New-in collections
Label products with the month they arrived.
Commerce / widget · Elementor module
Product Published Date Widget Plugin for Elementor
Show when a WooCommerce product was published, in the site's date format, marked up as a machine-readable date.
Included in All AccessClassic Elementor widgetFrom $29 USD / year
Complementor / Product publication dateProduct preview
Text, style and layout controls inside Elementor
01 / Interactive demonstration
A real product date
These are the actual published outputs of the widget for a real WooCommerce product: the site's date format, a “New in” month label, and a numeric date.
02 / Inside WordPress
Product published date controls in Elementor
Content sets the product (the current one or a product ID), the prefix, the date format (empty uses the site's format) and an optional icon. The Style tab covers typography, colour, alignment, background, border, radius and padding, plus icon colour, size, gap and position.
03 / Website use cases
Where to use product publication date
New-in collections and journal-style shops want to show when a product arrived, and WooCommerce product pages do not show it. Product published date shows the product's publication date in the site's format and language, or any format you choose, wrapped in a machine-readable time element.
Limited editions
Show the release date of each edition.
Journal-style shops
Date products like articles.
04 / Installation and setup
How to show a product's date in Elementor
Start with Complementor installed and your license connected. Enable this module in the WordPress library, then configure it in Elementor.
Install Complementor, connect your license and enable Product published date in the Complementor library.
Add the widget to your product template, or choose a product by ID.
Set the prefix, such as “New in”.
Leave the date format empty for the site format, or enter one such as F Y.
Style it and check a product page.
05 / Content and style controls
Customize product publication date in Elementor
Configure the settings available for this module to suit the page you are building.
The product's publication date.
Site date format by default, or any PHP date format.
Shown in the site's language and time zone.
Marked up as a <time> element with an ISO date.
Optional, translatable prefix.
Style: typography, colour, surface, icon.
06 / Choose the right approach
Product publication date and Elementor alternatives
Compare the existing Elementor workflow with this Complementor module before choosing your setup.
Typing the date
Typed dates are easy to get wrong and differ by product. This reads each product's own date.
WooCommerce's product page
WooCommerce does not show the publication date. This adds it where you want.
07 / Requirements and compatibility
Product publication date compatibility with Elementor
- Requires Elementor and WooCommerce.
- Publication date only.
- Public products only.
Complementor uses classic Elementor APIs. Atomic-native controls are not implemented. Check your theme, cache and integrations on a staging site before release.
08 / Common setup problems
Troubleshoot product publication date
Check these settings if the published page behaves differently from the editor.
Why is the date in the wrong format?
Leave Date format empty to use Settings › General, or enter PHP date letters such as j F Y.
Why is the month in English?
Dates use the site language set in Settings › General.
Which date is shown?
The product's publication date, not its last update.
Why is nothing shown?
The product is not public, or the widget is not on a product page and no product ID is set.
Product publication date plugin questions
Does it need Elementor Pro?
No. It works with the free version of Elementor and WooCommerce.
Is the date readable by search engines?
Yes. It is wrapped in a <time> element with an ISO 8601 date.
Can I hide the prefix?
Yes. Empty the Prefix field.
Is it accessible?
Yes. It is plain text, and the optional icon is hidden from screen readers.
Does it add JavaScript?
No. It is plain HTML and CSS.
10 / Annual All Access subscription
Get product publication date with Complementor
This module is included with all 1007 current Complementor solutions. Choose your production website allowance; every plan includes the same modules.
One website
$29USD / year
- All 1007 current modules
- Plugin downloads and updates for one year
- New releases during the paid term
- Product support
Renews at $29 USD each year.
A few websites
$49USD / year
- All 1007 current modules
- Plugin downloads and updates for one year
- New releases during the paid term
- Product support
Renews at $49 USD each year.
More websites
$99USD / year
- All 1007 current modules
- Plugin downloads and updates for one year
- New releases during the paid term
- Product support
Renews at $99 USD each year.
Applicable taxes extra. Annual subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your customer account. Elementor Pro is required for Exclude current post. Read the terms and 14-day technical-issue refund policy.