The plugin allows you to easily display the currentness of product data. Additionally you can choose between multiple formats.
What’s the meaning of “last update”?
This stands for the date/time the plugin fetched/renewed a product (via Amazon’s API) at last.
How can I display the last update info?
In general there are multiple ways to display the last update info.
Inline info
This is a little area inside a template which can be used to display custom text.
The content can be controlled via plugin settings (tab “general”). Simply use the placeholder %last_update% inside the textarea and the date/time will be displayed.
Disclaimer
By using the disclaimer you can display custom text below each box/list or once at the bottom of a post/page.
The content can be controlled via plugin settings (tab “general”). Simply use the placeholder %last_update% inside the textarea and the date/time will be displayed.
Tip: By using the following shortcode, you can place the disclaimer wherever you want:
[amazon_disclaimer /]Shortcodes
Additionally you can display the last update date/time by using one of the following shortcodes:
Global
This stands for date/time the plugin fetched/renewed products the last time.
[amazon_last_update /]Product specific
By using the following shortcode you can display the exact date/time of the last update for a single product:
[amazon fields="ASIN" value="last_update" /]How-to adjust the format of the last update info
On the plugin settings page (tab “general”) you can choose whether you want to show the date + time, or only the date.
The format itself comes from your WordPress’ date/time settings which can be found under: Settings > General.
If you want to use a custom format, this can be done by using the following filter:
add_filter( 'aawp_func_last_update_format', function( $format_overwrite ) {
return 'j. F Y - G:i';
});
In case you don’t know what to do with the code above, take a look at the following article: How-to use custom PHP code snippets.