Title: Latest Posts Customizations
Last modified: September 12, 2017

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# Latest Posts Customizations

 *  Resolved [ashkiml](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashkiml/)
 * (@ashkiml)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-posts-customizations/)
 * First of all – love this theme! Second time I’ve used it. Thank you!!
 * I have the latest posts section active on my homepage ([http://lakesidesearchgroup.com/](http://lakesidesearchgroup.com/)),
   but I’d like to customize a few things that I can’t seem to figure out after 
   lots of looking.
 * 1) The buttons below each post currently say “Read Me” – I’d like to change those–
   can I do this and if so, how?
 * 2) I’d also like to remove the post date and category tags that appear above 
   those buttons. Under the Blog Posts section, I disabled all these things, but
   doesn’t seem to matter for the homepage.
 * Thank you in advance for your help!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Flatest-posts-customizations%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Subrata Sarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/subrataemfluence/)
 * (@subrataemfluence)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-posts-customizations/#post-9488845)
 * 1) Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog Feed. Scroll down and change value in ‘
   Read Me’ Button Label.
 * 2) In the same panel Select “No” for both Show Date and Show Category. However,
   you may receive an error saying “Undefined variable: str in /wp-content/themes/
   vega/parts/content.php on line 108”.
 * If so, revert to “Yes” and go to Customize > Additional CSS and put the following
   code:
 *     ```
       .post-content .post .entry-meta, .blog-feed .entry .entry-meta {
          display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 * Let me know if this helps.
 * Update:
 * The error (in 2) appears because of the following two lines in the file:
 *     ```
       <?php if($temp) $str = implode('<br />', $temp) ?>
       <?php echo $str; ?>
       ```
   
 * The variable $str is declared inside an `if` statement, hence it is not found
   in the next line.
 *     ```
       <?php $str = ''; ?>
       <?php if($temp) $str = implode('<br />', $temp) ?>
       <?php echo $str; ?>
       ```
   
 * Declaring it outside the `if` condition solves the issue.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by [Subrata Sarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/subrataemfluence/).
 *  [Rico Mossesgeld](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricotheque/)
 * (@ricotheque)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-posts-customizations/#post-9490036)
 * Thanks again for the help [@subrataemfluence](https://wordpress.org/support/users/subrataemfluence/)!
 * Hey [@ashkiml](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashkiml/), this is [@ricotheque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricotheque/)
   from LyraThemes. Glad you’re enjoying the theme!
 * Subrata’s advice is sound; I suggest you [create a child theme](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/01/create-customize-wordpress-child-theme/)
   to keep his suggested customization safe from future Vega updates.
 * Hope this helps!
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by [Rico Mossesgeld](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricotheque/).
 *  [Subrata Sarkar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/subrataemfluence/)
 * (@subrataemfluence)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-posts-customizations/#post-9493067)
 * Hi, [@ricotheque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricotheque/), happy to 
   help!
 *  Thread Starter [ashkiml](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashkiml/)
 * (@ashkiml)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-posts-customizations/#post-9501642)
 * Apologies for the delayed response but I wanted to thank you so much for such
   a quick response. I can’t believe I missed those settings in the Blog Feed panel–
   duh! Changing those settings solved it perfectly. Many many many thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [ashkiml](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashkiml/)
 * (@ashkiml)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-posts-customizations/#post-9501645)
 * resolved

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