Manual Last Update Example

This page demonstrates how to manually specify the last update date and author using the last_update frontmatter option.

Configuration

Instead of relying on git metadata, you can manually specify when a page was last updated:

last_update:
  date: 2025-01-01
  author: Documentation Team

Use Cases

Manual last update is useful when:

• The git history doesn’t reflect meaningful content changes
• You want to show a specific review date
• The content was migrated from another system
• You want to attribute updates to a team rather than an individual

Priority

The last_update object has lower priority than the individual override fields:

1. last_update_time (highest priority)
2. last_update.date
3. Git metadata (fallback)

Similarly for authors:

1. last_update_author (highest priority)
2. last_update.author
3. Git metadata (fallback)

Visibility

The last update information will only be visible if you have enabled:

• showLastUpdateTime: true in your docs configuration
• showLastUpdateAuthor: true in your docs configuration