Removing Default Meta Links in WordPress Widget

I promised my friends I’d start documenting all my little Wordpress hacks as I went along, so we’d both remember how to do things. Of course, I’ve done this before but had to Google yet again to get the answer, which was outdated for WordPress 2.8.

A lot of people don’t want the RSS Comments Feed and WordPress.org link in their Meta widget. Here’s the default display:

To modify what displays in the default Meta Widget in WordPress, open the default-widget.php (wp-includes directory in the root directory of your WordPress install) and look for the Meta section and highlight and delete the links you don’t want. Be sure to have a copy of the file in case you make a mistake and delete more than you should.

Thanks to Big Foot Marketing for pointing me in the right direction: http://www.bigfootwebmarketing.com/2007/11/08/editing-a-widget-changing-the-meta-widget-in-wordpress/

6 Responses to “Removing Default Meta Links in WordPress Widget”

1. Renate Valencia says:

   August 22, 2009 at 10:38 pm

   Thanks – this was very helpful. I’m going to try it.
2. David Summers says:

   September 25, 2009 at 8:57 pm

   Thanks for the post! That is exactly what I was looking for.

   I appreciate it!
3. Shamly says:

   November 25, 2009 at 2:08 am

   Thank you for the post!. This was very helpful.
4. Big Singapore Talks says:

   November 30, 2009 at 1:24 pm

   Thanks for your tutorial! Straight forward to the point! And this page is easily findable on Google too.
5. kthxbai2u says:

   December 24, 2009 at 9:51 am

   Actually all the methods I have found dont work, except for this one: http://kthxbai2u.com/archives/56
6. Kev says:

   February 17, 2010 at 10:51 am

   thanks!!! that helped a lot!