Need to remove "Protected" from password protected pages in wordpress.com

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  yolkoblog · Member · Feb 25, 2014 at 9:00 pm

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  I’m very new to wordpress and have built a simple password protected site. I’d like to remove the word “protected” from the top of each page after a user has logged in. Everything I read on this tells me to use the appearance editor and change the php. But I can’t find the appearance editor. Perhaps because I’m using wordpress.com not .org?

  Any help would be MUCH appreciated.

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

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  creativembers · Member · Feb 25, 2014 at 9:16 pm

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  That is correct, with WordPress.com you won’t be able to edit the PHP.

  You can purchase the Custom Design upgrade which will let you make cosmetic changes with CSS, but it won’t allow changes to the HTML or PHP code.

  You can find more information on that here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 25, 2014 at 9:23 pm

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  That’s right, you cannot edit the php. If you have the custom design upgrade, you might potentially be able to hide that, but it depends on the theme and your CSS editing skills.

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  yolkoblog · Member · Feb 26, 2014 at 1:28 am

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  Thanks so much for the input. I’ve now purchased the Custom Design upgrade but I don’t know css. Anyone have code I can paste in to remove the word “protected” from the title?

  Eternally grateful!