Title: removing things from posts
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# removing things from posts

 *  [donohuge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donohuge/)
 * (@donohuge)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-things-from-posts/)
 * Hey guys,
 * I’d like to remove several things from my posts. I’d like to remove the ‘posted
   by’ and ‘categories’ sections completely.
 * I’d also like to remove the comments sections at the bottom completely. I tried
   just turning them off but it didn’t work.
 * Also when my post is over a certain length the screen appears to cut it off?
 * Here is my site: [http://indieconstruction.co.uk/garden-walls-2/](http://indieconstruction.co.uk/garden-walls-2/)
 * Regards,
 * Jordan

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 *  [Balint Toth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tothbalint/)
 * (@tothbalint)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-things-from-posts/#post-4339461)
 * Hello!
 * The best and in my oppinion the easiest way of hiding these elements is with 
   the use of css rules in a child theme, I am using this technique on my site, 
   and it is really fast.
 * Please create a child theme following these instructions:
    [codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * After that, please insert the css code below to your child theme’s style.css 
   file:
 *     ```
       .actual_post_author {
         display: none;
       }
   
       .post .metadata {
         display: none;
       }
   
       .no_comm_single {
          display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 * This should solve this issue. I have took the liberty and I have tried it out
   on your site locally (meaning that the changes are appearing only on my machine):
   [http://d.pr/i/VdXd](http://d.pr/i/VdXd)
    I would like just to add, that in order
   to hide the comment section, you will have to disable the comments just as you
   have did with this page.
 * If you need any more help or have additional questions, just drop a line here
   and I am happy to help.
 * Greetings,
    Balint
 *  Thread Starter [donohuge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donohuge/)
 * (@donohuge)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-things-from-posts/#post-4339462)
 * Perfect thankyou!!!!
 *  [Balint Toth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tothbalint/)
 * (@tothbalint)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-things-from-posts/#post-4339469)
 * You are welcome! If you need any more help, just post your questions here.
 * Have a nice day!
 * Greetings,
    Balint

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