No Comments, Date, "Leave a Reply" in Posts

[ElmarFrank]

Hi,

I’m using the X-Theme with the Icon stack. I would like to display posts and Portfolio Items without the Date, Author, The fields for Comments, Leave a Reply etc. This entry in Customize --> Custom --> Global CSS:

.p-meta {display: none;}

… worked for Portfolio items but not for regular posts. How can a hide some/all of those data in regular posts?

Thanks

Elmar

[jordanj]

Hello there,

May you try adding !important to your CSS please? Like follows:

.p-meta{
display:none!important;
}

If this still doesn’t work, if you could please provide us with your site URL in a secure note that would be greatly appreciated!

In regards to removing the comments completely however, the best thing to do would be to first create and setup a child theme.

You may setup a child theme to work with the X Theme via the following outlined guide:

Child Themes | Themeco Docs

Once you have setup a child theme, please go to the child theme and add the following code into the functions.php file:

// Disable support for comments and trackbacks in post types
function df_disable_comments_post_types_support() {
	$post_types = get_post_types();
	foreach ($post_types as $post_type) {
		if(post_type_supports($post_type, 'comments')) {
			remove_post_type_support($post_type, 'comments');
			remove_post_type_support($post_type, 'trackbacks');
		}
	}
}
add_action('admin_init', 'df_disable_comments_post_types_support');

// Close comments on the front-end
function df_disable_comments_status() {
	return false;
}
add_filter('comments_open', 'df_disable_comments_status', 20, 2);
add_filter('pings_open', 'df_disable_comments_status', 20, 2);

// Hide existing comments
function df_disable_comments_hide_existing_comments($comments) {
	$comments = array();
	return $comments;
}
add_filter('comments_array', 'df_disable_comments_hide_existing_comments', 10, 2);

// Remove comments page in menu
function df_disable_comments_admin_menu() {
	remove_menu_page('edit-comments.php');
}
add_action('admin_menu', 'df_disable_comments_admin_menu');

// Redirect any user trying to access comments page
function df_disable_comments_admin_menu_redirect() {
	global $pagenow;
	if ($pagenow === 'edit-comments.php') {
		wp_redirect(admin_url()); exit;
	}
}
add_action('admin_init', 'df_disable_comments_admin_menu_redirect');

// Remove comments metabox from dashboard
function df_disable_comments_dashboard() {
	remove_meta_box('dashboard_recent_comments', 'dashboard', 'normal');
}
add_action('admin_init', 'df_disable_comments_dashboard');

// Remove comments links from admin bar
function df_disable_comments_admin_bar() {
	if (is_admin_bar_showing()) {
		remove_action('admin_bar_menu', 'wp_admin_bar_comments_menu', 60);
	}
}
add_action('init', 'df_disable_comments_admin_bar'); 

I hope this helps

[ElmarFrank]

Hello,

thanks for the quick answer! I did the child theme alternative and it worked for posts. Now I would like to have the date hidden from a project display. Is that possible and if yes, how? Maybe by adding some more coed to the functions.php file?
Thanks
Elmar

[mldarshana]

Hi There,

Add the following CSS rules also into your Customizer, Custom > CSS area.

.single-x-portfolio .entry-date {
    display: none;
}

Hope that helps.

[ElmarFrank]

@mldarshana

.single-x-portfolio .entry-date {
display: none;
}

It helped indeed, thanks!

[ElmarFrank]

One more place, where I would like to hide the date is the “Classic recent posts” element.
Like in this screenshot, I would like to get rid of the date below the title:

Same thing if I’m showing projects instead of posts.

You can see this in action at: www.ami-beach-home.com

Thanks

[thai]

Hi There,

Please also add this CSS:

.x-recent-posts .x-recent-posts-date {
display: none;
}