Title: What is causing this?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# What is causing this?

 *  [rhythmofthecosmos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhythmofthecosmos/)
 * (@rhythmofthecosmos)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/)
 * Hi,
 * Under my blog posts, I keep getting this message
 * This entry was posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 6:10 pm and is filed 
   under Geek. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
   You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Edit this entry.
 * For example [http://www.leehughes.co.uk/2009/11/sixthsense-technology/](http://www.leehughes.co.uk/2009/11/sixthsense-technology/)
 * What could be causing this?
 * thanks

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/#post-1289486)
 * Only you see the edit this entry. That is when you are logged in.
 *  [do77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/do77/)
 * (@do77)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/#post-1289488)
 * This code snippet:
 *     ```
       <p class="postmetadata alt">
       					<small>
       						This entry was posted
       												on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 6:10 pm						and is filed under <a href="http://www.leehughes.co.uk/category/geek/" title="View all posts in Geek" rel="category tag">Geek</a>.
       						You can follow any responses to this entry through the <a href='http://www.leehughes.co.uk/2009/11/sixthsense-technology/feed/'>RSS 2.0</a> feed.
   
       													You can <a href="#respond">leave a response</a>, or <a href="http://www.leehughes.co.uk/2009/11/sixthsense-technology/trackback/" rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
   
       					</small>
       				</p>
       ```
   
 * in your index.php file causes it. 😉
 * Just remove it if you do not want it to show up…
 * Best,
    do77
 *  Thread Starter [rhythmofthecosmos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhythmofthecosmos/)
 * (@rhythmofthecosmos)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/#post-1289533)
 * hi…
 * just been into my index.php file and could not see that code..
 * i only have
 * ?php get_header(); ?>
    <div id=”content”> <div id=”main-area”> <?php if (have_posts()):?
   >
 *  <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 *  <div <?php post_class() ?> id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
    <h2>” rel=”bookmark”
   title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?
   >
   </h2>
    <small><?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?> <!– by <?php the_author() ?> –></
   small>
 *  <div class=”entry”>
    <?php the_content(‘Read the rest of this entry »’); ?> 
   </div>
 *  <p class=”postmetadata”><?php the_tags(‘Tags: ‘, ‘, ‘, ‘
   ‘); ?> Posted in <?
   php the_category(‘, ‘) ?> | <?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’, ”, ‘ | ‘); ?> <?php 
   comments_popup_link(‘No Comments »’, ‘1 Comment »’, ‘% Comments »’); ?></p> </
   div> <hr class=”hrline” /> <?php endwhile; ?>
 *  <div class=”navigation”>
    <div class=”alignleft”><?php next_posts_link(‘« Older
   Entries’) ?></div> <div class=”alignright”><?php previous_posts_link(‘Newer Entries»’)?
   ></div> </div>
 *  <?php else : ?>
 *  <h2 class=”center”>Not Found</h2>
    <p class=”center”>Sorry, but you are looking
   for something that isn’t here.</p> <?php get_search_form(); ?>
 *  <?php endif; ?>
    </div> <?php get_sidebar(); ?> </div> <?php get_footer(); ?
   >
 *  [do77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/do77/)
 * (@do77)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/#post-1289539)
 * Are you using a static page as the frontpage? Then you should check your page.
   php file!
 * do77
 *  Thread Starter [rhythmofthecosmos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhythmofthecosmos/)
 * (@rhythmofthecosmos)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/#post-1289544)
 * Am using a static page yes but this only shows up in the blog..
 * It’s not in the page.php file either
 *  [do77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/do77/)
 * (@do77)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/#post-1289549)
 * Okay, check your single.php file. That’s where it will be! 😀
 * do77
 *  Thread Starter [rhythmofthecosmos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhythmofthecosmos/)
 * (@rhythmofthecosmos)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/#post-1289553)
 * Ok, think it’s in here but it’s in php language.. not sure which to delete
 * Am thinking
 *     ```
       <p class="postmetadata alt">
       					<small>
       						This entry was posted
       						<?php /* This is commented, because it requires a little adjusting sometimes.
       							You'll need to download this plugin, and follow the instructions:
       							http://binarybonsai.com/wordpress/time-since/ */
       							/* $entry_datetime = abs(strtotime($post->post_date) - (60*120)); echo time_since($entry_datetime); echo ' ago'; */ ?>
       						on <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?> at <?php the_time() ?>
       						and is filed under <?php the_category(', ') ?>.
       						You can follow any responses to this entry through the <?php post_comments_feed_link('RSS 2.0'); ?> feed.
       ```
   
