A lot of people want to know how to remove the little bit of information that says “Posted By:…” on WordPress.
Well, in this “How To” post for today, I will tell you just how to remove that irksome bit of text.
Now, the first thing to remember about WordPress is that it very much depends what theme you are using, how things are laid out, but, assuming you are using something standard like the WordPress Twenty Eleven theme, then the code you need to remove is in the file content-single.php.
To edit that file, add the following to the end of your blog’s root URL:
wp-admin/theme-editor.php?file=%2Fthemes%2Ftwentyeleven%2Fcontent-single.php&theme=Twenty+Eleven&dir=theme
You should find any instance of
by <a href=”%6$s”>%5$s</a>
and remove it.
That will remove the “posted by” part in WordPress for this theme.
Please note that, if you upgrade your theme, your edit will be overwritten by the new theme file – and you’ll have to do it again. Ideally, you should use “child themes” to overcome this, but I’m assuming you might not be able to achieve that if you are google searching the topic we’re talking about right here.
If you have any problems, leave a note in the comments section, below.