Remove "category" from line under post title

I’ve found this bit of code in the template tags pho file which I think is responsible, but deleting it does nothing. Any ideas?

echo '<span class="posted-on">' . $posted_on . '</span><span class="byline"> ' . $byline . '</span>';
    //displaying author and category in home page
    if(is_home()){ echo '<span>';
    	          echo '&nbsp'.__('Category:','pure-simple').'<span class="">'.'&nbsp'.get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'pure-simple' ) ).' </span>';}
    }
endif;

I’ve just realised the reason why deleting the code does nothing is because for some reason the site is still using the template tags file from the parent theme. I don’t know why the one I’ve copied into the child theme directory isn’t being used, is there something else I need to do?

Hi there,

Bring puresimple_posted_on() function in child theme functions.php file and remove this code:

//displaying author and category in home page
    if(is_home()){ echo '<span>';
                echo '&nbsp'.__('Category:','pure-simple').'<span class="">'.'&nbsp'.get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'pure-simple' ) ).' </span>';}
    }

Thanks

Hi
Thanks for your reply, so I should paste this code..

function puresimple_posted_on() {
	$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';
	if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
		$time_string .= '<time class="updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time>';
	}

from template-tags.php into the child theme function file,
then delete this code

//displaying author and category in home page
    if(is_home()){ echo '<span>';
                echo '&nbsp'.__('Category:','pure-simple').'<span class="">'.'&nbsp'.get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'pure-simple' ) ).' </span>';}
    }

from the template-tags.php file ?

adding that code into the functions file gives me an syntax error, can you tell me exactly what I need to copy into the functions file and where?
This is the full text of my functions file

<?php

// Exit if accessed directly

if ( !defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

// BEGIN ENQUEUE PARENT ACTION

// AUTO GENERATED - Do not modify or remove comment markers above or below:

if ( !function_exists( 'chld_thm_cfg_parent_css' ) ):

    function chld_thm_cfg_parent_css() {

        wp_enqueue_style( 'chld_thm_cfg_parent', trailingslashit( get_template_directory_uri() ) . 'style.css' );

    }

endif;

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'chld_thm_cfg_parent_css' );

remove_all_filters('wp_title');

// END ENQUEUE PARENT ACTION

function load_fonts() {

            wp_register_style('et-googleFonts', 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cinzel|Cinzel+Decorative');

            wp_enqueue_style( 'et-googleFonts');

        }

    add_action('wp_print_styles', 'load_fonts');

thank you for your help

Hi There,

First copy this below functions and paste in to child theme functions.php file. Then find your string that need to be canged.

function puresimple_posted_on() {
 $time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';
 if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
  $time_string .= '<time class="updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time>';
 }

 $time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
  esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
  esc_html( get_the_date() ),
  esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
  esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
 );

 $posted_on = sprintf(
  __( 'Published on %s', 'pure-simple' ),
  '<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="bookmark">' . $time_string . '</a>'
 );

 $byline = sprintf(
  _x( 'by %s', 'post author', 'pure-simple' ),
  '<span class="author vcard"><a href="' . esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ) . '">' . esc_html( get_the_author() ) . '</a></span>'
 );

 echo '<span class="posted-on">' . $posted_on . '</span><span class="byline"> ' . $byline . '</span>';
    //displaying author and category in home page
    if(is_home()){ echo '<span class="category-name">';
               echo '&nbsp'.__('Category:','pure-simple').'<span class="">'.'&nbsp'.get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'pure-simple' ) ).' </span>';}
    }

Note: If you are familiar with basic of php coding then only try this code, otherwise you will be facing error. It will be better if you get help from developer.