Remove Link (and Edit) from ‘Posted on’

@zer0blok

-As a secondary request, if it’s also possible to remove the day (keeping the month and year) please let me know.

You can set a custom date format in Settings > General, under Date format: F, Y

I currently have ‘Posted on” on my posts, showing the date, and also operating as a link.

I’d simply like to remove the link, while keeping the information. (Ideally by editing in child-theme file rather than css.) So the ‘posted on’ information appears, but isn’t a link.

You can override the function scrawl_posted_on() function in your child theme. You’ll find find the original in /inc/template-tags.php

Thanks @zoonini,

F, Y in Settings does the job ??

You can override the function scrawl_posted_on() function in your child theme. You’ll find find the original in /inc/template-tags.php

I’ve found this file and the block of code… but i don’t understand how to “override” the function. Could you identify the code and what needs to be done, please? -where the link is, and where i can change the ‘Posted on’ text (e.g. to ‘Posted in’).

endif;

if ( ! function_exists( 'scrawl_posted_on' ) ) :
/**
 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
 */
function scrawl_posted_on() {
	$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';
	if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
		$time_string .= '<time class="updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time>';
	}

	$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_date() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
	);

	if ( is_single() && scrawl_categorized_blog() ) {
		printf( __( '<span class="posted-on">Posted on %1$s</span><span class="byline"> by %3$s</span><span class="category-links"> in %2$s</span>', 'scrawl' ),
			sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" rel="bookmark">%2$s</a>',
				esc_url( get_permalink() ),
				$time_string
			),
			get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'scrawl' ) ),
			sprintf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s">%2$s</a></span>',
				esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
				esc_html( get_the_author() )
			)
		);
	} else {
		printf( __( '<span class="posted-on">Posted on %1$s</span><span class="byline"> by %2$s</span>', 'scrawl' ),
			sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" rel="bookmark">%2$s</a>',
				esc_url( get_permalink() ),
				$time_string
			),
			sprintf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s">%2$s</a></span>',
				esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
				esc_html( get_the_author() )
			)
		);
	}
}

OK, so i couldn’t achieve the original intention in terms of how the ‘Posted on’-meta functions. I decided in the end to hide the meta in CSS:

.posted-on {
display: none;
}

With thanks
??

Glad you found a workaround.

Hi Kathryn,

I’ve put sensitive information on my posts on this forum because I can’t restore a back up. Is there a way to edit?! Whoops

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