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Hi All - I have a number of Categories on my Wordpress website and I want to remove the "Macro" one. I've deleted all the files from the page, but I can't find any way to remove the whole thing so you can no longer see the headings etc on the home page?

Does anyone have an ideas? :thinking:

Gareth
 
Appearance > Menus > click on the title and select Remove ?
 
gramps said:
Appearance > Menus > click on the title and select Remove ?
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I've tried this and all the titles are there, but they are faint and I cannot click on them. I have this message above them in a yellow bar:

"The current theme does not natively support menus, but you can use the “Custom Menu” widget to add any menus you create here to the theme’s sidebar."
 
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Sounds like this can only be done by changing the code then :thinking:
Have you searched for an answer on wordpress.org?
 
I had a look at a few Youtube videos and it looks like you might be right. I think I may have to contact the guy who did the site for me, unless anyone knows any better?
 
Have you been into the categories section in the dashboard and removed that category from in there aswell?
 
In wordpress speak Categories are added or deleted under the POSTS menu.

If you are referring to pages on a menu as categories, this can be done under PAGES, or if using the menu system in Wordpress, under appearances and Menus.
 
srichards said:
Have you been into the categories section in the dashboard and removed that category from in there aswell?
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I have looked under the Categories, but I don't have anything listed? :shrug:

andrewc said:
In wordpress speak Categories are added or deleted under the POSTS menu.

If you are referring to pages on a menu as categories, this can be done under PAGES, or if using the menu system in Wordpress, under appearances and Menus.
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I'm not sure of the Wordpress terminology, but if you have a look on my website, you will see I have a "Macro" clickable button on the top and sidebar. I have removed all the images from this section, but just need to remove the actual clickable buttons?
 
Should just be able to click on the 'remove' link in Appearance-->Menus:

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(sorry just realised this has already been suggested)
 
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wippers said:
I've tried this and all the titles are there, but they are faint and I cannot click on them. I have this message above them in a yellow bar:

"The current theme does not natively support menus, but you can use the “Custom Menu” widget to add any menus you create here to the theme’s sidebar."
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Should be a down arrow at the end of the menu bar, click on that to reveal the 'remove' option:

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You need to remove the page Macro from your back end

Admin > Pages > find your macro page > send it to trash
 
Looks like that has already been done as the link is 404, in any case that wouldn't stop the menu from showing
 
The more I look into this, the more it seems like they can only be removed by changing the code, something I don't think I have enough knowledge to do.
Adding & removing images from a page seems easy, but removing the actual link/button etc seems a right royal PITA. :bang::D
 
Your site is using an off the shelf WP theme, but the RHS links look like they may be hard coded which could be causing the problem. If you can't remove them via Appearance-->Menus or via editing widgets in the sidebar then I would contact whoever built the site.
 
Jez2011 said:
Your site is using an off the shelf WP theme, but the RHS links look like they may be hard coded which could be causing the problem. If you can't remove them via Appearance-->Menus or via editing widgets in the sidebar then I would contact whoever built the site.
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I think you might be right unfortunately. Would there be any reason why the links would be "hard-coded"?:shrug:
 
I'm imagining because the out of the box theme doesn't let you add graphical links to the right hand side column. Better way to do it is via a custom widget or plugin but that takes a lot longer.
 
BTW if you are stuck I don't mind taking a look, but of course that would mean giving a complete stranger full admin access to your site :D
 
Jez2011 said:
BTW if you are stuck I don't mind taking a look, but of course that would mean giving a complete stranger full admin access to your site :D
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Cheers Jez, I'll bear that in mind. I've managed to get hold of my web designer who says he'll have a look later for me, although he's a bit hit & miss getting hold of. I may need your help yet! :thumbs:
 
does the theme have its own separate settings or appearance menu in the dashboard? many do, especially if they have custom stuff that overides the defaults. Have a really good root around in there, drop open all the options in the dashboard to check too. Also happy to have a quick snoot in there for you if you run out of ideas. ;)
 
Yv said:
does the theme have its own separate settings or appearance menu in the dashboard? many do, especially if they have custom stuff that overides the defaults. Have a really good root around in there, drop open all the options in the dashboard to check too. Also happy to have a quick snoot in there for you if you run out of ideas. ;)
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Thanks Yvonne. I'll have a good look around all of the menus, although I'm not sure what I'm looking for! :D
 
Just to let you all know that I have had to go into the .php files to remove the bits I wanted to. Looks like that is the only way. After an hours lesson with a screen share, I've done it. I also now know a bit about how to change things round with the code to change the appearance. Very interesting.
 
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