[FIXED] 'Time ago' display in Wordpress blog archive

Issue

I am attempting to change the standard Wordpress date published to 'time ago' in the blog archive, but leave the date display inside the single posts as normal.

I have found the following function from https://mekshq.com/change-wordpress-date-format-to-time-ago/ :

add_filter( 'get_the_date', 'meks_convert_to_time_ago', 10, 1 ); //override date display
add_filter( 'the_date', 'meks_convert_to_time_ago', 10, 1 ); //override date display
add_filter( 'get_the_time', 'meks_convert_to_time_ago', 10, 1 ); //override time display
add_filter( 'the_time', 'meks_convert_to_time_ago', 10, 1 ); //override time display

/* Callback function for post time and date filter hooks */
function meks_convert_to_time_ago( $orig_time ) {
    global $post;
    $orig_time = strtotime( $post->post_date ); 
    return human_time_diff( $orig_time, current_time( 'timestamp' ) ).' '.__( 'ago' );
}

Of course this function applies the 'time ago' change site-wide, I would like to understand how I can have this apply only in the blog archive list view, not the single posts.

Thankyou

Solution

This is checking if it is the blog page so you would need to just if you have it on a different page.

add_filter('get_the_date', 'meks_convert_to_time_ago', 10, 1); //override date display
add_filter('the_date', 'meks_convert_to_time_ago', 10, 1); //override date display
add_filter('get_the_time', 'meks_convert_to_time_ago', 10, 1); //override time display
add_filter('the_time', 'meks_convert_to_time_ago', 10, 1); //override time display

    /* Callback function for post time and date filter hooks */
    function meks_convert_to_time_ago($orig_time) {
        if (is_home() ) {
            global $post;
            $orig_time = strtotime($post->post_date);
            return human_time_diff($orig_time, current_time('timestamp')) . ' ' . __('ago');
        } else {
            return $orig_time;
    }
}

Answered By - Mark Truitt