Disabling follow button for logged-out users
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As stated in the topic, I’d like to get rid the ‘follow’ button on the bottom-right corner of my website. I’ve tried to locate the checkbox in wp-admin, but it seems like it’s not there, as you can see on the screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/D6PaE
I’d really appreciate any help.The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi @mikas255,
That “follow” button is also known as the action bar.
https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2015/08/26/new-action-bar/With CSS, you can remove it by pasting the following code into your Custom CSS tab located in your customizer.
#actionbar { display: none; }Try it out and let me know how it goes.
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Hello @pauloeaquino
Unfortunately, I’m currently on Personal plan, so it’s not possible for me to edit website’s CSS
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Ah, I see. If you would like to remove the action bar, CSS is really the only way to do it.
If you were to have access to CSS, the code I provided previously would be able to take care of that.
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Alright, thanks for your time then. Probably someday we’ll have enough funds to afford the Business Plan along with those handy SEO tools, but – as Aragorn once said at The Black Gate – it is not that day.
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WordPress removed this checkbox in wp-admin about a year ago. Maybe if enough people ask/complain, they will reconsider that fateful decision :)
as Paulo said, currently your only option is to upgrade to Premium (not Business) to remove the follow button or the whole action bar by CSS.
I know of many people who’d like to remove this obtrusive follow button and instead use discreet footer or sidebar widgets to let visitors subscribe.
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One can request the addition of a feature by creating a new thread in the Ideas Forum by using this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/ideas#postform. Staff automatically review all suggestions made in this forum, and then contact those who made the requests at the email address entered here https://wordpress.com/me/account if they choose to implement the suggestion.
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We don’t mind if you make the request here, too, so long as it’s “modlook” tagged so staff won’t miss it.
I’ve filed the suggestion for you. :)
@baskervillefan shall I add a vote from you as well?
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@supernovia: yes, that’d be nice. I’m all in favor of the good old checkbox to empower the bloggers :)
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