Learned how to remove Post Author comments from Recent Comments Widget

byDiranew

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Updated 8 years ago

Hi all,

Today I learned how to Remove Author from Recent Comments Widget and would like to share it:

If your WordPress blog displays a Recent Comments widget on the sidebar or on any widget area, you may want to hide your own ( Post Author ) comments or replies from the list. There’s no need to edit core WordPress files. You can use the widget_comments_args filter.

• Go to your Dashboard -> Appearance <code>-> Editor
• Select your functions.php ( it is recommended that you do this on a child theme )

• Add the code below (in Bold) above the // END ENQUEUE PARENT ACTION then click save.
• function ra_recent_comments_less_author( $array ) { global $post; $array['user_id'] = !$post->post_author; return $array; } add_action( 'widget_comments_args', 'ra_recent_comments_less_author' );
• Your screen should look like this:
• 

Source: http://ronangelo.com/remove-author-from-recent-com...

I followed the steps and it worked!

I don't see may name under the Recent comments widget anymore. Yay!

Regards,

Dira