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1. johnasp
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Firstly, can I ask why does WordPress add an anchor tag around the date/time stamp for user comments?

   And secondly, how do you remove this link? I can't find anywhere obvious to do this.

   Cheers

2. songdogtech
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   WordPress doesn't add that; theme authors do. In your theme files - like index.php, single.php, etc. - look for something like:

   <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?>

   But the exact format of any comments link will depend on your theme.

3. johnasp
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Ah right got it thanks. What woud someone want to create an anchor around the date, just out of interest? I dont get why they would add a link around the date/time of post.

4. kalibahlu
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have this same question... I found that line of code, but it doesn't seem to effect the link in the comment dates. I don't mind it there if seemed to have a purpose, but I can't figure out what the purpose might be. Anyway, does anyone know how to remove the anchor tags from the comment dates in Kubrick? Thanks!

5. kalibahlu
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   OK, figured it out... In my case I had to find this:
   

   <date class="comment-meta commentmetadata">
           <a href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars( get_comment_link(
           $comment->comment_ID ) ) ?>"><?php printf(__('%1$s at
           %2$s'), get_comment_date(),  get_comment_time()) ?></a>
           <?php edit_comment_link(__('(Edit)'),'  ','') ?>
         </div>

   and just take out the anchor:
   

   <date class="comment-meta commentmetadata">
           <?php printf(__('%1$s at
           %2$s'), get_comment_date(),  get_comment_time()) ?>
           <?php edit_comment_link(__('(Edit)'),'  ','') ?>
         </div>

   I would like to change this post to 'resolved', but the option is gone now. Oh well, it probably differs a lot from theme to theme anyway.

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