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1. chasapple
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I have no knowledge of php/css, etc.
   The Edit Post page of WP admin has 2 entries under Custom Fields.
   One for 'hide-author' and one for 'hide-date'--but no values assigned.

   I read the codex article on Custom Fields, but have no idea how to actually implement
   these to hide the post author/date/time on a per post basis---to decide with each post whether or not to display the author/date/time.

   Does anyone know how to do this?

   I saw other posts describing code changes to index.php, category.php, etc.
   to remove author/date/time from ALL posts,
   but I'm hoping to find a way to pick and choose which posts have author/date/time removed from the display.

   I looked for a plugin to do this but could not find any...

   Thanks,
   Charles

2. esmi
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Those custom fields have either come from a theme that you used previously or an old plugin. Given that you can't hide author and/or post dates now, I think it's safe to assume that this isn't a feature in your current theme. Which means it would have to be added to the relevant template files in your current theme (eg index.php, category.php, archive.php, single.php etc).

   Something like:

   <?php
   if(!get_post_meta($post->ID, 'hide-author') || get_post_meta($post->ID, 'hide-author',true) != 'yes' ):?>
   [.. author markup ..]
   <?php endif;?>
   
   <?php
   if(!get_post_meta($post->ID, 'hide-date') || get_post_meta($post->ID, 'hide-date',true) != 'yes' ):?>
   [.. date markup ..]
   <?php endif;?>

   should work - assuming you entered "yes" (without the quotes) into the relevant custom field whenever you wanted to hide this data. Not tested it out though - so apologies if there are any syntax errors in there.

3. chasapple
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Thank you very much for the reply.
   I'll fiddle with it and post back if I'm able to get it to work.

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