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How to remove the WordPress footer
WordPress is a fantastic content management system (CMS). But that doesn’t necessarily mean that you want to advertise the fact you use it to build and maintain your site. By default, most WordPress themes use the footer area to display something along the lines of “Powered by WordPress.” Many theme developers also add their own (or their theme’s) details such as “Powered by WordPress, theme designed by XYZ” or “Powered by WordPress running the ABC theme.”
So with this in mind, how do you go about removing, or perhaps changing, that pesky footer content? As with all things WordPress, there are a number of ways.
The theme route
Some theme authors have taken on board the fact that you might want to change or remove the footer content. As a result, your existing theme might have an option to switch it off, or an area within the theme dashboard to update it to something more fitting (such as copyright information). If your theme does support this, it will usually be an easy-to-find option, so check your theme documentation or ask the authors.
The CSS route
If your theme doesn’t have a specific option for removing or changing the footer text, you can easily remove it using custom CSS, though it is harder in this instance to replace it with different content. Again, many themes offer an easy to find custom CSS panel where you’ll be able to add your code.
If you view the source or code view of the live site, you’ll be able to find the class or id attributed to the footer content – in the default “twenty fifteen” theme for example, the “Powered by WordPress” footer is contained within a DIV with the class of “site-info.” A quick line of CSS – in this case, inserting #site-info {display:none} in the backend will hide the footer from the front end.
The PHP route
If you’re happy to jump into the PHP files powering your site, head to the editor and you’ll find the footer content (perhaps unsurprisingly) within footer.php. Using this method, you can either remove the footer entirely or overwrite it with contents of your choice. You can use HTML links and/or assign CSS classes to your content to make it easy to apply styles at a later point… but personally I’d recommend a simple “like for like” replacement of text. It might also be worth taking a copy of the footer.php file and saving it elsewhere as a backup – you can simply highlight all the text and copy/paste it into an empty notepad document on your desktop. That way, you’re backed up in case something does go wrong.
Remember, when editing the core PHP files, it’s recommended to use a child theme to avoid any errors crashing your site, and to ensure your changes are carried forward in future updates to the theme. If you choose not to use a child theme, you’ll have to remember to make the same changes again after theme updates.
There you have it! A few easy ways to remove (or replace!) that WordPress footer.
Comments (61 )
muyat
November 9, 2015
Hi,
Its not a good idea to remove footer brand name unless we paid the subscription of it.
Though sometime we need it badly rite.
Can any one there to tell me, how to remove "powered by livesite"? Without paying any subscription.
Thanks
John
November 10, 2015
Hi Muyat,
This article is focussing on WordPress, not livesite, which is a completely different platform (and different model). WordPress is open source, and as such you can remove or add whatever you might like to your site. From a quick look at their site, livesite appears to be a subscription based drag and drop website builder.
I don't think I can be of any use with removing that. If its part of a premium subscription to have the capability to remove it, I wouldn't want to either - you would probably be breaching their terms of service.
Apologies that we can't help more!
John
Girish
January 7, 2017
how to remove footer logo . my theme name is Theme by Tesseract can anyone please help as early as possible
Elena
February 8, 2016
Hi i got to edit and add cpyriggt etc
Also to put my own icons on the footer menu but i cannot get rid of the wordpress default icons.
Siddharth Mitra
May 8, 2019
How were you able to do that ?
Raj
May 26, 2016
Paste the following code in footer section of style.css (after site info class).
span.credit-link
{
display: none;
}
Peter
June 25, 2016
I tried it, but it is still showing, if I checked my site on my mobile, the theme info is still displaying there
Peter
June 25, 2016
i if i check my website with a mobile device it is still showing the theme info, how do i remove it completely, help
خرید اپل ایدی ارزان
June 29, 2016
thnaks for sharing this post
Zegi
July 3, 2016
Thank you :)
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July 23, 2016
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Kızlar Günlüğü
August 10, 2016
Thanks You :)
DarLUKMAN
September 5, 2016
Thank you
Resep makanan
January 17, 2017
Thank u ?
Resep makanan
January 17, 2017
Thank you?
Lowongan Kerja
January 27, 2017
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دانلود
April 19, 2017
good article thanks ...
