Remove the author’s name from blog posts

Caution

Vintage themes aren't available in the Theme Store. These themes don't have the features included in Shopify's Online Store 2.0 themes, and Shopify free Vintage themes don't receive updates beyond security fixes.

Note

If you use a free theme from Shopify, then you might be able to contact Shopify Support for help with this tutorial. It requires 15 minutes of design time. To learn more, refer to Support for themes.

Note

This customization is for vintage Shopify themes, and doesn't apply to Online Store 2.0 themes.

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Tip

Debut and Minimal have the option to remove the author in the theme settings. Visit the theme editor and uncheck the option to display the author in both the Blog and Article sections.

Note

The steps for this tutorial differ depending on whether you are using a sectioned or a non-sectioned theme. A sectioned theme lets you drag and drop to arrange the layout of your home page, and a non-sectioned theme doesn't.

To figure out whether your theme supports sections, go to the theme's Edit code page. If there are files in the Sections directory, you are using a sectioned theme. Non-sectioned themes were released before October 2016, and do not have files in the Sections directory.

If you are using a sectioned theme, click the Sectioned themes button and follow the instructions. If you are using an older, non-sectioned theme, click the Non-sectioned themes button and follow the instructions.

Remove the author's name

To remove the blog author's name, you will need to edit the Liquid in your blog.liquid and your article-template.liquid templates. If you are using Boundless, you will need to edit the Liquid in your blog.liquid and article.liquid templates.

Steps:

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
2. Find the theme you want to edit, click the … button to open the actions menu, and then click Edit code.
3. In the Templates folder, click blog.liquid.
4. Use ctrl + F on a PC or command + F on a Mac to locate this Liquid tag and delete it:

{{ article.author }}

For Simple and Supply, the author and date share the same liquid tag. To remove both, use ctrl + F on a PC or command + F on a Mac to locate this Liquid tag and delete it:

{{ 'blogs.article.author_on_date_html' | t: author: author, date: date }}

If you want to keep only the date, then replace the code above with:

{{ date }}

1. Click Save.
2. In the Sections folder, click article-template.liquid. For Boundless, in the Templates folder, click article.liquid.
3. Use ctrl + F on a PC or command + F on a Mac to locate this Liquid tag and delete it:

{{ article.author }}

For Simple and Supply, the article author and article date share the same liquid tag. To remove both, use ctrl + F on a PC or command + F on a Mac to locate this Liquid tag and delete it:

{{ 'blogs.article.author_on_date_html' | t: author: author, date: date }}

If you want to keep only the date, then replace the code above with:

{{ date }}

1. Click Save.