The published date

About

The publication date is a date that convey when your article was written and released to the public.

This date is written in the date_published metadata.

How to set a published date ?

Metadata Manager

You can set the published date with the metadata manager.

Date Prefix

The date prefix is a prefix of the last name of the page path that follows the iso date pattern at the day level.

Example: the page with the below path would have a published date of 2022-05-25.

:namespace:2022-05-25-path-name

Default

By default, the published date is in order

the date_prefix
the creation date

Page Protection for late publication date

If the published date is set in the future, the article will not be visible by the public. See What is the Late Publication Protection feature ?.