Help with Wordpress CSS

[theshortstack]

Hi there,

I'm using a custom Wordpress theme that tags each of the posts on my homepage with the WP categories that they belong to.

Because some posts can belong to multiple categories, it's making the home page look pretty messy, so I want to try and 'remove' the category tags by using: display: none;

Looking at the HTML code, I can see that the category tags seem to belong to a "post-category" class:

<div class="post-category"><a href="https://mydomain.com/category/review/">Reviews</a>

Therefore, I've added the following custom CSS to try and stop them from showing:

#post-category {
display: none;
}

It's not working though, and I was hoping someone here might be able to tell me why. Is it ok to target the class directly like that? Or do I need to reference all of its parents classes too?

Thanks very much in advance!

[baldidiot]

# is for an ID but post-category is a class so you need to use:

.post-category {display: none;}


However... it would probably be better to edit the theme file to stop the categories outputting rather than just hiding them.

[ddm]

most likely the tags are added via 'widgets' in the dashboard. have a look in the 'sidebar' spot under widgets, and i would guess it's there and can be removed rather employing a CSS hack

[theshortstack]

Thanks, both - really appreciated.

However, the suggestion of using .post-category doesn't seem to be working either. No idea why.

However... it would probably be better to edit the theme file to stop the categories outputting rather than just hiding them.

Yes, I've tried this but I can't seem to find the post-category class anywhere. I've even done a search through the PHP and CSS files on my laptop without any luck.

@ddm - the tags are actually in the main page itself rather than the sidebar, so I haven't been able to find them in widgets either.

I'll keep going

[baldidiot]

However, the suggestion of using .post-category doesn't seem to be working either. No idea why.

Maybe post the URL here (or PM it) so we can see exactly what's going on.

Yes, I've tried this but I can't seem to find the post-category class anywhere. I've even done a search through the PHP and CSS files on my laptop without any luck.

Try using this plug in to find it: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/string-locator/