/* Hide author avatar on blog posts */
.entry-meta .avatar,
.author-avatar,
.post-author .avatar,
.byline img,
.entry-footer .avatar,
.entry-header .avatar {
    display: none !important;
}

/* Hide author information but keep dates */
.entry-meta .author,
.entry-meta .byline,
.entry-meta .by-author,
.post-author,
.entry-author {
    display: none !important;
}

/* Hide tags but NOT the entire footer */
.entry-content .tags,
.post-tags,
.entry-footer .cat-tags-links,
.entry-footer .tags {
    display: none !important;
}

.entry-content {
    width: 100% !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
}

/* LinkedIn button styling */
.main-navigation a[href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stratcommunications/"] {
    background-color: #0077b5 !important;
    color: white !important;
    padding: 8px 15px !important;
    border-radius: 20px !important;
    margin-left: 10px !important;
    font-weight: bold !important;
    text-decoration: none !important;
    display: inline-block !important;
}
.main-navigation a[href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stratcommunications/"]:hover {
    background-color: #005885 !important;
}

/* X/Twitter button styling */
.main-navigation a[href*="x.com"],
.main-navigation a[href*="twitter.com"] {
    background-color: #000000 !important;
    color: white !important;
    padding: 8px 12px !important;
    border-radius: 20px !important;
    margin-left: 5px !important;
    font-weight: bold !important;
    text-decoration: none !important;
    display: inline-block !important;
}
.main-navigation a[href*="x.com"]:hover,
.main-navigation a[href*="twitter.com"]:hover {
    background-color: #333333 !important;
}

/* Hide unwanted footer content but keep date */
.entry-footer .author,
.entry-footer .byline,
.entry-footer .cat-links,
.entry-footer .tags-links,
.entry-footer .cat-tags-links,
.entry-footer .edit-link,
.entry-footer .comments-link,
.entry-footer .entry-meta .author,
.posted-by,
.by-author,
.categories-links,
.post-categories,
.post-tags,
.entry-footer .tags,
.entry-footer .categories {
    display: none !important;
}

/* Hide the "Posted on" text but keep the date */
.entry-footer .posted-on::before,
.entry-footer .entry-date::before {
    content: '' !important;
}

/* Hide "Categories", "Tags", "Leave a comment", "Edit" text */
.entry-footer a[href*="category"],
.entry-footer a[href*="tag"],
.entry-footer a[href*="edit"],
.entry-footer a[href*="comment"] {
    display: none !important;
}

/* Move the date above the title */
.entry-footer .entry-date {
    position: absolute !important;
    top: -30px !important;
    left: 0 !important;
    color: #666 !important;
    font-size: 14px !important;
    z-index: 10 !important;
    background: white !important;
    padding: 5px 0 !important;
}

/* Add minimal space at the top to accommodate the date */
.entry-header,
.entry-title {
    margin-top: 15px !important;
    padding-top: 5px !important;
}

/* Make sure the post container allows absolute positioning */
.entry, .post, article {
    position: relative !important;
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}

/* Blog Post Dividers */
.hentry, .post, article {
    padding-bottom: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 20px !important;
}
.hentry::after, .post::after, article::after {
    content: "";
    display: block;
    width: 80%;
    height: 1px;
    background-color: #d23b39;
    margin: 40px auto 0 auto;
}
.hentry:last-child::after, .post:last-child::after, article:last-child::after {
    display: none;
}

/* Responsive adjustments for mobile */
@media (max-width: 768px) {
    .hentry, .post, article {
        padding-bottom: 15px;
        margin-bottom: 15px !important;
    }
    .hentry::after, .post::after, article::after {
        width: 70%;
        margin: 30px auto 0 auto;
    }
}

/* Force all images in sidebar/widgets to display */
#secondary img,
.sidebar img,
.widget img,
.widget-area img {
    display: block !important;
    visibility: visible !important;
    opacity: 1 !important;
    max-width: 100% !important;
    height: auto !important;
}

/* Sidebar headers brand red color */
.widget h1, .widget h2, .widget h3, .widget h4,
.widget strong, .widget b,
#secondary h1, #secondary h2, #secondary h3, #secondary h4,
#secondary strong, #secondary b {
    color: #d23b39 !important;
}

/* H2 headings brand red */
h2 {
    color: #d23b39 !important;
}

/* Continue reading link */
.more-link {
    margin-bottom: 25px !important;
    display: inline-block !important;
}

/* System font stack */
body {
    font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
    line-height: 1.6;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
    line-height: 1.3;
}
p, li, span, div, a, button, input, textarea {
    font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
}
body {
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
}
article h2 {
    line-height: 1.2;
    color: #D94235;
}

/* Header spacing */
.site-header {
    padding-top: 10px !important;
    padding-bottom: 15px !important;
    overflow: visible !important;
    min-height: 0px !important;
}
.site-content {
    margin-top: 10px !important;
}
#content.site-content {
    margin-top: 0px !important;
    padding-top: 0px !important;
}

/* ===== FOOTER STYLING ===== */

#content-bottom-widgets,
#content-bottom-widgets .widget-area,
#content-bottom-widgets .widget,
#colophon,
#colophon .site-footer-widgets {
    background-color: #d55753 !important;
    color: #ffffff !important;
    border: none !important;
    outline: none !important;
}

#content-bottom-widgets::before,
#content-bottom-widgets::after,
#content-bottom-widgets .widget-area::before,
#content-bottom-widgets .widget-area::after {
    display: none !important;
    border: none !important;
    background: none !important;
}

#content-bottom-widgets,
#content-bottom-widgets .widget-area {
    padding: 8px 20px !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
    min-height: 0 !important;
    height: auto !important;
}

#content-bottom-widgets .widget {
    margin: 0 !important;
    padding: 0 !important;
}

#content-bottom-widgets .wp-block-social-links {
    margin: 0 0 5px 0 !important;
    padding: 0 !important;
}

#content-bottom-widgets p {
    margin: 0 !important;
    padding: 0 !important;
}

#content-bottom-widgets a,
#content-bottom-widgets p {
    color: #ffffff !important;
}

.site-info {
    display: none !important;
}

footer#colophon {
    display: none !important;
}
/* Remove white space above footer */
article.hentry,
.hentry {
    margin-bottom: 0 !important;
    padding-bottom: 0 !important;
}

#content-bottom-widgets {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}

.content-bottom-widgets {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
/* Remove white space above footer - target homepage article specifically */
article#post-7356,
article.hentry.page,
.home article {
    margin-bottom: 0 !important;
    padding-bottom: 0 !important;
}

/* Override the mobile media query too */
@media (max-width: 768px) {
    article#post-7356,
    article.hentry.page,
    .home article {
        margin-bottom: 0 !important;
        padding-bottom: 0 !important;
    }
}

/* Remove the red divider line on homepage */
article#post-7356::after,
.home article::after {
    display: none !important;
}
/* Remove red divider line and all space on homepage */
article#post-7356::after,
article.page::after,
.home article::after,
.page-template-default article::after {
    display: none !important;
    content: none !important;
}

article#post-7356,
article.page,
.home article,
.page-template-default article {
    margin-bottom: 0 !important;
    padding-bottom: 0 !important;
}

/* Remove space from site-main and content area */
.home .site-main,
.home #main,
.home .content-area,
.home #primary {
    margin-bottom: 0 !important;
    padding-bottom: 0 !important;
}
The key addition here is content: none !important on the ::after pseudo-element — that fully removes the red wave line rather than just hiding it, which should eliminate that whole gap between your content and the footer.