Custom CSS to hide date on blog posts

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  thecriterion14 · Member · Nov 24, 2022 at 9:45 am

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  Hello

  I have a blog in progress at https://cubictruth.wordpress.com/ .
  I would like to hide the dates from the blog posts.

  I used the inspector to find that the date has the class "wp-block-post-date" and is a descendent of div class wp-site-blocks in the marketing bar.
  It has parent wp-block-group.
  I want to add custom CSS as follows (or similar):

  .wp-block-post-date {
    display: none;
  }

  I need to select the block and choose “advanced” then add custom CSS. .

  On the blog post, not actually found the exact block.
  The post doesn’t have an advanced / CSS option, so I have to locate the block.

  Appreciate tips on how to grab this element and apply CSS to it.

  Thanks!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thomasjvu · Member · Nov 24, 2022 at 7:11 pm

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  Hi there,

  To add additional CSS, you must have the WordPress.com Premium, Business, or Ecommerce plan, or the legacy Pro plan. If you have one of those plans, you will be able to access the CSS editor by navigating to:

  Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS

  From there, you should be able to add your custom CSS and correctly hide the dates from your blog posts.

  Check out this article for more information: https://wordpress.com/support/editing-css/

  I hope this helps!

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  xeniatech · Member · Nov 25, 2022 at 8:11 am

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  Thanks for the info!
  I guess I will deal with this when the blog is done and I am ready to upgrade.

  Regards

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  thecriterion14 · Member · Nov 25, 2022 at 8:14 am

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  Thanks for the info!
  I guess I will deal with this when the blog is done and I am ready to upgrade.

  Regards

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 25, 2022 at 8:34 am

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  Staff will hopefully make my earlier comment here visible. Regardless, you can remove the post date from your theme Black Quadrat by editing the single post template. I’ve shared a screenshot in my reply.

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 25, 2022 at 8:34 am

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  Hi there, it also looks like your current theme, Quadrat Black uses the Site Editor, in which case you should also be able to edit the theme’s single post template to remove the date.

  https://wordpress.com/support/site-editor/
  https://wordpress.com/support/templates/

  {temp screenshot)

  Post back here if you have other questions about this.

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  thecriterion14 · Member · Nov 30, 2022 at 8:16 am

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  Hello justjennifer! Thank you, I tried that and it seems to be doing exactly what I needed! A stream of undated articles. When the blog is done I’ll get a domain, etc but for now it works great. Appreciate the help. Have a great day!