Dates are duplicated

[nodarik]

Posts showing dates as duplicated in a single post: https://prnt.sc/uNoztQ0OriCX
For more check this link: https://colorlibsupport.com/t/the-date-of-blog-post-shows-two-dates/32608

[athanasiasym]

I had the same issue but I found a temporary fix: Wordpress Dashboard > Appearance > Theme File Editor: //shapely/inc/template-tags.php
And then you edit the first 82 lines as follows:

<?php
/**
 * Custom template tags for this theme.
 *
 * Eventually, some of the functionality here could be replaced by core features.
 *
 * @package Shapely
 */

if ( ! function_exists( 'shapely_posted_on' ) ) :
	/**
	 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
	 */
	function shapely_posted_on() {
		$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';
		/** if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
			$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time><time class="updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time>';
		} */

		$time_string = sprintf(
			$time_string,
			esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
			esc_html( get_the_date() ),
		/**	esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
			esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )   */
		); ?>

		<ul class="post-meta">
		<li><i class="fa fa-user"></i><span><a
					href="<?php echo esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ); ?>"
					title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author() ); ?>"><?php esc_html( the_author() ); ?></a></span>
		</li>
		<li><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i><span class="posted-on"><?php echo wp_kses_post( $time_string ); ?></span></li>
		<?php shapely_post_category(); ?>
		</ul>
		<?php
		echo ( is_archive() ) ? '<hr>' : '';
	}
endif;

if ( ! function_exists( 'shapely_posted_on_no_cat' ) ) :
	/**
	 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
	 */
	function shapely_posted_on_no_cat() {

		if ( is_singular( 'jetpack-portfolio' ) ) {
			$post_author = get_theme_mod( 'project_author', true );
			$post_date   = get_theme_mod( 'project_date', true );
		} else {
			$post_author = get_theme_mod( 'post_author', true );
			$post_date   = get_theme_mod( 'post_date', true );
		}

		$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';
		/** if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
			$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time><time class="updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time>';
		} */

		$time_string = sprintf(
			$time_string,
			esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
			esc_html( get_the_date() ),
		/**	esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
			esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )       */
		);

		if ( $post_date || $post_author ) :
		?>

		<ul class="post-meta">
		<?php if ( $post_date ) : ?>
			<li><span class="posted-on"><?php echo wp_kses_post( $time_string ); ?></span></li>
		<?php endif ?>
		<?php if ( $post_author ) : ?>
			<li><span><?php echo esc_html__( 'by', 'shapely' ); ?> <a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author() ); ?>"><?php esc_html( the_author() ); ?></a></span></li>
		<?php endif ?>
		</ul>
		<?php
		endif;
	}
endif;

[continues...]

This comments out the parts that checks and parses the dates the post was modified.

[wreidlinger]

@Athanas7a thanks for your bugfix! It worked like a charm.
Quite sad that the official "creator" of this theme is not able to fix this easy issue with an update.