diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
index 417b21853b837..e00c700e0c6e6 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ export const FrontMatter: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
 
             const socialImage = coalesceAliases(data, ["socialImage", "image", "cover"])
 
+            const created = coalesceAliases(data, ["created", "date"])
+            if (created) data.created = created
+            const modified = coalesceAliases(data, [
+              "modified",
+              "lastmod",
+              "updated",
+              "last-modified",
+            ])
+            if (modified) data.modified = modified
+            const published = coalesceAliases(data, ["published", "publishDate", "date"])
+            if (published) data.published = published
+
             if (socialImage) data.socialImage = socialImage
 
             // fill in frontmatter
@@ -91,6 +103,9 @@ declare module "vfile" {
     } & Partial<{
         tags: string[]
         aliases: string[]
+        modified: string
+        created: string
+        published: string
         description: string
         publish: boolean | string
         draft: boolean | string
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/lastmod.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/lastmod.ts
index fe8c01bcfa7f9..fd5769263f3cd 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/lastmod.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/lastmod.ts
@@ -48,11 +48,9 @@ export const CreatedModifiedDate: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (u
                 created ||= st.birthtimeMs
                 modified ||= st.mtimeMs
               } else if (source === "frontmatter" && file.data.frontmatter) {
-                created ||= file.data.frontmatter.date as MaybeDate
-                modified ||= file.data.frontmatter.lastmod as MaybeDate
-                modified ||= file.data.frontmatter.updated as MaybeDate
-                modified ||= file.data.frontmatter["last-modified"] as MaybeDate
-                published ||= file.data.frontmatter.publishDate as MaybeDate
+                created ||= file.data.frontmatter.created as MaybeDate
+                modified ||= file.data.frontmatter.modified as MaybeDate
+                published ||= file.data.frontmatter.published as MaybeDate
               } else if (source === "git") {
                 if (!repo) {
                   // Get a reference to the main git repo.