Remove date from Google Search Results Description

Question

How do I remove the date from the google search results of my posts?

Is this related to WordPress or is it theme-specific?

Answer 1

Paste this code in functions.php

add_filter( 'wpseo_show_date_in_snippet_preview', false); //Returning false on this will prevent the date from showing up in the snippet preview.

Note: WordPress SEO api

Answer 2

I think I got it.

Navigate to SEO>Titles and Metas and remove %%date%% from Meta description template field.

Answer 3

Unfortunately the accepted answer is incorrect. (See 1.)

Below is the working answer I have found. (Sourced here 2.)

add_action('wpseo_dc_'.'DC.date.issued', '__return_false'); // Premium only
add_filter( 'wpseo_og_article_published_time', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'wpseo_og_article_modified_time', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'wpseo_og_og_updated_time', '__return_false' );

1. https://kb.yoast.com/kb/date-appears-search-results/
2. https://gist.github.com/amboutwe/e5b83cd990b5c1bc4015c20f5e3cd754

Answer 4

Try this, it will work

// Remove DatePublished
 add_filter( 'wpseo_schema_graph_pieces', 'remove_datePublished_from_schema', 11, 2 );
 add_filter( 'wpseo_schema_webpage', 'remove_datePublished_property_from_webpage', 11, 1 );

 /**
 * Removes the DatePublished graph pieces from the schema collector.
 *
 * @param array  $pieces  The current graph pieces.
 * @param string $context The current context.
 *
 * @return array The remaining graph pieces.
 */
function remove_datePublished_from_schema( $pieces, $context ) {
return \array_filter( $pieces, function( $piece ) {
    return ! $piece instanceof \Yoast\WP\SEO\Generators\Schema\datePublished;
} );

}

/**
 * Removes the DatePublished property from the WebPage piece.
 *
 * @param array $data The WebPage's properties.
 *
 * @return array The modified WebPage properties.
 */
function remove_datePublished_property_from_webpage( $data ) {
if (array_key_exists('datePublished', $data)) {
    unset($data['datePublished']);
}
return $data;

}