Hide/Remove Metadata
Hide/Remove Metadata is a free WordPress plugin that helps you hide author and published date either by CSS or PHP from your website effortlessly.
Hide/Remove Metadata ranks #1,235 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, a 3.6/5 rating from 14 reviews, and was last updated May 27, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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- Version
- 2.1
- Last Updated
- May 27, 2026
- Requires WP
- 5.9+
- Tested Up To
- 7
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- Catch Plugins
Support & Rating
- Rating
- ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.6
- Reviews
- 14
- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for WordPress site owners who don't want to display the author's name or publish date on their posts. It solves this by letting users hide or completely remove that metadata using either CSS or PHP, either partially or fully.
- Hide author name
- Hide published date
- CSS-based partial hiding
- PHP-based complete removal
- Toggle hide for author or date
- Responsive design
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