Rank Math Structured Data (dateModified)

Hello,

I apologize for the inconvenience you are facing with the structured data dates not being completely removed from the HTML source code.

To ensure that the dateModified and datePublished are removed from both @type”:”WebPage” and @type”:”Article”, you can try adding the following additional filter to your functions.php file:

add_filter( "rank_math/snippet/rich_snippet_article_entity", function( $entity ) {
  unset( $entity['dateModified'] );
  unset( $entity['datePublished'] );
  return $entity;
});

add_filter( "rank_math/snippet/rich_snippet_webpage_entity", function( $entity ) {
  unset( $entity['dateModified'] );
  unset( $entity['datePublished'] );
  return $entity;
});

By adding this additional filter, the dates should be removed completely from both @type”:”WebPage” and @type”:”Article” in the HTML source code.

If you encounter any further issues or need additional assistance, please feel free to reach out. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Sources:
How to Remove Date Snippets from Search Results » Rank Math
How to Remove Keywords Data from Article Schema » Rank Math
Resolving Rank Math Schema Markup Related Issues
How to Prevent Modified Date of Your Blog Posts from Being Updated » Rank Math

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

Could you please confirm if you want to remove datePublished and dateModified from the WebPage schema? If so, please try to use the following filter on your website and see if that works for you:

add_filter( 'rank_math/json_ld', function( $data, $jsonld ) {
    if( isset($data['WebPage']) ) {
        unset($data['WebPage']['datePublished']);
	unset($data['WebPage']['dateModified']);
    }

    return $data;
}, 99, 2);

Here’s how you can add filter/hook to your WordPress site: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

Thank you.

Hello,

Yes, the above code we shared would remove both datePublished and dateModified from the WebPage schema.

Let us know if you need help with anything else.

Hello,

We are glad to know that this issue has been resolved. Thank you for letting us know.

This ticket will be closed now, but you can always open a new one if you have any other questions or concerns. We are here to help you with anything related to Rank Math.

We appreciate your patience and cooperation throughout this process.

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