# Last Updated

The "Last updated" label shows readers when a page was last refreshed.

You do not add this component with markdown syntax. Retype renders it automatically in the page footer when lastUpdated is configured.

This component is Retype PRO only.

Retype can get the date automatically from the Git commit metadata, or you can set the values manually in page metadata.

By default, Retype tries to add the last updated date to every page by using the latest committer metadata from Git, as long as the build has full Git history. The by value is available too, but it is not enabled by default.

lastUpdated:
  date:
    enabled: true
    source: committer
  by:
    enabled: true
    source: committer

Use source: author or source: committer depending on whether you want the original author or the person who last committed a change.

If one page needs a fixed footer value, set it directly in the page metadata:

---
lastUpdated:
  date: 2026-03-12
  by: Documentation Team
---

You can also use the shortform lastUpdatedBy and lastUpdatedBy syntax:

---
lastUpdated: 2026-03-12
lastUpdatedBy: Documentation Team
---

Automatic values are only available when Retype can read the Git history for the page. If your project is not part of a Git repository, or only a shallow clone, Retype will not output the "Last updated" label.

For GitHub Actions, be sure to fetch the full history by including fetch-depth: 0 in the checkout action:

- uses: actions/checkout@v6
  with:
    fetch-depth: 0

See also the GitHub Actions guide.