Title: Disabling Date & Comments for Specific Posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Disabling Date & Comments for Specific Posts

 *  [aeonbotanica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aeonbotanica/)
 * (@aeonbotanica)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-date-amp-comments-for-specific-posts/)
 * Hi,
 * Is it possible to disable date, comments, categories, etc. for specific posts?
 * I’m also curious why within WP-Admin, my home page does not show up among the
   list of pages I can edit.
 * Thanks in advance for your help,
    Aeon [](http://aeonbotanica.com)

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 *  [racer x](https://wordpress.org/support/users/racer-x-1/)
 * (@racer-x-1)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-date-amp-comments-for-specific-posts/#post-1487167)
 * To disable date output or categories may involve editing the theme files directly.
   Each theme may handle this differently. Usually there is a line that looks like
   this:
 *     ```
       <?php the_time('D, M j, Y'); ?>
       or
       <?php the_category(', ') ?>
       ```
   
 * You can comment those lines(which means in php they won’t output or do anything)
   like this:
 *     ```
       <?php //the_time('D, M j, Y'); ?>
       or
       <?php //the_category(', ') ?>
       ```
   
 * Obviously, if you are not comfortable editing template files, I do not recommend
   digging in to those.
 * You can choose which posts can have comments at the bottom of the post creation
   page in the “Discussion” panel.
 * Your home page is probably index.php. This is a dynamic file that pulls the most
   recent posts into your home page. You would need to have a pretty good understanding
   of WordPress to want to edit that file.
 * You can set ANY page as your home page btw in Settings->Reading.
 *  Thread Starter [aeonbotanica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aeonbotanica/)
 * (@aeonbotanica)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-date-amp-comments-for-specific-posts/#post-1487180)
 * VERY enlightening, racer X. I do appreciate the detailed information.
 * Aeon

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