How To Remove Dates From WordPress Blog Posts Step By Step

In my post, I show you how to remove dates from your WordPress blog posts. By default, WordPress adds the publish date to all your blog post. Should you want to change this setting, the process takes less than a minute to complete.

To remove dates from WordPress posts.

1. Hover your mouse over ‘Settings’ and select ‘General’.
2. In the ‘Date Format’ section, select ‘Custom’.
3. Remove all text from the white box.
4. Save your changes.
5. All dates are gone.

Let’s do that step by step.

• Step one – Hover your mouse over ‘Settings’ and select ‘General’
• Step two – In ‘Date Format’, select ‘Custom’.
• Step three – Save changes
• How to remove dates from WordPress posts video tutorial
• Conclusion

Step one – Hover your mouse over ‘Settings’ and select ‘General’

From the main menu on the left, hover your mouse over ‘Settings’ and select ‘General’.

Step two – In ‘Date Format’, select ‘Custom’.

On the ‘General’ settings page, scroll down to ‘Date Format’ and select the ‘Custom’ option.

To the right of ‘Custom’, delete all text in the white box.

Step three – Save changes

Finally, scroll to the bottom of the page and save your changes.

The dates are gone.

How to remove dates from WordPress posts video tutorial

Conclusion

WordPress adds the published date to all your WordPress blog posts.

Should you want to remove the published date from your posts, you can change the date format settings.

Before you remove the dates, think about what is best for your visitor. Bloggers might not have the time or resources to update ‘old’ content. I believe that you should be upfront with your audience. Let them see the published date.

When you update your blog content, you can set a new published date.

Do you think you should show dates on your blog posts? Let me know in the comments below. I want to know what other bloggers think about dates.

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