Do you want to hide the date on your blog posts? On evergreen content a two-year-old date makes a perfectly current article look stale.
The Blog/Post Listing widget in The Plus Addons for Elementor lets you remove it from the listing. The switch depends on the style and your edition.
To check the complete feature overview documentation of The Plus Addons for Elementor Blog Listing widget, click here.
Requirement – This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor, make sure it’s installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.
Before You Start
- Edition: Free and Pro, with a difference. Pro can hide the date alone on every style. The free plugin can hide it alone on Style 5; on Style 1 it can only hide the date and author together.
- Widget to enable: Blog/Post Listing, switched on under ThePlus Settings > Widgets.
Which switch do you need?
| Style | Pro | Free |
|---|---|---|
| Style 1 | Display Post Meta > Display Date | Display Post Meta off (hides the author as well) |
| Style 2, 3, 4 | Display Post Meta > Display Date | Pro styles |
| Style 5 | Date & Time | Date & Time |
All of these are in Content > Extra Option.
Hide only the date (Pro, Styles 1 to 4)
Step 1: Open Display Post Meta
Add the Blog/Post Listing widget and choose your style and layout. In Content > Extra Option, make sure Display Post Meta is on — it is by default — and click the pencil icon beside it.
Step 2: Turn off Display Date
Switch off Display Date. The date disappears from every post in the listing and the author stays.
If you would rather keep a date but show when the post was last updated, leave Display Date on and change Type, just below it, from Post Published to Post Modified.
On Style 5 (Free and Pro)
Style 5 ignores Display Post Meta and uses Date & Time in Content > Extra Option. It is off by default, so a Style 5 listing shows no date unless someone switched it on. Switch it off to hide it.
Free plugin on Style 1
The free Style 1 prints the date and author on one line with no separate switch for each. Turning off Display Post Meta removes both. To keep the author, use Style 5 or Pro.
Settings Reference
| Setting | Where | Applies to | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Display Post Meta | Content > Extra Option | Styles 1 to 4 | On |
| Display Date | Display Post Meta options | Styles 1 to 4, Pro | On |
| Type | Display Post Meta options | Styles 1 to 4, Pro | Post Published |
| Date & Time | Content > Extra Option | Style 5 | Off |
Limitations
- The per-item switches are Pro. Display Date and Display Author are not in the free plugin.
- The listing only. The single post page, and the date Google may show in search results, come from your theme and your structured data, not from this widget.
Troubleshooting
I turned off Display Date and the date is still there
You are on Style 5. Use Date & Time instead.
The author disappeared too
You switched off Display Post Meta itself. Turn it back on and switch off only Display Date.
Related Docs
- Blog Listing widget: settings overview — every control in the widget.
- Hide the author name in Elementor blog posts
- Show recent blog posts in Elementor
