jbrooksuk Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Hey, A little how-to guide I posted regarding removing un-needed links from the WordPress Meta Widget. Read the original here :) By default WordPress installations display a Meta widget in the sidebar. This widget is used as a quick-access navigation box containing: Login/Logout Register Site Admin Entries RSS Comments RSS WordPress.org link If you're users use FeedBurner, and click on the RSS links, they maybe confused to which links they are using - not good. Also, most templates already display a "Powered by WordPress" link in the footer, it's not really needed again. So the best thing we can do is remove these deprecated links. In previous versions of WordPress < 2.8 it was very simple to do so, however since the upgrade there have been some changes. For versions below 2.8; take a look at wp-includes/widgets.php around line <strong>847[/b]. In newer versions the file has been been moved to wp-includes/default-widgets.php to line 298-300. To remove the links simply locate these lines: <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('Syndicate this site using RSS 2.0')); ?>"><?php _e('Entries <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li> <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('The latest comments to all posts in RSS')); ?>"><?php _e('Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li> <li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.')); ?>">WordPress.org</a></li> Save and re-upload. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/801488-wordpress-meta-widget-hack/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrooksuk Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 So no-one found this useful? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/801488-wordpress-meta-widget-hack/#findComment-591332734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunt Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Actually yes! I hate all that RSS crap cheers! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/801488-wordpress-meta-widget-hack/#findComment-591447674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.beta Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I already knew this. =o Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/801488-wordpress-meta-widget-hack/#findComment-591455472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrooksuk Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 Actually yes!I hate all that RSS crap cheers! No problem Grunt! I already knew this. =o Same, I just thought it would be good to put it into a resource which everyone can find. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/801488-wordpress-meta-widget-hack/#findComment-591476732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
leah2255 Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 I cannot understand those, because i am new here and a noob about your question. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/801488-wordpress-meta-widget-hack/#findComment-591476762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrooksuk Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 I cannot understand those, because i am new here and a noob about your question. It's not a question, it's a guide. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/801488-wordpress-meta-widget-hack/#findComment-591476838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjdvda Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Thanks. I already knew the editing part but I didn't know where to look for the files to edit. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/801488-wordpress-meta-widget-hack/#findComment-591898216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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