[Resolved] Removing date & time from comments

[mike]

How do I remove date and time from comments? also when i reply to people as a comment it says my name is ADMIN can i change it?

thanks in advance.

[Tom]

Hi Mike,

This CSS should remove the date from comments:

.comment-metadata a {
      display: none;
}

.comment-metadata .reply {
      color: transparent;
}

.comment-metadata .reply a {
      display: inline-block;
}

Let me know if that works or not.

As for your name, if you go to “Users > Your Profile”, you can edit the name that’s displayed publicly.

[mike]

Tom.

It worked thank you sooo much! you guys are great!!!

[Sha]

Hi Tom,

How about removing it entirely from your page. removing it for user as well as for search engine.

Regards

[Tom]

Maybe try a plugin like this: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/hide-wp-comment-author-link/

[Ahamed]

Hi,

I tried this css,

.comment-metadata a {
display: none;
}

.comment-metadata .reply {
color: transparent;
}

.comment-metadata .reply a {
display: inline-block;
}

[IMG]http://i64.tinypic.com/2vvjpsl.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i65.tinypic.com/qp5aj6.png[/IMG]

See the images.

How can i take out the timestamp and the additional |

Even if i log out from admin,
it still appears weirdly.

[IMG]http://i65.tinypic.com/2q9xque.png[/IMG]

[Tom]

Hmm, unfortunately to do that you would need to overwrite the entire comments function: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/blob/1.3.40/inc/template-tags.php#L110-L169

Adding that function to your child theme/custom plugin/Code Snippets plugin (including the function_exists wrapper) will allow you to make changes to it.

[Ahamed]

Hi,

So you are saying it is not possible to remove the comment metadata fully.
and maybe just place the edit/reply button beneath the comment?

Like this,
[IMG]http://i63.tinypic.com/25zl8nt.png[/IMG]

Regards

[Tom]

By overwriting the generate_comment() function, you can remove/add/change whatever you like.

So you would paste that entire function highlighted into your child theme functions.php/custom plugin/Code Snippets plugin, then make your adjustments.

That way you can remove the bar: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/blob/1.3.40/inc/template-tags.php#L144

And the time stamp: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/blob/1.3.40/inc/template-tags.php#L141

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