@gandalf3
1) Quick way, disable it through CSS with classes like (display:none;)
2) To fully erase it, you’ll probably have to dig in functions.php of theme and so, and general wp-functions.php because these kind of free stuff writes it everywhere and hard to erase it, (no simple uninstaller button)
Hope it helps,
Digico/François
Can it be changed via the Appearance admin screens? Most themes manage widgets through the Appearance settings. Go to Appearance -> Widgets.
If it’s actually hard-coded into the theme, then you may have to resort to either creating a child theme to override that functionality or use custom css (through child theme or custom css plugin) to just “remove” it from rendering in the browser.
@ Digico Part,
In my Appearance -> Theme Options, I have a tab called Tools. There is a custom CSS tool there. When I try the following code there, it does not do anything. Is there anything else to try?
.section_thumbnails {
display: none;
}
@bemdesign
What should I look for on the Appearance -> Widgets screen? I disabled it from the Widgets for Shortcakes area. My problem is that this Widget seems to be inserted into the bottom of every page. Where should I start on editing the code? Is that theme-dependent?
So it sounds like the “Recent Posts” is some functionality inside the theme then. The only way to override it would be to carefully go through the theme’s code in a code editor to identify where and how that content is generated. You would then need to build a custom child theme (or custom plugin) and override that functionality through either an action or filter (check the wordpress codex on how to do that).
OR you can identify the ID or classes used for that particular area and in your CSS, visually hide it. But based on you last comment this is apparently not working – which makes me wonder if this content is inserted through javascript after page load?
But yes, this generated code is most likely theme dependent so I can’t begin to tell you where to look for it. Possibly the footer template.
