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EXIFize My Dates

By LBell
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Description

Update the post dates of your WordPress posts, pages, or custom post types based on the EXIF metadata of your images. Can be done in bulk (via Tools) or one at a time (via Edit Post screen).

Perfect for photoblogs where you want the post date to reflect when the photo was actually taken, rather than when it was uploaded.

The dates will be changed using (in order of priority):

  1. Custom date of your choice (date or ‘skip’)**
  2. EXIF date of Featured Image
  3. EXIF date of the first attached image

**You can override the function with a custom meta field named: ‘exifize_date’ which accepts:
– ‘YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss’ (for example: ‘2012-06-23 14:07:00’)
– ‘skip’ (to prevent the EXIFizer from making any changes.)

Installation

  1. Upload the /exifize-my-dates/ directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Change post dates one at a time via the ‘Edit Post’ screen
  4. Bulk change dates using ‘EXIFize Dates’ under the ‘Tools’ menu

FAQ

Can this plugin do X,Y, or Z?

Probably not. It is simple, straightforward, and ugly. If there is a feature you think would be absolutely killer, let me know, and I’ll what I can do.

Can you add feature X,Y, or Z?

Possibly – though I do this in my spare time.

I’m getting unexpected results, what should I do?

Post on the WordPress.org forums would be your best bet – so others can benefit from the discussion.

Reviews

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Great tool to sort posts

jondor December 11, 2017
It does as advertised. The only thing missing is an option do exify a single post. Whenever I post an older image, I have to check ALL the posts, so that’s definitly a point of improvement. That says, what it does it does great!
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Functional if Not Pretty

Driftless September 5, 2017
Gets the job done, but won’t wow you with its bling.
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Contributors & Developers

“EXIFize My Dates” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.6.3

  • Version bump

1.6.0

  • Added: support for Gutenberg editor
  • Added: internationalization support
  • Improved: Better admin styling
  • Improved: Major code refactoring for better maintainability
  • Improved: security

1.5.1

  • Tested to WP 6.9

1.4

  • Tested with WP 5.5

1.3

  • Tested with WP 4.8

1.1

  • Added security features to keep others from meddl’n with your affairs

1.0

  • After a year of safe use on many blogs, I declare this plugin stable!
  • Tested to WP 3.7.1

0.1

  • First release

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  • Version 1.6.3
  • Last updated 2 months ago
  • Active installations 10+
  • WordPress version 5.0 or higher
  • Tested up to 6.9.1
  • PHP version 7.4 or higher
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