2ubes
May 13, 2017
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دانلود آهنگ
May 31, 2017
very good , thanks
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June 5, 2017
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novintez
June 10, 2017
very good , thanks
Pezeshkchi
June 23, 2017
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deelino the geek
July 15, 2017
thank you for this useful tip
Salian Safar
August 5, 2017
sometimes it depends on the theme options, and The PHP route method is the best.
تشریفات عروسی
January 7, 2018
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Abiola Oyeniyi
August 14, 2017
When I was a novice I found this a very hard task. Thanks to this article.
کاشت مو
January 15, 2018
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so thanks
Abiola Oyeniyi
August 14, 2017
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آهنگ کردي
August 16, 2017
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فروش برنج
August 21, 2017
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nanoo
August 29, 2017
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topic? I'd be very thankful if you could elaborate a little
bit further. Appreciate it!
Erika Pieu
October 20, 2017
Thanks for sharing.
آموزش مکالمه
April 30, 2018
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Gunivortus
December 11, 2017
How can I remove the whole footer space in twenty seventeen?
I will place the credits at another place at the site.
Himanshu
December 17, 2017
Thank you for sharing this post.
avinmusic
January 13, 2018
thanks for your post
ویزای شینگن
March 18, 2018
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اسکوتر برقی
March 22, 2018
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اسکوتر برقی
March 22, 2018
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هاست
March 22, 2018
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سئو یوزر
March 22, 2018
Great information it was very benefical thanks a lot
آهنگ
April 26, 2018
Great article thanks
آهنگ
May 10, 2018
good post merci
اجاره آپارتمان مبله در تهران
May 15, 2018
thank you so much
زیرنویس فارسی
May 16, 2018
very good . thanks
جی پی اس خودرو
May 27, 2018
I wondered what the footer of my site seemed like to be locked. I do not know what to do
آموزش پیانو
May 27, 2018
It was a great story. My problem was solved. Thanks
خرید گوشی سامسونگ
June 8, 2018
tanks for sharig
تبصدا موزیک
June 26, 2018
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SƠN DÂN DỤNG
July 3, 2018
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sơn sắt mạ kẽm
July 3, 2018
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پروژه های دانشجویی معماری
July 29, 2018
I will place the credits at another place at the site.
thanks for you
حمل اثاثیه و بار در مشهد
July 30, 2018
sometimes it depends on the theme options, and The PHP route method is the best.
دانلود زیرنویس فارسی
August 4, 2018
very good , thanks
انتشارات حرف اخر
August 10, 2018
Hi Good day
How can I remove the whole footer space in twenty seventeen?
آموزش مشاور املاک
August 15, 2018
it's great thanks , I will place the credits at another place at the site.
thanks for you
قالب وردپرس
September 25, 2018
Hi Good day
I will place the credits at another place at the site.
thanks for nice sharing
تور اروپا ماکان سیر
October 15, 2018
Exceptional post but I was wondering if you could write a litte more on this
topic
قالب وردپرس
October 19, 2018
I wondered what the footer of my site seemed like to be locked.
اموزش سئو
October 19, 2018
I will place the credits at another place at the site.
پروژه های معماری
October 26, 2018
When I was a novice I found this a very hard task.
vpn
November 24, 2018
hi John Pawson
Good things have been said
thank you
Eve Hunt
December 7, 2018
Hopefully, this blog article provided you the guidance and some best information about how to remove the powered text footer credit, specifically, “Powered by WordPress” footer link form your site.
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Bram Stoker
December 19, 2018
Removing "Powered by WordPress" used to be a complex process, but not any more, thanks to the WordPress plugin "WP Hide and Security Enhancer", this plugin can also change and hide URL, I read about it on WpBlog, so do check it out for more details.
گوسفند زنده
January 8, 2019
Hi,
Thanks for nice sharing
I will place the credits at another place at the site.
thanks for you
Lynks
February 1, 2019
Thanks in advance. Is there anyway to change footer only in one page.
Kapil
February 3, 2019
You have to look at below link with easy steps to remove proudly powered by wordpress from footer.
https://wekme.com/remove-proudly-powered-by-wordpress/
james
February 16, 2019
Good things have been said
thank you