How to delete featured lg. image showing on top of post.

Hi cisco56,

thanks for using MH Magazine lite.

What you could do is create a child theme and then copy the file content-single.php to your child theme and delete this line of code in that file:

<?php mh_magazine_lite_featured_image(); ?>

That will remove the featured image on posts, while still using the featured image for the thumbnails on archives and widgets.

As an alternative (in case you don’t want to touch code), the premium version of MH Magazine includes an option to disable the featured image on posts, as well as several other additional features, options and custom widgets to customize your website.

Thank you for the reply. Creating a child theme appears to be far too complicated for me. I guess I will have to use a different magazine style theme. Too bad because I really liked the MH lite.

Creating a child theme for customizations is optional and best practice. Actually it only requires a few lines of code (here you can find more information). You can of course also just delete the line of code in the core theme file, but then you need to do it again after theme updates.

If you like the theme and in case the featured image on posts is your issue, then you could check the premium theme which has an option included to disable the featured image on posts, as it seems that this is what you’re looking for.

Thank you I would rather delete the code which controls that massive featured image on the post. Can you give me the code I should look for and which php file it is in? It seems strange that the Lite theme would have this feature in the first place.

I was considering buying the Premium theme, but I wanted to try out the Lite theme first to make sure I really like it. I am in Canada so $49.00 is 35% more for me ?? Thanks for your replies.

You’re very welcome and we’re happy that you like the theme.

As already mentioned in the first reply, you can delete this line of code in the file content-single.php:

<?php mh_magazine_lite_featured_image(); ?>

You can find further information to configure the theme in the theme documentation.

Thank you. ??

So what I get from this thread is:

– I either create a child theme, which seems to be rather complicated for a content editor like myself;
– or I delete the string of php code, which well result in a temporary measure given that with the next update, the featured image in the same post will reappear.

Is there no other way to hide featured images from posts? And honestly, what an ugly thing it is.

Thank you for your help.

@jason1984: Yes, these are the two options you have with the free theme, or you upgrade to the premium theme which has options included to disable the featured images on posts, like shown here.

And honestly, what an ugly thing it is.

Yes, on your site that definitely is the case, but that is because you’ve hidden the sidebar, which results in an extremely large content area (not recommended) and the image gets scaled to full width of your site which makes it pixelated and ugly.

It’s not supposed to work like that as there usually is a sidebar and in that case the image looks nice, as you can see in the theme demo. For inspiration, you can also see various examples of other user sites in our showcase.

If I upgrade to the premium template, do I have to pay every year or is it a one-time fee only?

You can use the premium theme as long as you like and based on your chosen plan you have 12 months, 24 months or lifetime support and updates included. You can find more information about the pricing here.

However, these forums are for free themes only and we can’t answer questions about commercial products here. If you have any pre-sales questions, please contact us.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by Michael. Reason: Fixed typo

Hi, is there a css code that can hide the featured image from posts?

Yes, in theory it would be possible, for example:

.entry-thumbnail { display: none; }

But it’s not recommended because this is bad practice as the images still will be loaded which also affects page load. As mentioned before in this thread, if you want to remove the featured image on posts, you should create a child theme and delete the line of PHP to do this properly or simply upgrade to the premium theme and use the option.