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Can’t seem to hide the featured image in a WordPress post?
No sweat.
This article will explore a few ways to remove and hide featured images if you don’t want them.
The short answer is to look in your theme settings because most themes allow you to disable them with a simple click.
However, some themes don’t allow it or can be tricky to find and use such settings.
Keep reading to discover how to hide featured images in WordPress.
How to Hide the Featured Image in a WordPress Post Using the Theme Settings
The most effective and often easiest way to hide the featured image in a post is in your theme settings.
It’s effective because it makes the best adjustments to the code, keeping things running smoothly.
In this section, I’ll show you how to hide featured images in WordPress posts with a few of the most popular WordPress themes.
Let’s take a look.
How to Hide the Featured Image with Blocksy
Here’s an article’s featured image in a starter template for Blocksy.
If you want to disable the featured images for all of the blog posts, follow these steps.
First, open up the customizer by clicking Customize and look for a setting for Single Post:
Then, find an option that lets you turn off Featured Image:
When you toggle this option, you’ll notice the featured image has now disappeared from your blog posts:
Now, let’s see how it’s done in a different theme.
How to Hide the Featured Image with Neve
Here’s what the featured image looks like with one of the starter templates for Neve:
The setting for this one looks a bit different. I found it under Layout > Single Post > Page Elements:
Selecting this option will hide the multiple featured images throughout the site.
How to Hide the Featured Image with Challenger
Challenger is a minimal WordPress theme that lets you hide the featured image in its settings.
Here’s what it looks like:
The setting for this one was under Show/Hide Elements > Posts > Show Featured Image:
And here’s the finishing look.
Hide Featured Images in Archives and The Blog Roll Using the Theme Settings
The previous section only removed the featured image from single articles.
In this section, I’ll show you how to hide the featured image from the main blog roll, where your recent posts show up.
Again, I’ll use the same themes for my examples, but you’ll notice it’s very similar to the theme you’re using.
Hide the Archive Featured Image with Blocksy
Here’s the blog roll in Blocksy.
To remove the featured images on this page, go to the theme’s customizer.
You’ll see a bunch of settings like this:
Your settings might look slightly different, but you want to find an option for the Blog Posts settings.
Like this:
Blocksy has a setting called Cards Options:
Inside here is the setting to turn off featured images:
You’ll see on the right that all the featured images have been removed from that page.
Now, let’s see how it’s done in a different theme.
Hide the Archive Featured Image with Neve
Here’s what the blog page looks like in Neve:
To remove the thumbnail image, navigate through the customizer settings to find the blog options:
The featured image settings are under Ordering and Content:
Clicking on the eye icon next to this option will hide all the images on the page.
Hide the Archive Featured Image with Challenger
For the Challenger theme, head over to the customizer and select Show/Hide Elements:
Then Blog & Archives:
Then, select No under Show the Featured Images.
All of the featured images will be hidden from the WordPress blog.
How to Hide The Featured Image on Individual Posts
Using the steps in the last two sections works across all your articles. But what if you want to only hide individual featured images?
The easiest way is to not upload a post image in the first place.
The problem with this method is that there won’t be an image displayed on the blog roll or post archives page either.
If that’s okay with you, then you can skip this step.
However, if you want to display images on the blog roll but not on the individual post, then here’s the answer.
Most premium themes, such as Astra or GeneratePress give you the option to switch it off.
Here’s what it looks like in GeneratePress:
You can toggle this option off in each of your articles individually. This is usually only a feature in premium plugins though.
The workaround for this is to use CSS, which I’ll show you how to do later in this post.
How to Disable Featured Images in a WordPress Post Using a Plugin
What if you’re using a free theme that doesn’t let you hide the featured image in a WordPress post?
The best option would be to upgrade to the premium version of the theme you’re using.
But, if you don’t want to do that or the premium version doesn’t let you, then this method will work.
The best WordPress plugin I found to hide images from a single post is the Hide featured image on all single page/post plugin:
All you have to do is install and activate it, and it removes all featured images on blog posts.
There were a couple of problems with this method, though.
It doesn’t remove images from the achieves page, and for some themes, it didn’t work at all.
Let’s look at the last method on how to hide the featured image in a WordPress post by using some CSS code.
How to Hide Featured Images in WordPress Using CSS
If you’ve tried the previous methods and, for whatever reason, they didn’t work, then try this.
First, define the target CSS code by right-clicking an articles featured image and select Inspect:
This will open up the developer tool in your browser. Hover over the image and click it to highlight the code in the window:
What we are looking for is the HTML and CSS class that places the image on the page. In the code above, any of these will target the featured image:
- ct-featured-image
- ct-image-container
- wp-post-image
Now open up the theme option tool and navigate to Additional CSS:
Take one of the CSS classes from your theme that displays the image. I’m targeting the CSS class that is the furthest away from the image.
