Wordpress meta widget tweak
By default, the WP meta widget shows the login link for site admin and a link to WP.org. This bugged the heck out of me so I dug around (and Googled) to try and figure out what to do. I found out the solution and wanted to put it in this post, but for some strange reason WP is recognizing the code even when I use code tags. I guess there’s just too much code in there. The only thing I could think to do was to make a gif. The thumbnail is to the left. Dear lord. There has to be an easier way of doing this.
In any case, you’d like to get rid of the links in your meta widget here’s what to do:
- Navigate to wp_includes on your server
- Find widget.php
- Save a backup copy of widget.php to your computer (name it something like widget_org.php)
- Take out what I have starred in the gif (click on the thumbnail)
- If you use line numbers, I believe the ones you need to take out are 476, 477 and 480
You should be good to go after that. If not, upload the backup file to wp_includes and change the name back to the original one (widgets.php).