How to Hide Angela Smiley

mercurialdawn · Member · Sep 30, 2009 at 5:47 pm
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As many WP users have found, WP enables stat tracking by loading a small image of a smiley (called Angela) at the bottom of the page. For most users Angela is not troublesome, but in the event that you need to hide her, you can do so via the Custom CSS upgrade, without adversely affecting your stats traffic by adding the following code:

[sourcecode language='css']
img#wpstats {
visibility:hidden;
}
[/sourcecode]

This will hide the image as long as the css file loads, but should not interfere with the stat tracker as the image is still theoretically loading behind the style.
mercurialdawn · Member · Sep 30, 2009 at 5:48 pm
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ack. it seems the sourcecode tag didn’t work. sorry.
bigdave44 · Member · Sep 30, 2009 at 7:11 pm
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Not quite what you asked for, but this works for me:
```
#wpstats {
height:1px;
width:1px;
}
```
raincoaster · Member · Sep 30, 2009 at 7:20 pm
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The sourcecode doesn’t work, but if you use backticks, they work the same way. The forum is slightly different.
babaliciou5 · Member · Oct 3, 2009 at 4:52 am
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Not quite sure either but I puff her off somewhere on Sandbox this way:`#footer .wp-smiley {
display:none !important;}`
yet still having my wp stats work normally.
mark · Member · Oct 3, 2009 at 11:05 am
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It’s not called anything – it’s just a smiley. It has no name.
ronsrealm · Member · Oct 3, 2009 at 6:21 pm
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Er, it’s called Angela – forums, passim.
womanbydesign · Member · Oct 3, 2009 at 6:39 pm
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I like her whatever her name is, she shows me that someone is visiting and as a new blog I need all the help I can get lol…
mark · Member · Oct 3, 2009 at 7:28 pm
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It was called Angela by someone, but Andy created it and uses it for everyone’s stats and it is formally known as “The smiley who has no name” :)
womanbydesign · Member · Oct 3, 2009 at 7:33 pm
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Hahahaha love it… Thanks for the info Mark… “The smiley who has no name” is alway’s welcome round at my gaff …

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