Remove post meta from single blog page

Hi dianat

If you are already using child theme then remove above code you have added and try pasting below code instead in functions.php file in child theme.

function storefront_posted_on() {
		if(!is_single()){
			$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="%1$s" itemprop="datePublished">%2$s</time>';
		if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
			$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time><time class="updated" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="datePublished">%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() )
		);

		$posted_on = sprintf(
			_x( 'Posted on %s', 'post date', 'storefront' ),
			'<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="bookmark">' . $time_string . '</a>'
		);

		$byline = sprintf(
			_x( 'by %s', 'post author', 'storefront' ),
			'<span class="vcard author"><span class="fn" itemprop="author"><a class="url fn n" rel="author" href="' . esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ) . '">' . esc_html( get_the_author() ) . '</a></span></span>'
		);

		echo apply_filters( 'storefront_single_post_posted_on_html', '<span class="posted-on">' . $posted_on . '</span><span class="byline"> ' . $byline . '</span>', $posted_on, $byline );
		}

	}

Let us know if any confusion.

Best Regards!!!

Thanks so much for responding. Unfortunately, this isn’t what I’m looking for.

I am trying to remove meta for a custom post type, li_author, specifically on the single page. While I’m not fluent in PHP, it does not look like this code is removes meta.

Even when I change the !is_single() conditional in your code to is_singular(‘li_author’), the post metadata remains on the individual CPT page.

Any ideas how to achieve the removal of meta in this context?

Your code looks spot-on, it’s hard to diagnose why this isn’t working :/

No other customisations / plugins that might interfere with this?

I know it’s not an ideal workaround but you could always hide the content with css.

Thanks, James, for responding. I am hoping to avoid hiding with CSS.

Very strange. I tested this as the only snippet, without the conditional, in functions.php of a child theme, deactivated all plugins except WC, and removed all styles and custom templates. I even switched to storefront itself and placed the snippet in its own functions.php (setup.php, extras.php). No joy.

I hate to ask … are you sure this works?

I see the problem now. The init hook is too early in this case. Try using wp instead.

Cheers.

Thanks, James, for all your help.

Tried this at https://likethegoddess.info

add_action( 'wp', 'ltg_remove_meta' );
function ltg_remove_meta() {
		remove_action( 'storefront_single_post', 'storefront_post_meta', 20 );
}

No joy.

@dianat / @jameskoster

I’m not a fan of CSS hacks, but this’ll work

.entry-header .byline {
    font-size: .857em;
    display: none;
}

…..shouldn’t we be aiming for

storefront_posted_on

Thanks for your feedback, Brad. Yes, we have discussed hiding the CSS. I would much rather get the hook to work if that’s possible.

Correct me if I’m wrong, isn’t storefront_posted_on for the post date only? In Storefront, post meta is “Posted on [DATE] by [AUTHOR].” I need to eliminate all post meta.

Has anyone successfully be able to use this?

add_action( 'wp', 'ltg_remove_meta' );
function ltg_remove_meta() {
		remove_action( 'storefront_single_post', 'storefront_post_meta', 20 );
}

Instead of hooking into init or wp you need to hook into template_redirct

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'marce_remove_storefront_entry_meta', 20 );

function marce_remove_storefront_entry_meta() {
      remove_action( 'storefront_single_post', 'storefront_post_meta', 20 );
}

Thanks for posting, Mikey. Unfortunately, changing from wp to template_redirect isn’t removing post meta.

Even switching to Storefront itself, using no plugins, trying init, wp, and template_redirect, no joy.

Hi dianat,

My bad, the code above I wrote only applied to the single post, not to the front page. This will remove it from the front page but not from the single post page.

add_action( 'init', 'marce_remove_storefront_entry_meta', 20 );

function marce_remove_storefront_entry_meta() {
      remove_action( 'storefront_loop_post', 'storefront_post_meta', 20 );
}

Finally! ??