Title: Removing some code from themes
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Removing some code from themes

 *  [sren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sren/)
 * (@sren)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-some-code-from-themes/)
 * At first I would like to say that I’m a completly PHP newbbie.
 * In the default theme and in many others as well, there is some common code.
    
   In the SINGLE.PHP I’ve removed some code to clean up the single page a little
   bit and I’m not really sure if that code is important and if I should keep it
   instead.
 * The following code seems to display a box with some information.
    You experienced
   WordPress users can tell me if I should keep the following code for any important
   reason I’m overlooking ? My feeling is that I don’t really need that box, but
   I see that box on most blogs.
 * ———-
    `<p class="postmetadata alt"> <small> This entry was posted <?php /* This
   is commented, because it requires a little adjusting sometimes. You'll need to
   download this plugin, and follow the instructions: http://binarybonsai.com/archives/
   2004/08/17/time-since-plugin/ */ /* $entry_datetime = abs(strtotime($post->post_date)-(
   60*120)); echo time_since($entry_datetime); echo ' ago'; */ ?>  on <?php the_time('
   l, F jS, Y') ?> at <?php the_time() ?> and is filed under <?php the_category(',')?
   >. You can follow any responses to this entry through the <?php comments_rss_link('
   RSS 2.0'); ?> feed.
 *  <?php if (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)){
   //
   Both Comments and Pings are open ?> You can <a href="#respond">leave a response
   </a>, or <a href="<?php trackback_url(true); ?>" rel="trackback">trackback</a
   > from your own site.
 *  <?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)){
   //
   Only Pings are Open ?> Responses are currently closed, but you can <a href="<?
   php trackback_url(true); ?> " rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
 *  <?php } elseif (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)){
   //
   Comments are open, Pings are not ?> You can skip to the end and leave a response.
   Pinging is currently not allowed.
 *  <?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)){
   //
   Neither Comments, nor Pings are open ?> Both comments and pings are currently
   closed.
 *  <?php } edit_post_link('Edit this entry.','',''); ?>
 *  </small>
 * Thanks again.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-some-code-from-themes/#post-310378)
 * Why remove it ?
    And if your page works – yup, leave it out. There’s nothing 
   totally essential there ….

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