If you target the image itself, you might be left with styles on the page, leaving things like padding behind.
For example, if I target the code wp-post-image, it leaves me with too much space at the top of the article:
The code looks like this:
.ct-featured-image {
display: none;
}
All you have to do is change ct-featured-image with the CSS class you have defined in your own theme.
The display: none; text will hide anything inside the HTML with the class you’ve targeted.
Here’s the result:
If you want to hide the image on the blog archive page, do the same, but target the correct CSS class for that page.
In my case, it’s this code:
And when I add the custom CSS code to the customizer, here’s what the blog archives page looks like:
Just remember that if you’re using a different theme, then your code will be different. Therefore, it might take a bit of trial and error to get it to work if you’re new to editing CSS.
An alternative method is to use the plugin CSS Hero or check out our post on how to edit code in WordPress.
Conclusion
There you have it. If you want to know how to remove the featured image from a WordPress post, these methods are bound to help.
It should be as simple as switching them off in the theme’s customizer. However, you might need the premium version of the theme to do that.
If that’s your case, you can use a plugin or CSS code instead.
To learn more about CSS, check out our post on how to edit CSS in WordPress.
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Samsung: 6-Day Workweek For Execs, Company in Emergency Mode
Four-day workweeks might have all the buzz, but one major tech company is going in the opposite direction.
Samsung is implementing a six-day workweek for all executives after some of the firm’s core businesses delivered lower-than-expected financial results last year.
A Samsung Group executive told a Korean news outlet that “considering that performance of our major units, including Samsung Electronics Co., fell short of expectations in 2023, we are introducing the six-day work week for executives to inject a sense of crisis and make all-out efforts to overcome this crisis.”
Lower performance combined with other economic uncertainties like high borrowing costs have pushed the South Korean company to enter “emergency mode,” per The Korea Economic Daily.
Related: Apple Is No Longer the Top Phonemaker in the World as AI Pressure and Competition Intensifies
Executives at all Samsung Group divisions will be affected, including those in sales and manufacturing, according to the report.
Samsung had its worst financial year in over a decade in 2023, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that net profit fell 73% in Q4. It also lost its top spot on the global smartphone market to Apple in the same quarter, though it reclaimed it this year.
Though employees below the executive level aren’t yet mandated to clock in on weekends, some might follow the unwritten example of their bosses. After all, The Korea Economic Daily reports that executives across some Samsung divisions have been voluntarily working six days a week since January, before the company decided to implement the six-day workweek policy.
Entrepreneur has reached out to Samsung’s U.S. newsroom to ask if this news includes executives situated globally, including in the U.S., or if it only affects employees in Korea. Samsung did not immediately respond.
Research on the relationship between hours worked and output shows that working more does not necessarily increase productivity.
A Stanford project, for example, found that overwork leads to decreased total output. Average productivity decreases due to stress, sleep deprivation, and other factors “to the extent that the additional hours [worked] provide no benefit (and, in fact, are detrimental),” the study said.
Related: Samsung’s Newest Galaxy Gadget Aims ‘To See How Productive You Can Be’
Longer hours can also mean long-term health effects. The World Health Organization found that working more than 55 hours a week decreases life expectancy and increases the risk of stroke by 35%.
The same 55-hour workweek leads to a 17% higher risk of heart disease, per the same study.
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John Deere Hiring CTO ‘Chief Tractor Officer,’ TikTok Creator
This article originally appeared on Business Insider.
Agriculture equipment company John Deere is on the hunt for a different kind of CTO.
The brand on Tuesday announced a two-week search to find a “Chief Tractor Officer” who would create social media content to reach younger consumers.
One winning applicant will receive up to $192,300 to traverse the country over the next several months showcasing the way John Deere products are used by workers, from Yellowstone National Park to Chicago’s Wrigley Field and beyond.
“No matter what you do — whether it’s your coffee, getting dressed in the morning, driving to work, the building you go into — it’s all been touched by a construction worker, a farmer, or a lawn care maintenance group,” Jen Hartmann, John Deere’s global director of strategic public relations, told AdAge.
To kick off the search, John Deere tapped NFL quarterback Brock Purdy (who will presumably be a bit busy this Fall to take the job himself) to star in a clip in which he attempts to set out on a road trip in an industrial tractor.
Suited up in the obligatory vest, work boots, and John Deere hat, Purdy’s progress is interrupted by teammate Colton McKivitz hopping into the cab while a string of messages floods in from other athletes and influencers expressing interest in the job.
The clip also represents the first time that the 187-year-old company has used celebrities to promote itself, Hartmann told AdAge.
According to the contest rules, entrants have until April 29 at midnight to submit a single 60-second video making their pitch for why they should be the face and voice of the company.
In addition, entrants must live in the 48 contiguous states or DC — sorry Hawaii and Alaska residents. Interestingly, any AI-generated submissions are prohibited, too.
