How to Remove a Byline in WordPress

Blank Byline
1. Log in to your WordPress account. On the menu bar, click 'Settings,' then click 'General.'
2. Look at the options that appear. Next to the option 'Tagline' will be the description of your site presently in use. Select all the text in the text box, and press delete.

3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click 'Save Changes.' The byline will no longer appear on your site.
Completely Remove Byline From Code
4. Ensure that you want to completely remove the byline from your code. This has certain benefits such as making more space in the header -- the above solution will simply leave a blank area where the byline once was -- but the byline will be more difficult to replace should you change your mind. Try the above solution, and check your site -- if you are happy with its appearance, there is no need to delete the byline from the code.
5. Log in to your WordPress admin area and select 'Appearance' from the left-side menu bar. Then click 'Editor.'
6. Find 'header.php' from the list on the right side of the page. Click it, and the code for your website's header will appear in the middle of the screen.
7. Select all the code in the center, and copy it to a text editor on your computer. Then save it to your hard drive. This backup copy can be replaced if you make an error while editing the code.
8. Find the following piece of code on the page:
. This tells WordPress to display your site's tagline in this position. Delete this code, along with any tags that may be surrounding it. For example, you might see something like this:


. The
tags are there to give a particular style to the tagline, such as fonts, color. Since you are deleting the tagline itself, they can safely be deleted too. Click the 'Update File' button when done.