Date Exclusion SEO

I found this but want to make sure it is current:

Hi All,

I have seen quite a bit of questions come in about how to remove the author and date from pages in a WordPress Blog, it really is quite simple here is how you do it.

Just remove author details from the below mentioned code from page.php file of current active theme:

<?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?>Author: <?php the_author() ?>

That’s it, now that was not that hard was it?

you can find that code on line 13 in your page.php file The first line of code <?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?> is your date and the second line Author: <?php the_author() ?> that is the Author part Delete both save your page.php re-upload it and you are done go to your page https://ccuconsulting.com and you will see that you no longer have date or Author showing up on your pages. Now it looks a bit more like a regular web site.

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When i went inside a php file at Weaver ii it had a big warning to not touch and something about a child theme?????????? I don’t want to mess up my site since I am new to this.

Yes, you should definitely use a child theme — otherwise your changes will be overwritten and erased when the theme is updated.

You can also very likely hide the date using “display: none;” in the CSS code which is generally an easier way to make that kind of change. If you post a link to your site someone can likely help you with the specifics. You might also want to look on the Weaver Theme forums – -as they offer good support for their theme.

My site is: https://www.sexybedroomdecor.com and I would welcome help “with specifics”.

Thank you so much WPyogi!

Lyric

Your theme has this note in the CSS file:

>>>> DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! <<<<

The Weaver II Theme has been designed so that editing style.css is no longer required!

If you need to make changes to the styles rules, add Custom CSS rules from the Advanced Options tab of the
Weaver II admin panel. Weaver II also is designed to use child themes for even more customization.

So in the custom CSS – try adding this:

.entry-meta {
   display: none;
}

Hot diggity; it worked!!!!! Thank you, thank you, WPYogi. I have been trying to do this for months!!!

L