[Resolved] Conditional to show something if a post is less than 7 days old

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[nickH-5]

Could you tell me what is wrong with this conditional to show something if a post is less than 7 days old? [wpv-post-date format="U"][wpv-conditional if="( '([wpv-post-date format="u"]+(7*24*60*60))' gt 'NOW()' )"]NEW[/wpv-conditional]

[Waqar]

Hi,

During troubleshooting, I noticed two issues with the conditional block that you've shared:

1. The small 'u' was used in the format attribute and not the capital 'U', which represents the UNIX timestamp.
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2. The sum and multiplication operation can't be performed within the conditional evaluation.

To achieve this you can register a custom shortcode that can return the post date with the addition of 7 days. For example:

add_shortcode('seven_day_check', 'seven_day_check_func');
function seven_day_check_func() {
	$post_date = do_shortcode('[wpv-post-date format="U"]');
	$post_date_plus_7 = intval($post_date)+ intval(7*24*60*60);

	return $post_date_plus_7;
}

The above code snippet can be included through either Toolset's custom code feature ( ref: https://toolset.com/documentation/adding-custom-code/using-toolset-to-add-custom-code/ ) or through active theme's "functions.php" file.

Next, please add "seven_day_check" in the "Third-party shortcode arguments" section, at WP Admin -> Toolset -> Settings -> Front-end Content.

After that, you'll be able to use this new shortcode in a conditional check, like this:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[seven_day_check]' gt 'NOW()' )"]NEW[/wpv-conditional]

regards,
Waqar

[nickH-5]

Thanks. I didn't understand that it was not possible to evaluate in a condition.