 * Is that right?
 * many thanks 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [rhythmofthecosmos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhythmofthecosmos/)
 * (@rhythmofthecosmos)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/#post-1289554)
 *  Thread Starter [rhythmofthecosmos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhythmofthecosmos/)
 * (@rhythmofthecosmos)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/#post-1289555)
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
       <div id="content">
           <div id="main-area">
       <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
       		<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
       			<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   
       			<div class="entry">
       				<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</p>'); ?>
   
       				<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
       				<?php the_tags( '<p>Tags: ', ', ', '</p>'); ?>
       <div id="small-single-text">
       				<p class="postmetadata alt">
       					<small>
       						This entry was posted
       						<?php /* This is commented, because it requires a little adjusting sometimes.
       							You'll need to download this plugin, and follow the instructions:
       							http://binarybonsai.com/wordpress/time-since/ */
       							/* $entry_datetime = abs(strtotime($post->post_date) - (60*120)); echo time_since($entry_datetime); echo ' ago'; */ ?>
       						on <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?> at <?php the_time() ?>
       						and is filed under <?php the_category(', ') ?>.
       						You can follow any responses to this entry through the <?php post_comments_feed_link('RSS 2.0'); ?> feed.
   
       						<?php if ( comments_open() && pings_open() ) {
       							// Both Comments and Pings are open ?>
       							You can <a href="#respond">leave a response</a>, or <a href="<?php trackback_url(); ?>" rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
   
       						<?php } elseif ( !comments_open() && pings_open() ) {
       							// Only Pings are Open ?>
       							Responses are currently closed, but you can <a href="<?php trackback_url(); ?> " rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
   
       						<?php } elseif ( comments_open() && !pings_open() ) {
       							// Comments are open, Pings are not ?>
       							You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
   
       						<?php } elseif ( !comments_open() && !pings_open() ) {
       							// Neither Comments, nor Pings are open ?>
       							Both comments and pings are currently closed.
   
       						<?php } edit_post_link('Edit this entry','','.'); ?>
   
       					</small>
       				</p>
                       </div>
   
       			</div>
       		</div>
   
       	<?php comments_template(); ?>
   
       	<?php endwhile; else: ?>
   
       		<p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
       </div>
       <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
       </div>
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 *  [do77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/do77/)
 * (@do77)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/#post-1289556)
 * If you want to get rid off the whole thing you should delete the following code
   snippet:
 *     ```
       <div id="small-single-text">
       				<p class="postmetadata alt">
       					<small>
       						This entry was posted
       						<?php /* This is commented, because it requires a little adjusting sometimes.
       							You'll need to download this plugin, and follow the instructions:
       							http://binarybonsai.com/wordpress/time-since/ */
       							/* $entry_datetime = abs(strtotime($post->post_date) - (60*120)); echo time_since($entry_datetime); echo ' ago'; */ ?>
       						on <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?> at <?php the_time() ?>
       						and is filed under <?php the_category(', ') ?>.
       						You can follow any responses to this entry through the <?php post_comments_feed_link('RSS 2.0'); ?> feed.
   
       						<?php if ( comments_open() && pings_open() ) {
       							// Both Comments and Pings are open ?>
       							You can <a href="#respond">leave a response</a>, or <a href="<?php trackback_url(); ?>" rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
   
       						<?php } elseif ( !comments_open() && pings_open() ) {
       							// Only Pings are Open ?>
       							Responses are currently closed, but you can <a href="<?php trackback_url(); ?> " rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
   
       						<?php } elseif ( comments_open() && !pings_open() ) {
       							// Comments are open, Pings are not ?>
       							You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
   
       						<?php } elseif ( !comments_open() && !pings_open() ) {
       							// Neither Comments, nor Pings are open ?>
       							Both comments and pings are currently closed.
   
       						<?php } edit_post_link('Edit this entry','','.'); ?>
   
       					</small>
       				</p>
                       </div>
       ```
   
 * BACKUP THE FILE before you delete any code!
 * Best,
    do77
 *  Thread Starter [rhythmofthecosmos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhythmofthecosmos/)
 * (@rhythmofthecosmos)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-causing-this-1/#post-1289560)
 * wicked thanks 🙂
 * All working now 😀

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