Remove Wordpress Meta

Remove WordPress Meta

January 17th, 2009 | 23 Comments

This is a quick wordpress tip. If you are hosting your wordpress on a server and want to Remove the unnecessary links from WordPress sidebar such as Entire RSS, Commments RSS then follow this steps.

Go to to your wordpress includes folder and and find widgets.php, it should be at the end
Open it in any text editor (notepad ++ , smultron) and do a quick search by pressing CMD/WIN + F. This will bring up the find options. The meta block code starts from line 847.
The code will look like this

<?php wp_register(); ?>
<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php echo attribute_escape(__('Syndicate this site using RSS 2.0')); ?>"><?php _e('Entries <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php echo attribute_escape(__('The latest comments to all posts in RSS')); ?>"><?php _e('Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php echo attribute_escape(__('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.')); ?>">WordPress.org</a></li>

Leave these two line and remove whatever you don’t need such as RSS, Comments and WordPress

<?php wp_register(); ?>

<?php wp_loginout(); ?>

That all. Hope this was helpful!

If you enjoyed this post, get free updates by email or RSS.

Posted Under: Tips & Tools, Wordpress

Tagged: Wordpress

September 2, 2010 at 1:36 am

Kumar says:

Thanks for this useful information Now I can solve my problem. Good work!

July 18, 2010 at 12:15 am

Aafrin says:

Wow thanks for the tutorial. implemented in on my blog…

May 14, 2010 at 4:48 am

Caden Alexander says:

i host 5 of my blogs on Blogspot and it is really good for beginners. but if you want something with more features, nothing beats wordpress;~;

May 1, 2010 at 4:49 am

Poppy Scott says:

Wordpress is the best blogging platform ever. It is much better than Typepad and blogspot.;:;

March 25, 2010 at 10:53 am

Veľkoobchod | Šperky | Hodinky | Bižutéria says:

interesting. I like this one.

February 8, 2010 at 8:31 am

bill says:

is it not easier just to edit your themes/theme_name/sidebar.php and comment out/remove:

Bill

March 28, 2010 at 8:44 pm

kthxbai2u says:

Exactly what I suggested… Here is my article:

http://kthxbai2u.com/archives/56

Only difference is I told you the approximate line numbers, and where else to look if the one file doesn’t work…

January 15, 2010 at 8:30 am

Rainbow Skill says:

Thanks for the useful tips about how to Remove the unnecessary links from WordPress. Thank you so much for the information.

December 24, 2009 at 10:25 am

kthxbai2u says:

This doesn’t work in 2.9, they must have moved the widget HTML somewhere else. I will be looking for the new solution and posting it on my site :)
kthxbai2u´s last blog : Download: AssaultCube Portable

January 1, 2010 at 2:21 am

Website Design says:

Aha! It seems like the WordPress Meisters don’t want people to fiddle too much! Why else would they move the code? I am sure the relevant information is out there somewhere. Just Google it!

January 6, 2010 at 12:45 am

Grandview Rentals says:

Ok guys, here is how to remove the wordpress hyperlink in the latest wordpress release:

Open the file default-widgets.php and do a search for

You will see the hyperlink in the code right below and just delete it.
Grandview Rentals´s last blog : ((Free First Month))—2 Bedroom Townhome

- January 6, 2010 at 12:52 am
  
  Grandview Rentals says:
  
  I guess I post the code here because it’s php so I did a post on the wordpress support forum.
  
  Here it is:
  
  http://wordpress.org/support/topic/348734?replies=1#post-1339812

October 26, 2009 at 10:03 pm

tito says:

awesome site brotha

October 12, 2009 at 12:15 pm

loans says:

Very helpful post. Very clear commentary and suggested phrasing are most impressive, as are his and your generosity in sharing this explanation and example.

July 31, 2009 at 8:36 am

S. Mahmud says:

Cool insight. Keep it on…

I have wonderful things that I would like to share with you. For those who want to earn average income of $150 a day like me simply from home, feel free to navigate my site as well :)

http://yourfreewebsitesystem.com/624683

Have a nice day and God bless!

July 21, 2009 at 6:59 pm