How to Disable the Automatic Date on a WordPress Blog

WordPress is a blogging platform available both to users on wordpress.com, as well as those who own their own domains. No matter which of these categories you fall into, your WordPress blog defaults to applying an automatic date stamp to each of your posts. Disable this feature by editing your theme's "PHP" files to remove the code for the date stamp.

Instructions

1. Log in to your WordPress account. Scroll down the left navigation frame of your main page and click "Appearance." Click "Editor," the last option shown in the "Appearance" pane.

2. Open the file "Page Template." All your blog's "PHP" files are listed along the right side of this screen. This file is also labeled "page.php."

3. Locate the following code and delete it:

   <?php the_date(); ?>

4. Click "Update File" to update the file and remove the date stamp from your posts. Visit your blog and click any of your posts to notice that the date is gone.

Tips & Warnings

• If you also want to remove the time from your posts, delete the code "<?php the_time(); ?>" as well.