Why not giving a special style to the posts published less than 24 hours ago, to let your readers know about the fact they’re new? Here’s a simple code to do it.
To achieve this recipe, edit your index.php file and look for the loop. Replace it with that one:
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); $currentdate = date('Y-m-d',mktime(0,0,0,date('m'),date('d'),date('Y'))); $postdate = get_the_time('Y-m-d'); if ($postdate==$currentdate) { echo '<div class="post new">'; } else { echo '<div class="post">'; } ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"> <?php the_title(); ?></a> <?php the_time('j F Y'); ?> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> <?php endif; ?>
The above code will add the css class new if the post was published less than 24 hours ago. Then, you just have to modify your stylesheet a bit:
.post{ /* CSS style for "normal" posts */ } .post.new { /* CSS style for newer posts */ }
Thanks to Fred jaillet for the recipe!