topic Blog editor now makes it hard to retain published dates in Blog, Website & Page Publishing

Blog editor now makes it hard to retain published dates

dkarrasKSI — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:31:48 GMT

I don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but recently the blog editor changed so that if you make an edit to a blog and update it, it automatically updates the published date to that moment rather than leaving the publish date in the past. To reset the date back to the blog's original publish date, you have to click the orange "schedule" button and set the date back to the date in the past that the blog actually originally published. The UI suggests changes will go live in the future versus updating a past post, as if this is an unintended way to retain a blog's original publish date. But there is no other way that I could find to do this. SUPER clunky. Hubspot should allow you to update posts without updating the publish date.

Re: Blog editor now makes it hard to retain published dates

BérangèreL — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:18:25 GMT

Hi @dkarrasKSI, I hope that you are keeping well!

I'd like to thank you for sharing your valuable feedback with the HubSpot Community! This means a lot to us.

I have shared it internally to bring more visibility to it.

I'd like to share this article "Set a blog post's publish date and time" that might be of interest.

Also, I'd love to put you in touch with some of our Top Experts and Community Members: Hi @Phil_Vallender, @TDegrande, @evaldas, @MTrask3, @alyssamwilie, @SFurlong, @JLeach18, @jw20 do you have suggestions to help @dkarrasKSI, please?

Have a lovely day and thanks so much!

Best,
Bérangère

Re: Blog editor now makes it hard to retain published dates

erinmbrady80 — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:57:16 GMT

I agree! This is VERY frustrating as I can't tell from the blog editing view what the original publish date was, so "rescheduling" it to the original requires multiple steps (going to the blog and searching for the one I'm editing). It's really an absurd...

Re: Blog editor now makes it hard to retain published dates

BérangèreL — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:34:32 GMT

Hi @erinmbrady80,

I'm sorry to hear about your experience regarding this.

I would like to apologize for the frustration, data issues, and business impact this has caused.

I have shared your valuable feedback internally.

And please @erinmbrady80, let me know if there is anything else I can help with. I'll be delighted to do so!

Best,
Bérangère

Re: Blog editor now makes it hard to retain published dates

BérangèreL — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:04:40 GMT

Hi @erinmbrady80, I hope that you are well!

I wanted to get back to you on this. Internally, on our side, we can't reproduce what you are experiencing.

So I was just wondering, are you using some kind of automation or something on your account, please?

The more info, screenshots (without sensitive/confidential information), and details you can provide, the better the Community can assist.

Thanks and have a great day!
Bérangère

Re: Blog editor now makes it hard to retain published dates

erinmbrady80 — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:04:22 GMT

??? I'm not sure what you're trying to "reproduce"? This issue is, when I publish a blog on XX date, then edit it later on, the publish date becomes the date that I edited it on rather than keeping the original publish date. Sometimes the edit is just a typo or something minor, so there's no need for the blog to then be reordered like it was the most recent blog published.

Re: Blog editor now makes it hard to retain published dates

BérangèreL — Thu, 01 May 2025 14:43:19 GMT

Hi @erinmbrady80, thank you for the additional information!

Just to confirm, is it the "published_date" or the "published_at" property?

I would recommend connecting with HubSpot Technical Support, as Support is included in your subscription and they will be able to provide real-time assistance for this matter, including hopping on a screenshare if necessary.

Contacting our Support Team would be the best next step so that they can dig into it. Please share this Community post when/if you contact them, it will help speed up the process.

Thank you and have a lovely day!
Bérangère