the custom format for the date following the rules listed here

For example my chosen custom format is d/m/Y

3- If the tag for the time returns a timestamp, Use the formatting tag as follow

[formated_date format="YOUR_FORMAT" timestamp="TAG_THAT_RETURNS_A_TIMESTAMP"]

so for our example the tag will be

[formated_date format="d/m/Y" timestamp="[vid_time]"]

Final date at the front end will be like this

4- If the tag for the time returns a date, Use this format

[formated_date format="YOUR_FORMAT" ][TAG_THAT_RETURNS_A_DATE_TIME][/formated_date]

so for example Youtube campaigns has the tag [vid_date] , the format tag will be like this

[formated_date format="d/m/Y" ][vid_date][/formated_date]

Happy formatting 😀