Dates still showing on Valenti Theme

Hey there.

This is a relatively easy fix. (unfortunately I am away fro my work computer so I can’t issue an official patch, but this will hold you until then.

In the file wp-content/plugins/wp-old-post-date=remover/css/OPDRstyle.css you need to add a new div class to the list:

.cb-date.cb-byline-element,

So, just at the beginning of that file, add that div class. That should take care of you. So, the full file will look like this:

/* Remove meta from post */
.cb-date.cb-byline-element, h6.edate, li.enigma_post_date, .entry-date, post-date, span.post-date, span.date, .entry-time, span.post_date, span.post_date_intro, span.posted-on, span.meta-date {
display:none !important;
}

Once I get back to my main development computer, I’ll be able to issue a patch that fixes it for you long-term. That will be Saturday at the earliest.

Thanks!!
It solved the issue!

OK, now that css declaration is included in the official plugin, so you should be good to update the plugin to version 2.2.3

Thanks for reaching out!

Ben

Hi Ben,

Thanks for the fix. I updated to 2.2.3.
Strange thing is that if you go to my site: https://stressplein.eu/.
You see “Stress verminderen – 30 anti-stress tips” at the right site with a date. When you click on it the article itself has no date and than you also see no date on the right site.

Also Google still shows a date in the search results. It did fetched the site after the change cause the ‘title’ change is visible. I cleared al possible caching.

Yes, as I mention in the FAQ section of the plugin, this is only designed to help with single posts, not archives or the home page. For those types of tweaks, I’d recommend modifying theme files, or better yet creating a child theme to handle those higher-level tweaks.

Also, my plugin doesn’t affect search engine results at all. It’s designed to help once readers have clicked over to the individual post. Some other users have experimented with scripts to hide the date from Google, but I can’t provide support for that, as I have never tried it.

Thanks!