How To Remove The Dates From WordPress Themes
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If you want to use WordPress for more of a static site that is updated infrequently removing the dates from your theme could come in handy. To remove the date you need to find where the date is referred to in index.PHP and remove that line. It will probably be a line between 2 div tags that refer to a date in some way.
Also remove the date instances in single.PHP and archive.PHP. If you are afraid of removing the wrong thing and ruining your theme. You can use comment tags instead. This will make the lines still readable but whatever is between the tags won’t run.
/* These tags can be used to comment something out in PHP */
Now for the Good news. I just discovered a Date Exclusion WordPress Plugin over at Daily Blog Tips. This just might be the answer for those of us who don’t feel completely comfortable poking around in our themes code. I haven’t used it yet. But it might be the safer option I’ve been looking for.
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David Leonhardt SEO Consultant | Sep 5, 2008 | Reply
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Emma | Sep 5, 2008 | Reply
Thanks David, I guess I finally wrote something worthwhile.
I appreciate the kind words.
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Far Cry 2 | Sep 17, 2008 | Reply
Firstly thanks for sharing, Secondly you blog design is excellent some blogs have way to much advertising and are hard to read. I wish your site the all the best for the future.
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Online Loser | Sep 21, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for the tip. I have been thinking about taking out the dates, since I am almost too embarrassed to show them.
I did not exactly search for a way to do it, since it just crossed my mind. And here I am. Found it without looking!
And at the same time, found an interesting blog. I think I’ll hang around a little longer.
Thanks!
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Emma | Sep 22, 2008 | Reply
Thanks online loser. I like your site too. I’m still trying to master all of the coding skills. It just makes everything easier if you know how things work.
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XL Roger Hamilton | Oct 17, 2008 | Reply
This is an informative article. Thanks for sharing the useful information. Very helpful to me.
办公家具 | Nov 18, 2008 | Reply
good thanks a lot. perfect!