Videos will be judged against four categories — originally, creativity, quality, and brand knowledge — after which five finalists will be chosen and notified after May 17.
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How to Capitalize On This Thriving Talent Pool to Drive Your Company’s Growth
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
As business operations shift, executives and entrepreneurs are increasingly turning to an on-demand workforce that is simultaneously empowered by technology and drawn to purpose-driven projects.
Consider Upwork, whose 2020 Future of Workforce Pulse Report revealed that nearly 80% of hiring managers engaging freelancers feel confident about doing so. These hires provide coveted expertise — on a project-to-project basis — that entrepreneurs need to scale their operations without incurring long-term overhead costs.
This new market paradigm also promotes dynamism, with 79% of businesses agreeing that freelance talent enables greater innovativeness. Perhaps most telling, 84% of hiring managers utilizing it feel more assured about adapting to future disruption, compared to just 69% of those relying solely on full-time staff.
By capitalizing on freelance marketplaces, entrepreneurs can amplify employer branding, augment capabilities and future-proof organizations, even amid turbulence. As nearly 60% of hiring managers plan to increase engagement with freelancers over the next two years, the time is now for executives to realize their inherent potential.
Related: Navigating the Great Reshuffle: Why Your Employer Brand is Key in Recruiting Talent
The job market continues to shift
After a season of massive hiring, we’re back to seeing layoffs and downsizing. Companies are feeling the bloat—from unused office spaces with rising rent to oversized employee structures — and are shifting focus to hiring only the most essential positions. This leaves a critical talent gap needed for complex projects and specialized tasks. Highly skilled and specialized independents can fill this void.
A few key benefits to engaging them:
• Access to niche experts: Platforms like Toptal and Guru provide access to elite professionals from leading Fortune 500 companies and innovative startups. Whether the need is for a machine learning specialist, growth strategist or financial modeler, entrepreneurs can now curate on-demand teams that boast specialized skillsets, enabling them to focus investment on projects with the highest strategic value.
• Enhanced agility: Leading corporations increasingly “rent” skills by tapping freelance experts for initiatives involving new technologies or while entering unfamiliar markets. With niche contributors available to plug knowledge gaps, owners can explore ideas that once seemed unrealistic due to internal constraints—unlocking inventiveness and first-mover advantage.
• Stronger employment brand: Blending full-time employees with project-based freelancers signals a commitment to modernization and work-life balance. Offering both engaging work and flexibility will help draw exceptional candidates and help you compete with corporate giants for top-tier talent.
Related: Can Retirees Thrive in the Gig Economy? Navigating a Changed Workforce
Tips for capitalizing on gig talent
Having explored the forces reshaping work, executives may wonder how to effectively leverage freelance platforms. After all, how can you know you’re getting your money’s worth if a hire isn’t physically present full-time?
• Define projects clearly: Contract hires thrive when expectations and deadlines are established upfront. So, clearly, detail needs around deliverables, success metrics, required skills and projected time investments. Staying ahead when it comes to communication and expectations will help avoid headaches, including delays.
• Build loyalty with talent: The best independent professionals have options regarding the projects they accept. Study their profiles to discern passions and incentives. Offer interesting work, flexibility and strong communication to motivate interest and improve results.
• Manage collaboration: Provide steady context, feedback and guidance at each project stage, but also foster autonomy, even while directing efforts toward strategic goals. A dynamic balance of these qualities drives optimal outcomes.
• Continue expanding your talent pool: Add proven freelancers to an internal database for repeat engagements, and notify talent about new initiatives for which their expertise would provide an edge. Uncovering additional ways, freelancers can enhance the business deepens the relationship.
Related: Fill Your Talent Gap by Sourcing Candidates From the Veteran Community
Top platforms for connecting with talent
Now comes the hard part: finding contractors who bring fractional expertise sets. There are a growing number of platforms, of course, but I’ve found that the following stand out as leaders:
Fiverr: Ideal for execs seeking design, digital marketing, writing, video and admin support. Known for affordability and ease of posting jobs. It taps a global talent pool, too.
Upwork: A flexible platform that spans more than 150 skills. Used by everyone from small businesses to global enterprises. Strong at IT, development, design, finance and consulting.
Toptal: Focuses exclusively on the top 3% of talent. Best for expert software developers, designers, project managers and finance experts. All contributors are extensively vetted.
Contra: A growing independent platform that vets and connects both job candidates and hiring companies. Best of all, it doesn’t take a commission from projects.
Related: 3 Strategies to Optimize Your Hiring Process and Find the Best Employees
The numbers speak for themselves: businesses engaging freelance professionals report greater confidence and competitiveness, as well as the ability to withstand turbulence, yet legacy beliefs can still cause hesitancy among those keen to hire. Supported by such specialized collaborators, companies can explore new horizons unencumbered by a one-time narrow view of staffing models.
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