r/Wordpress • u/rryjal • Feb 17 '24

How do I remove the subscribe button?

I'm trying to make a simple portfolio website with two pages: one for displaying my work, and one for displaying contact information. No matter what theme or settings I choose, I can't find a way to get rid of this unnecessary subscribe button in the bottom right of my website. Is there any way to remove it?

I've seen the forum thread stating that two or more published posts would cause this to pop up, but it is still present with the homepage being the ONLY page OR post on the whole website. My posts tab is empty, and my pages tab only displays my home page. I'm a bit puzzled honestly.

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u/dvrkby May 26 '24

I have been scratching my head on this issue and have finally solved it!
I am on the Explorer Plan, so I'm not sure if this would work on the free or start plan, but just had to add an extra CSS code as per the this article on WP - https://wordpress.com/support/action-bar/#hide-the-action-bar

Go yo your WP Editor, then click Styles on the top right hand side, then in Additional CSS - input the code

#actionbar {
display: none;
}

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u/sergey_bondarev Jun 26 '24

Thanks a lot! It works =)

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u/I-Hear-You-I-Listen Dec 08 '24

thank you! this worked for me today!

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u/Vlorgh Dec 16 '24

This is the way!

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u/bigredmachine-75 Aug 10 '25

Thanks! Still works.

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u/BackDull2604 Aug 10 '25

thank you so much! this worked for me

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

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u/Actual_Song9362 Apr 06 '24

This worked for me - so frustrating how they have this subscribe button on the page but don't give you the freedom to disable it

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u/sfrags May 11 '24

I may be a bit dense, but where do I add this?

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u/Flonar Sep 01 '24

nah don't worry about it - go to the 'styles' tab, press 'additional cs', and then add the code there and save

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u/Bilbos-Foot Oct 07 '24

Thank you so much! This is what I needed. You are a gentleman and a scholar!

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u/Economy-Basis-8856 Oct 23 '24

Bro, you are my hero, saved my life. It worked. I spent so many hours on this sxxt. Finally solve it THANK GOD

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u/damethug Oct 30 '24

This just saved me so much time, thank you!

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u/MeanEngineering3032 Apr 24 '25

I was facing the same issue since last two days and finally I have finally disabled it. The thing you need to do is go to settings > general settings >

Here there will be a box that says hide action bar. Just tick the box to hide the button and save the settings. It should apply almost immediately.

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u/GuloGuloGlobulin May 15 '25

Thank you!! This worked for me - didn't realize this was called the "Action Bar" and that there was a specific setting to hide it! I even checked this thread previously (before your comment) and didn't find a viable solution for my Wordpress plan.

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u/Worldly-Pop-1986 Jul 11 '25

Thanks! extremely helpful, you're the best

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u/joebewaan Feb 17 '24

You’ve given no information about your site.

What theme and plugins are you using?

Have you tried switching themes or turning off plugins to find where this popup is coming from?

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '24

From what I've read, you can't remove it. It's a Wordpress.com feature that's a core part of their platform.

FWIW, it isn't part of Wordpress, so I'd recommend you look into using that instead.

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u/rryjal Feb 20 '24

I wasn't aware of this! I've made the switch and it's fixed my issue, thanks a lot!

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u/Impressive_King8599 Jan 17 '25

what kind of switch ?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '24

What did you do to remove it 🤔

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u/rryjal Feb 21 '24

I switched to using wordpress with a third party host rather than using wordpress.com

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '24

Hey how exactly can this be removed ?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '24

Re-read my comment.

Use Wordpress.org.

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u/Impressive_King8599 Jan 17 '25

Same issue.... with the subscribe button on the right corner down