Hello Peter Klinke

Yes, you can. Enable published date in the Global Content settings. Then hide it on the menu item that you do not want the date to show. You can also hide it with Custom CSS.

Best regards

where does it suddenly come from ? now I have to change nearly all menu items!

This is the way. You have to do the hardwork to get your desired result.

This is not the way. These kind of departures from Joomla's core functionality is nothing more than frustrating.

First you make it so you can not longer use default Joomla Article Images, kill captions and alt text, and now you guys are messing with the dates.

If we switch off dates in the Global Settings then the addons should respect those settings. Hence the reason they are called Global setting

This is getting very frustrating.

Hi Peter,

Try adding the followng CSS to your custom.css or custom CSS section in the template settings:

span.sppb-meta-date {
    display: none!important;
}

Kind regards, John

Same thing here last week. I updated pagebuilder from 3.8.7 to 3.8.9 and suddenly the dates were gone, showing the warning in a yellow box. Why was that even changed? It worked fine, pagebuilder had the option to override the global config on whether or not to show the date. This change means that if you have a lot of sites you should change them ALL because of this. And really? Support is just saying 'This is the way. Do the hard work.' Wow, can't believe that. I had a subscription for years, but will not renew any more.

It's really frustrating and disappointing that Joomshaper doesn't care about their customers and the impact of the changes! I actually wanted to stay with Joomshaper, but I don't like the development here anymore.

This is fucking nuts! Joomashaper was already shitty but it is getting worse and worse! Shame on you.

This needs to be put back as it was with the Addon overriding the global configuration on a few of our larger content sites, this is a nightmare.

Hi all,

I had the same (Stupid) problem and found a solution while I was checking the php code of the older Joomshaper version.

Solution: Go to: templates -> TEMPLATE NAME -> sppagebuilder -> addons -> articles and open site.php On line 316, change this: if ($show_date) { $date = ($article_createddate) ? HTMLHelper::('date', $item->publish_up, 'DATE_FORMATLC3') : '<p class="alert alert-warning">' . Text::('COM_SPPAGEBUILDER_ADDON_ARTICLES_SHOW_LAST_CREATED_DATE_WARNING_MESSAGE') . '</p>';

                    $date_text = ($show_date_text) ? '<b>' . Text::_($show_date_text) . ': </b>' : '';

                    $output .= '<span class="sppb-meta-date" itemprop="datePublished">' . $date_text . $date . '</span>';
                }

To: if ($showdate) { $output .= '<span class="sppb-meta-date" itemprop="datePublished">' . Jhtml::('date', $item->publish_up, 'DATE_FORMAT_LC3') . '</span>'; }

This will work, but remember that updating the pagebuilder component will override the original file. It's recommended to save a local version so you can easily modify it again after an update.

Hey Martjin,

templates -> TEMPLATE NAME -> sppagebuilder ->

There is no such folder ( sppagebuilder ).

I am shocked Joomshaper still did not implement a fix on this after 2-3 years on sp page builder! incredible!

'Publish date is not enabled in Article Configuration'

same

Yes, that's really bad! 'That's the way' does fully ignore customer wishes.

1- how to create a full width image in homepage of sp page builder? i try to put image, then the image is show in 2 colums, even there is only 1 column!

https://prnt.sc/QsfMaEhAvLpS

2- 2nd method, if i try to put a image inside the article, and call the joomla module with the image on it, the iamge shows perfectly full width, but gives an error! 'Publish date is not enabled in Article Configuration'

please, fix for the 2 options, thanks!

and they decided to get rid and not support anymore SP kindergarten, that is very bad too but if you want easy store, you have to pay extra, for a shopping method that still does not even include DROPSHIPPING in 2025! or print of demand! ridiculous!

And a few Templates, and not being updated to the new php methods, like JoomlaShaper Estate and many more :(

Hello Peter Klinke and BloodyBakala,

Thank you for sharing your honest feedback with us. We understand your concerns and truly value the time you’ve taken to point them out.

SP Kindergarten have been discontinued due to major changes in Joomla and PHP versions. Maintaining them to current standards would require a full rebuild, and instead we’ve chosen to focus on improving and expanding our active products.

Regarding EasyStore, we’re continuously working to make it more powerful and flexible. Features like dropshipping are already under investigation, as we know they are important to many users.

We acknowledge your point about some templates not being updated to the latest PHP methods, and our dev team has a plan to gradually modernize or replace older products with new ones that follow current coding standards.

For the Publish date is not enabled in Article Configuration issue, I have modified the code for a custom solution. Please create this location on your template:

templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/sppagebuilder/addons/articles/

and replace site.php file with the attached file. You need to unzip the file and then replace.

site.php.zip

This will ignore whether published date is on or off in Global Configuration. The date will be always shown on the Articles addon.

Last of all, your feedback is important—it helps us understand where we need to do better. I’ll make sure to share your suggestions with our product team.

Thanks again for bringing this up.

Best regards