Title: Remove meta data from static post
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Remove meta data from static post

 *  Resolved [paddyinthesun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/easylifespain/)
 * (@easylifespain)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-meta-data-from-static-post/)
 * Hi,
    I’m using twentyten theme and want to set a static post as a welcome message,
   however, i do not want to display the meta data for the static post. How can 
   i do this? I still want to display the meta data for other posts.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-meta-data-from-static-post/#post-1811401)
 * Make the welcome post sticky and then use the [is_sticky(](http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#A_Sticky_Post))
   and [is_home()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#The_Main_Page) conditionals
   to create an if/else loop around the meta data code in the 3rd [Loop](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop)
   of loop.php. eg:
 *     ```
       <?php if( !is_sticky() || !is_home() ) :?>
       <div class="entry-utility">
       [...]
       </div><!-- .entry-utility -->
       <?php endif;?>
       ```
   
 * But be warned that your customisations **will** be over-written the next time
   you upgrade WordPress or the theme. For this reason, it is recommended that you
   consider creating a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes) for
   your customisations.
 *  Thread Starter [paddyinthesun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/easylifespain/)
 * (@easylifespain)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-meta-data-from-static-post/#post-1811407)
 * Hi esmi,
    I’m using a child theme. Do you mean to insert the above if/else loop
   within the <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
 * Not fully sure where in the loop the code goes.
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [paddyinthesun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/easylifespain/)
 * (@easylifespain)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-meta-data-from-static-post/#post-1811459)
 * Excellent, i worked it out esmi, thanks a lot. I think i will start reading more
   about the loop.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-meta-data-from-static-post/#post-1811478)
 * No problem. 🙂

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## Tags

 * [is_home](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/is_home/)
 * [is_sticky](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/is_sticky/)
 * [loop](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/loop/)
 * [meta-data](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/meta-data/)
 * [static post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/static-post/)

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-meta-data-from-static-post/#post-1811478)
 * Status: resolved

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