Stealth Update
by Scott Reilly 5 (5 reviews)

Stealth Update

Adds the ability to update a post without having WordPress automatically update the post's post_modified timestamp.

Stealth Update ranks #15,794 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews, and was last updated Apr 13, 2016. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.5 (Current: 7.1)
v2.5 Current Version v2.5
Updated 10 years ago Last Update on 13 Apr, 2016
Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on
Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Rank
#15,794
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Active Installs
100+
-23.1%
KW Avg Position
38
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Downloads
7.1K
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Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (5 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 30%
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Rank Changes

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Active Installs Growth

Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0
5 reviews
Overall 100%
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Plugin Details

Version
2.5
Last Updated
Apr 13, 2016
Requires WP
3.6+
Tested Up To
4.5
PHP Version
N/A
Author
Scott Reilly

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Rating
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Reviews
5
Support Threads
0
Resolved
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and editors who make minor edits to posts or pages and don't want those edits reflected in the post's last-modified date. It solves the problem of WordPress automatically updating the post_modified timestamp for small changes like typo fixes, by adding a checkbox to opt out of that update.

  • Stealth update checkbox in Publish box
  • Works on posts and pages
  • Remembers stealth update status
  • Customizable meta key via filter
  • Customizable default checkbox state

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Stealth Update

This update dates for posts are used by feeds to indicate the latest update to each post or to report the latest updated post. Plugins and other manual uses of some of WordPress's template tags may also reference the post modification date to call attention to posts that have been updated. However, if an update is such that you don't want it to be recorded in the post_modified date field (perhaps due to the update being a small formatting/editing change or fix, or if you just want to keep quiet about an update), then this plugin is for you.
Yes. See the Filters section (under Other Notes) and look for the example using the 'c2c_stealth_update_default' filter. You'll have to put that code into your active theme's functions.php file. Note that if a post was updated with the checkbox checked, when that post gets edited again the checkbox will be checked by default.
Yes.

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