If you maintain a website whose contents are not time oriented, for instance in a non-blog context, you may want to give the dates. Publication dates might give the impression that your content is old and outdated. There many ways you can use to remove the publication or modified dates from your WordPress website. Here we are going to highlight the simplest and quickest ways to achieve that without having code knowledge or straining that much.
1. Function method
Copy the code below and paste it in the functions.php file.
- Go the the ‘Admin Panel’
- Then to ‘Appearance’
- Click on ‘Editor’
- Then locate the ‘functions.php’ file
function jl_remove_post_dates() {
add_filter('the_date', '__return_false');
add_filter('the_time', '__return_false');
add_filter('the_modified_date', '__return_false');
} add_action('loop_start', 'jl_remove_post_dates'); If the above code doesn’t work, try replacing it with the one one below which is more ‘aggressive’.
function jl_remove_post_dates() {
add_filter('the_date', '__return_false');
add_filter('the_time', '__return_false');
add_filter('the_modified_date', '__return_false');
add_filter('get_the_date', '__return_false');
add_filter('get_the_time', '__return_false');
add_filter('get_the_modified_date', '__return_false');
} add_action('loop_start', 'jl_remove_post_dates'); 2. CSS method
Copy the code below and paste it in the Additional CSS section.
- Go the the ‘Admin Panel’
- Then to ‘Appearance’
- Click on ‘Customize’
- Then proceed to ‘Additional CSS’
.entry-meta {
display: none;
} Or you can try the code below.
.entry-meta .entry-date.published {
display: none;
} 3. Theme code method
a. Removing the codes
This method is tedious and can end up damaging your theme. So, before you proceed ensure you back up your theme first.
- Go to the ‘Admin Panel’
- Then to ‘Appearance’
- Click on ‘Editor’
- Choose the template file inside the template-parts folder
- Select the ‘content.php’ first and remove the code section of the date
b. Editing the codes
This method is tedious and can end up damaging your theme. So, before you proceed ensure you back up your theme first.
- Go the the ‘Admin Panel’
- Then to ‘Appearance’
- Click on ‘Editor’
- Look for function calls in your theme’s code: the_date(), echo get_the_date(), the_modified_date(), and the_time(). Like the ones shown below
<?php the_date(); ?>
<?php the_date('F j, Y'); ?>
<?php /echo get_the_date(); ?>
<?php the_modified_date(); ?>
<?php the_modified_date('', 'Last modified '); ?>
<?php the_time( get_option('date_format') ); ?>
<div>Published on <?php the_time( get_option('date_format') ); ?></div>
Surround the function calls with php comment markers (/* and */); as shown below.
<?php /*the_date();*/ ?>
<?php /*the_date('F j, Y');*/ ?>
<?php /*echo get_the_date();*/ ?>
<?php /*the_modified_date();*/ ?>
<?php /*the_modified_date('', 'Last modified ');*/ ?>
<?php /*the_time( get_option('date_format') );*/ ?>
<div>Published on <?php /*the_time( get_option('date_format') );*/ ?></div>
Your theme may leave “Published on,” output. You can proceed to delete “Published on” from the ‘content.php’ file of your theme.
4. Plugin method
There are some plugins that can help you remove dates from your posts.
- Go the the ‘Admin Panel’
- Then to ‘Plugins’
- Click on ‘Add New’
- Search for ‘date remover’
- Select one, install and activate
- Then proceed to the plugins settings to configure it
