Hexo Auto Updated

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If you have built up your own blog using the Hexo Blog System, you may have noticed that the post timestamps don’t update automatically when you modify content. Since Hexo lacks a built-in auto-update feature for the updated field,, that’s why we need to use a vscode extension to achieve this. That’s what Hexo Auto Updated is for.

Installation

You can install Hexo Auto Updated by opening the vscode extension market and searching for “Hexo Auto Updated” and then clicking the install button.

Usage

After installing the extension, it will automatically update the updated time of the post when you save the post.

Detects lines matching patterns like the following:

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updated: 2025-11-22 04:45:05

Demo

Hexo Auto Updated

Visual Studio Code Derivatives

If you are using other Visual Studio Code derivatives, such as Cursor, Kio, Antigravity, Trae, etc., you can also just install it locally after downloading it.

Here’s an example for downloading the Hexo Auto Updated vsix.

After you download the vsix file, you can type Command + Shift + P to open the command palette, then type “Install from vsix” and select the vsix file you downloaded.

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