In this article and video you’ll discover at least 3 different methods for removing the date-stamp from your wordpress blog. I’m going to cover manually removing the date code from your theme, removing the date from your thesis theme and using a plugin to remove the date from your blog. I’ll particularly focus on removing the date from blog posts but you can also use these methods for your main page and archive pages also.
Why Should you Remove the Date Code From Blog Posts?
It’s important to remember that when it comes to using a wordpress blog for an internet business website that you are not just posting a diary which is one of the original uses for a blog. Instead, your internet business website can and probably should function as a CMS or Content Management System.
That said, you really don’t really need a date-stamp because it will just look silly on a website that you are going to use on a long term basis. People want fresh content. Nobody wants to visit a post that is 3 years old. CMS websites are often referred to as “Evergreen” Websites. Not just an ordinary blog.
I want my internet business resource blog to be, fresh, up-to-date, Evergreen and a CMS resource for my visitors to enjoy. I know that you do too. That’s why we want to remove the datestamp, to make your internet business blog more valuable.
How To Remove The Date Code From a Blog Theme
Removing the date code from a blog theme is really very easy. Even if you don’t know anything about html. I’m very limited in my HTML abilities yet I’ve managed to customize my wordpress theme so that it looks different from the crowd.
I simply take e a leap of faith and learn as I go. Many people are afraid to go into the custom style-sheet of their blog because they don’t want to mess up their whole website. There’s an easy way to safeguard yourself from messing up the entire theme. Here it is:
Simply copy and paste the original code into notepad or a similar text editor before you make any changes to the code.
Now that you know how to back-up your work lets look for the code to manually remove the date stamp from your wordpress blog theme. Take these steps:
Removing the Date From Blog Posts
- Login to your wrodpress Admin panel
- Now that you’re in your dashboard, scroll down and click on “Editor” under the “Appearance” tab on the left hand side of your screen
- You are now in the CSS portion of Your Blog theme. Look On the right hand side of the screen where it says “Theme Files” and “Templates”. Now Scroll down to all the places that you want to remove the time stamp from- Single Post(post.php) “Page Template (page.php) Main Index (index.php) Archives (archives.php) Note:Some blog themes may have a different label so look for similar phrases. You may have to open a few different templates to find the codes for the exact place that you want to remove the date from.
- Back-up- Be sure to select and copy all of the original text in the file window that you’re editing and then paste it into notepad or a similar plain text editor)
- Now it’s time to remove the code.The code you’re usually looking for is: <?php the_time(); ?> or <?php the date();?> . Remove the code.
- Update the file (Save your work)
That’s all it is to it. You have now removed the date from your blog posts, pages, and archives.
How To Remove Dates From Blog Posts Using the Thesis Theme
I’m using the the Thesis wordpress blog theme on this website. It is my favorite theme of all wordpress themes because it is easy to customize, has great SEO advantages and is constantly being improved upon..
With Thesis it is no longer necessary to customize most of the CSS files. That’s because Thesis provides styling, programing, design and general options pages to make things easy.
Removing The Date in Thesis Posts
Removing the dates from blog posts using thesis is super easy. Here are the (short) instructions:
- From your wrodpress dashboard scroll down to” Thesis Options” under”Appearance”
- Now look for the Heading that says “Display Options”
- Simply Uncheck ‘Show published-on date in post “byline”,’
- Save the page
All done. That’s why I’m using the Thesis Theme.
Using a WordPress plugin to Remove Dates From Blog Posts
This is also a simple method for removing the date from your wordpress blog post. I found this wordpress plugin. It’s called the
Date Exclusion WordPress Plugin.
The advantage of using this plugin is that you can either keep the dates on all the posts or remove them all or you can even remove the dates that are older than a month for example. Simple installation instructions are given using the link above which is one of the pages for Daily Blog Tips.com
Hire a Website Desginer To Remove the Date From Blog Posts
There is a fourth option for removing the date from your blog posts. Hire a Website designer. Although I’ve laid out 3 methods for removing the date stamp from your blog post you may not feel comfortable using any of them. In that case, hire someone to do the work for you.
The Most Up-To-Date Posts and Comments on Removing Dates Available
I hope you’ve benefited from this article. You’ll notice that there is no date available for you to see when I wrote it. Unless it is still on my front page where articles I’ve written in the last couple of weeks appear.
The information contained in this article is evergreen. It lasts for a long time. It’s one of the most up-to-date articles that you’ll read on how to remove the date from your blog posts. Do you think I should remove the date from the comments sections also? Let me know by leaving an up-to date comment:
To remove the dates from the comment section (upon request)
In the comments.php file of your theme look for a template tag or PHP code that looks like this (or something similar):
<?php comment_date() ?> If you’re using the Thesis Theme, all you have to do is add this code: to your custom.css:
.custom .comment_time {visibility: hidden;}
You can also use this WordPress Plugin to remove the date from comments in wordpress
http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/latest-post-from-each-category-plugin-for-wordpress/
About Greg Nemer
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Although I had removed dates below post titles, I never thought of hiding them from comments section!
I am trying to find a universal method of hiding dates from comments and will let you know if I find any.
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Mr I,
It’s easy to remove the code (for some) but if you find an easier method let us know. Also, I visited your site and really like it.
I guess it really be helpful if there’s a universal way of doing it rather than going from post to post (I have few blogs with hundreds of posts already). Thank you anyways.
Chrisile,
The methods that I’ve described in this blog post will work on all posts at once. You DON’T have to go from post to post to eliminate the date.
The easiest way may be for you to simply download the plugin that I give a link to above.
Hope this helps.
“To remove the dates from the comment section all you have to do is add this code .custom .comment_time {visibility: hidden;} to your custom.css in thesis”
-Thank you for putting that code up. This was driving me nuts, I just couldn’t figure it out. You’re the best.
Thanks
You’re right. This is timely information. I just started using Thesis and I had forgotten that I had this option. Your post ‘refreshed’ my memory and saved me a lot of time. Thanks!
Thanks for this.
I also use the Thesis theme, but wasn’t sure how to remove the date from each blog post.
Glad I could be of help Trish.
Your website looks great!
Greg, if your purpose is to have an up to date blog, the comments date will show how old the post by tracking the oldest post. I think it also should be removed.