[Resolved] Shortcode for 'x amount of time ago' not working

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[RensV5812]

In my view loop I want to display the time that has passed since adding this particular post (e.g. 5 minutes ago / 16 days ago / etc.). I added a shortcode that does the calculation:

add_shortcode('time-ago', 'time_ago_shortcode');
function time_ago_shortcode($atts, $content = null) {
return human_time_diff(wpv_do_shortcode($content)) . ' geleden';
}

In the view loop using the block editor I added this line of code:

[time-ago][wpv-post format="U"][/time-ago]

The result I am getting for each post however is 50 years ago. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

For reference I am following this thread:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/shortcode-for-current-time-modified-date/

Thanks lots,
Rens

[Nigel]

Hi there

Is it as simple as you are using a "wpv-post" shortcode, where presumably you mean wpv-post-date?

[time-ago][wpv-post-date format="U"][/time-ago]

https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-date

[RensV5812]

Hi Nigel,

I'll have to time to check it tonight!

Cheers,
Rens

[RensV5812]

Thanks Nigel, it works now. So simple... You're a legend!

[RensV5812]

Actually, it worked fine in the wp dashboard, but actually viewing this on the frontend the whole site appears to be broken..?

So when I paste in your code it looks exactly like I wanted it to in the block editor. However trying to view any page on the site on multiple devices the whole site looks broken. I can fix it by removing the code. Any clue what could be causing this?

Rens

[Nigel]

When you say "looks broken" what do you mean?

You probably don't need to use the custom Views shortcode parser (wpv_do_shortcode), you could try replacing that with the native WordPress do_shortcode() function, e.g.

add_shortcode('time-ago', function ($atts = [], $content = null) {
    
    return human_time_diff( do_shortcode($content) );

});

I can't see anything in that which would create problems.