Meta data on posts

Hey there SandiD-S,

How are you doing today?

You should be able to remove this with some custom CSS. Please try adding the following CSS code in the style.css file of your child theme or add it in your site using the following plugin:

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/simple-custom-css

.entry-info {
display: none;
}

This should remove the info from your post page.

Please let me know if this helps ??

Best regards,
Bojan

Hi Thanks,

Unfortunately that didn’t work… though I may have done it wrong.

This is the CSS in my style.css:

.entry-info .comments-link a {
color: #333;
display: none;
float: right;
font-weight: bold;
margin: -2px 1px 0 5px;
padding: 2px 10px;
text-decoration: none;
}

I took the word ‘block’ out and replaced it with none. Should I have also removed all the other details about float and margin etc?

The meta data is still there.

By the way, I had a look at the Simple Custom CSS plugin. It has great reviews, but is it suitable for someone who is very much a beginner at CSS?

This is the CSS in my style.css:

You shouldn’t edit the theme’s original CSS, or you’ll lose all your changes every time you update the theme. ?? That’s why you need to isolate the changes in a custom CSS plugin or with a child theme.

By the way, I had a look at the Simple Custom CSS plugin. It has great reviews, but is it suitable for someone who is very much a beginner at CSS?

Sure! All the plugin does is give you a place in your admin area to add custom CSS that people here in the forum can help you with, as Bojan did above. Once you add your custom CSS to the new CSS editor you’ll get by using the plugin, you can safely do theme updates in the future without losing all your tweaks.

Once you activate the plugin, paste the CSS Bojan gave you into the new CSS editor and you should be all set.

Hey again SandiD-S,

Just to add on what Kathryn said, the reason why the code didn’t work is because with that you’re targeting .comments-link a which is inside .entry-info class instead of just .entry-info.

Hope this makes sense ??

Best regards,
Bojan

Thanks everyone…

I’ve hit another snag ??

I installed the plugin, but I cannot go to settings, unlike my other plugins, when I activate, there is no ‘settings’ link?

I have www.ads-software.com I believe because I host my website with a company/server, its not hosted by wordpress…

Can’t workout whats wrong?

Sandi

Hey Sandi,

I’ve checked the theme just to see if there is a conflict between the theme and the simple custom CSS and everything seems to be working fine.

When you activate the plugin you should find it in Appearance -> Custom CSS https://screencast.com/t/hImQy9Dl4d.

Please let me know if this helps ??

Cheers,
Bojan

Excellent, Thank you!

I’ve found it.

So I just copy your coding above to the plug in and voila?

Sandi
p.s. Thanks so much for all your help so far Bojan and Kathryn.

Wow, thank you!

That worked like a dream!

I hope you don’t mind if in future I pick your brains now and agin on other issues?

Sure thing! Glad I could help ??

Cheers,
Bojan