Title: Additional CSS will not apply
Last modified: October 12, 2017

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# Additional CSS will not apply

 *  Resolved [pureconsciousmess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pureconsciousmess/)
 * (@pureconsciousmess)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-css-will-not-apply/)
 * I am a noob to wordpress and a big dum-dum when it comes to IT. I am having trouble
   using Additional CSS.
 * I first wanted to hide the date from all blog posts and found this online which
   worked:
    span.posted-on { display: none; } Now I am trying to hide the author
   avatar and tags fromt he top of the post. I found these, but they will not apply
   and I don’t understand why:
 * .post .post-tags {display: none;}
 * .content-post .post-author { display:none; }
 * Any help is greatly appreciated
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fadditional-css-will-not-apply%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Carl Wuensche](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffradio/)
 * (@stuffradio)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-css-will-not-apply/#post-9582257)
 * If you want to hide the author avatar you could use.
 * .byline { display: none!important; }
 * If you want to hide the category links you can use
    .cat-links { display: none!
   important; }
 * If you want to hide the tag links you can use
    .tags-links { display: none!important;}
 * If you want to hide all three you can use
 * .byline, .tags-links, .cat-links { display: none!important; }
 *  Thread Starter [pureconsciousmess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pureconsciousmess/)
 * (@pureconsciousmess)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-css-will-not-apply/#post-9582272)
 * Worked like a charm! Many thanks!
 *  [Carl Wuensche](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffradio/)
 * (@stuffradio)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-css-will-not-apply/#post-9582282)
 * Just note the important declaration. It really depends where you add the CSS 
   code. If you add css code to overwrite other code after it’s initially declared,
   you will need to overwrite it with the important declaration.
 *  [stevecorwin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevecorwin/)
 * (@stevecorwin)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-css-will-not-apply/#post-9862532)
 * [@carl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carl/)
    Thanks. That worked.
 *  [pgodio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pgodio/)
 * (@pgodio)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-css-will-not-apply/#post-10150185)
 * I am at a loss for where this “additional css” is located. I have “Appearance”–
   > “Customize” but no “Additional CSS” like everyone is mentioning.
 * Where are you putting
    span.posted-on { display: none; } ?

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 * [hide author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hide-author/)

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-css-will-not-apply/#post-10150185)
 * Status: resolved

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