Title: Removing the “Recent Posts” title
Last modified: October 4, 2019

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# Removing the “Recent Posts” title

 *  [thetoolman123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetoolman123/)
 * (@thetoolman123)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-the-recent-posts-title/)
 * Hi there,
 * How can I remove the “Recent Posts” title from the widget? I would like to remove
   it manually rather than using CSS.
 * Is this possible? If so, can anyone tell me which file it’s in?
 * Thanks

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-the-recent-posts-title/#post-11994721)
 * You can put a non-breaking space in the Title field instead. Type it as ` `
   or maybe even a normal space would do it.
 *  Thread Starter [thetoolman123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetoolman123/)
 * (@thetoolman123)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-the-recent-posts-title/#post-11994727)
 * Thanks for the reply. I would rather remove it completely if possible?
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-the-recent-posts-title/#post-11994841)
 * You can copy the core code for the widget and make a new widget with a different
   name, since I don’t think there are any filters in the widget code.
 * If you change core code files, your change could be lost when you update to a
   new WP version.
 * The core widget code is separate from the code for the core widget blocks (I 
   think).
 * You can use one of several plugins that provide different Recent Posts widgets.
   
   You could alter a plugin much easier than altering WP itself.
 *  Thread Starter [thetoolman123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetoolman123/)
 * (@thetoolman123)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-the-recent-posts-title/#post-11994874)
 * Thanks for the reply.
 * How would I make a copy of the core widget code? Is this done in the Widgets 
   area?
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-the-recent-posts-title/#post-11994963)
 * You would go to wp-includes/widgets and copy the file class-widget-recent-posts.
   php to your child theme or a plugin folder.
    Edit it and change the class name(
   or it will give a fatal error of duplicate definition). And change the title 
   to your preference (no title).
 * To be able to use your widget, you will need to register it. Use the new class
   name as the parameter.
 *     ```
       function mynew_widgets_init() {
       	register_widget( 'myNewClass_Recent_Posts_Widget' );
       }
       add_action( 'widgets_init', 'mynew_widgets_init' );
       ```
   
 * Be sure to load your new widget code, so it gets defined. (It’s different for
   plugin vs. theme.)
 *  Thread Starter [thetoolman123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetoolman123/)
 * (@thetoolman123)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-the-recent-posts-title/#post-11996023)
 * Thank you for that, I will try that 🙂

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