A Simple Guide on Hiding the Featured Image in WordPress Posts?

Featured images can be a great way of creating an impression of your article. As the popular saying goes, “a picture speaks a thousand words” and WordPress is no exception. An attractive looking photo or graphic could help create a much better impression of your articles. However, sometimes less is more and a featured image might distract visitors from your article. If you want to place the complete focus on your content then removing the featured image is the way to go. In this article, we will show you how to hide the featured image in your WordPress posts.

In order to do so, you will need to insert a short Custom CSS into your site. Don’t worry if you’re not familiar with the concept, we’re going to teach you how. So without further ado, let’s get started.

How to Hide the Featured Image in WordPress Posts?

First of all, navigate from your WordPress Dashboard to Appearance >> Customize. After that, it will open up a live editor where you can make changes to the appearance of your site.

Once you’re there, go to the “Additional CSS” section.

Here, all you need to do scroll down and paste the following bit of CSS code. Now just click on Publish and you are good to go.

.single-post .wp-post-image { display: none; }

Now you can check to see if your WordPress posts have a visible Featured Image. While the positioning of things might be different depending on the theme that you have installed, it should remove them from the single posts.

Wrapping it Up:

And that’s all there is to it. It really is that easy to hide the Featured Image in the WordPress posts. You won’t even need to mess around with various plugins or anything. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.

While you are here, why not check out a few more of our articles on WordPress?

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