WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Edit Meta Widget http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/edit-meta-widget WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Edit Meta Widget en Fri, 24 May 2013 21:04:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 crapvine on "Edit Meta Widget" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/edit-meta-widget#post-650213 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:20:11 +0000 crapvine 650213@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Why doesn't WordPress.com allow us to do anything on here that you can easily do on a self hosted WordPress blog from WordPress.org?

There seems to be too many restrictions of all kinds around here. I mean what harm could it possibly do to let people edit the links in their Meta widget? I'm getting really frustrated with all of these restrictions.

]]> timethief on "Edit Meta Widget" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/edit-meta-widget#post-642813 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:13:35 +0000 timethief 642813@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @suitablefish
You're welcome. :)

]]> mmadfan on "Edit Meta Widget" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/edit-meta-widget#post-642803 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:02:50 +0000 mmadfan 642803@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome from me. :)

~~timethief

]]> suitablefish on "Edit Meta Widget" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/edit-meta-widget#post-642797 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:58:34 +0000 suitablefish 642797@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for answering my question, timethief and mmadfan.

]]> mmadfan on "Edit Meta Widget" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/edit-meta-widget#post-642793 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:54:23 +0000 mmadfan 642793@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @suitablefish: As timethief states, the feeds are an integral part of wordpress.com's blogs, and we can't control whether someone subscribes to our (public) blog or not.

I have an rss button in my browser's address bar that turns orange if there's "feedable" content, and all I have to do is click it to subscribe to the site's rss feed even if the site doesn't have a feed link visible.

So while you can eliminate the meta widget and any overt links to your rss feed, it will still be there. I can't swear to it, since I'm not acquainted with every blogging platform available, but this seems to be a feature for all blogs on free blogging hosts, which makes sense.

]]> timethief on "Edit Meta Widget" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/edit-meta-widget#post-642785 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:48:57 +0000 timethief 642785@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No it's not possible to edit the widget. However, you do not have to use it at all. You can remove it. However, note that all WordPress blogs have a built in RSS feeds for entries and comments and those feeds cannot be removed. They will still exist and people can still use them to subscribe via feed readers. Moreover, the format is common knowledge.
This is the URL for the RSS Feed for your posts (entries) http://tostir.wordpress.com/feed/
This is the RSS URL for your comments http://tostir.wordpress.com/comments/feed/

]]> suitablefish on "Edit Meta Widget" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/edit-meta-widget#post-642782 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:45:35 +0000 suitablefish 642782@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is it possible to edit the links under Meta? I'd like to remove the Comment and Post RSS feeds from the Meta widget.

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