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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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