
Why Remove Blog Dates?
Dated content can seem old and no longer relevant, even if that is NOT the case.
If you don’t blog regularly and your last post is years old, remove the date to make your content ‘evergreen.’
Blog Post Dates Can Show Up in Three Different Places
- Excerpts on your Home page
- Excerpts on your Blog page
- On each Blog Post

How To Remove Your Blog Post Dates Sitewide — All At Once
This will remove your blog dates from all three places on the WordPress 2019 theme: (1) excerpts on Home page (2) Excerpts on Blog page (3) Blog Post
Go to your WordPress Dashboard —> Settings —> General
- Under Date Format select Custom:
- Delete F j, Y
- Click Save

How To Remove Dates From Each Blog Post Only
Go to your WordPress Dashboard —> Appearance —> Customize
- Select Additional CSS
- Add code this code: .entry-meta .entry-date.published {
display: none;
} - Click Publish

NOTE: This code will remove all the meta data on your Blog Post: author name, date, Leave a comment
.entry-meta {
display: none;
}
How To Remove Blog Dates from Excerpts on Your Home Page
If you have a sampling of on your latest blogs on your homepage, and would like to remove the date, you’ll need to edit your homepage.

Home page —> Edit —> Select Blog Excerpts area
- Select Block
- Click toggle button: when you click the button, it will turn from blue to white and your Blog dates will be removed
- Click Update button
Watch Me Remove Blog Dates From WordPress 2019
If you’d like to watch me remove blog dates, check out my video from my live 10-Minute Monday training.
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