Change Last Modified Date

63 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

At 3,000 active installs the plugin has a modest audience, but the popularity score is pulled up because it exceeds its category baseline.

Update Freshness

16/25

The plugin was updated on 11 September 2025 and lists compatibility through WordPress 6.8.5, indicating the developer is actively maintaining it.

User Rating

13/15

A rating of 86 out of 100 from 12 reviewers is strong, though the small sample size means the score carries some uncertainty.

Support Health

8/15

With zero support threads and zero resolutions, there is no public track record of how the developer handles user questions.

WP Compatibility

11/15

Compatibility scores well, supporting WordPress 5.1 and up plus PHP 5.6, which covers a very wide range of hosting environments.

Scores higher than 12% of indexed plugins

About

Change or prevent updating Last Modified date for individual posts.

Active Installs 3k+

Rating ★★★★ 4.3/5

Last Updated 2025-09-11 7:24am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.1+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Requires PHP 5.6+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Change Last Modified Date lets editors manually set or lock the Last Modified timestamp on individual WordPress posts. It adds a meta box to the post edit screen so you can pick an exact date and time, or stop WordPress from auto-updating the modified date whenever content is saved.

Who It's For

This is a good fit for editors and content teams on news sites, legal or compliance portals, and documentation hubs who need precise control over when content appears updated. It is also useful for evergreen content sites that want to preserve original publication stamps without plugins triggering modification dates on routine edits.

Who Should Skip It

If you simply want to display the modified date on the front end or in admin lists, you do not need this plugin since other tools handle that without editing core data. Sites that rarely tweak old posts and have no audit or compliance need for fixed timestamps will get little value from it.

The Bottom Line

It does one specific job and does it on a recent WordPress version, earning an overall quality score of 66.46 out of 100. The high rating from a small group is encouraging, but the complete absence of support threads means you are buying on faith rather than evidence. Reasonable for niche workflows where fixing modified dates matters, though larger sites should weigh WP Last Modified Info for its wider feature set.