get_lastpostdate() │ WP 0.71

Gets the date and time when the last post was published on the site.

In the parameter $timezone, the time zone is specified. By default: server it equals GMT time + server time. The value blog - the date when the last post was published. gmt, when the last post was published in GMT format.

Uses: _get_last_post_time()
Used By: get_lastpostmodified()
1 time — 0.001661 sec (very slow) | 50000 times — 0.20 sec (very fast) | PHP 7.0.5, WP 4.4.2
Hooks from the function

Returns

String. The date of the last post.

Usage

get_lastpostdate( $timezone, $post_type );
$timezone(string)

The time zone for the timestamp. It can be:

  • server - internal server time.
  • blog - uses the time from the post_modified field in the time zone set for the site.
  • gmt - uses the time from the post_modified_gmt field.

Default: 'server'

$post_type(string)
The name of the post type for which to get the last publication date.
Default: 'any'

Examples

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echo get_lastpostdate( $timezone = 'server', $post_type = 'any' );
// output: 2016-04-05 17:56:29.000000

echo get_lastpostdate( $timezone = 'blog', $post_type = 'post' );
// output: 2016-03-05 01:46:44

echo get_lastpostdate( $timezone = 'gmt', $post_type = 'post' );
// output: 2016-03-04 20:46:44

Changelog

Since 0.71 Introduced.
Since 4.4.0 The $post_type argument was added.

get_lastpostdate() code WP 6.9

wp-includes/post.php 
function get_lastpostdate( $timezone = 'server', $post_type = 'any' ) {
	$lastpostdate = _get_last_post_time( $timezone, 'date', $post_type );

	/**
	 * Filters the most recent time that a post on the site was published.
	 *
	 * @since 2.3.0
	 * @since 5.5.0 Added the `$post_type` parameter.
	 *
	 * @param string|false $lastpostdate The most recent time that a post was published,
	 *                                   in 'Y-m-d H:i:s' format. False on failure.
	 * @param string       $timezone     Location to use for getting the post published date.
	 *                                   See get_lastpostdate() for accepted `$timezone` values.
	 * @param string       $post_type    The post type to check.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'get_lastpostdate', $lastpostdate, $timezone, $post_type );
}

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