How to Turn Off Related Posts in Hestia Theme

Culprit:  Hestia theme does not have a setting for "related posts".  It's a hand job to turn them off.

Research Links – Editing theme file by hand

• How to remove Related Posts from Hestia

Steps

1. Go into control panel
2. Click on: APPEARANCE > THEME FILE EDITOR
3. Click on Single Post (single.php)

At the end of the file you will see the code that adds the RELATED POSTS. See below

<?php
/**if ( ! is_singular( 'elementor_library' ) ) {
*    do_action( 'hestia_blog_related_posts' );
*}
*/
?>
<div class="footer-wrapper">
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Comment out the code that adds the related posts as shown in the snippet above using asterisks and slashes.

 

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Note:  My first try at using a child theme did not work. 

Child Theme Approach:  To avoid wiping out changes upon update

• Google: How to creat a child theme for Hestia
• How to create a Child theme for Hestia – Child themes are extensions of a parent theme. They allow you to modify an existing theme without directly editing that theme’s code. They are often something as simple as a few minor color changes, but they can also be complex and include custom overrides of the parent theme.
• WPDev: Child Themes – good on theory
• WP: Generate Child Theme PlugIn

 

Notes – Changes desired

• turn off related posts
• make hyperlinks show up as blue

Link Color Issue

• Desired link color:  #0000ff
• G: wordpress hestia theme how to change link color
• If you are using a theme like Hestia, go to 'Appearance Settings' > 'Colors'. Here, you can adjust the link colors using the 'Accent Color' settings. This will change the color of all links across your website. For specific color preferences, enter the hex code for your desired color in the text field provided.

Steps

1. Made the hestia-child directory
2. Made the style.css file with contents
3. uploaded
4. had to disable CKEditor to get preview to work – weird red text. Did not work as anticipated.  Virtually nothing of the them exists.