How to Remove Powered by WordPress Footer Link

Do you want to remove the Powered by WordPress footer link?

If you are using a default theme, then you might have noticed the “proudly powered by WordPress”  message in the footer area. Some free themes also come with a credit link along with the message. It’s highly unprofessional to display this text on your business or personal website.

In this article, we’ll cover how to remove powered by WordPress footer link from your website.

Why Remove “Powered by WordPress” Footer Link

The “proudly powered by WordPress” footer message advertises WordPress. Similarly, the credit text gives credit to the theme developer. The footer link has a negative impact on your site’s SEO. Search engines like Google and Yahoo devalue the footer link. Needless to say, a powered by WordPress footer link makes your site look unprofessional as well as affects your traffic. That is why you must remove the footer credit link from your WordPress website.

Having said that, let’s start:-

Ways to Remove “Powered by WordPress” from Footer

It’s very easy to remove the footer link if you know where to look. Although there are many ways to remove the footer message link, the exact method depends on the theme you are using.  We recommend the following two options to remove the footer credit link.

• Remove footer credit link from customizer
• Remove footer credit link from the footer.php
• Remove the Credit Text using Plugin

Remove “Powered by WordPress” via Customizer

Some good quality themes provide an easy option to remove the footer credit message using the customizer. The customization setting may vary from theme to theme.  However, the first step is the same for all themes. Hence, go to the Appearance → Customizer. You will be taken to the theme customizer, where you can find the footer settings. You can either remove footer credit or modify it as you see fit. In order to remove the footer credit link, you’ll have to leave the copyright text box absolutely empty.

For example, The Yaatra theme from codevibrant allows users to remove the powered by WordPress footer link as well as modify it as shown in the image.

Note: This option is available only in the premium theme.

Edit “Powered by WordPress” from the Footer.php

If your theme doesn’t allow you to customize the footer credit message, then your only option is to edit it from the footer.php

• Navigate to the Appearance>>Theme Editor.
• Click on the file name Theme Footer (footer.php) from the right-hand panel to open it.
• Simply search for the footer credit text “ powered by WordPress.” Then delete the code from the footer.php.
• Finally, click on the update button to save the changes.

That’s all; you have successfully removed the powered by WordPress footer link from your site.

Hide the “Powered by WordPress” Using CSS.   

We do not recommend removing “powered by WordPress” in the footer using CSS because it is not good from the point of view of SEO to hide the footer link. However, you can still use this tick in case the other method didn’t work, as this method works in every theme. 

In order to hide credit link using CSS, go to Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS. Then, copy-paste the following code and click on the publish button.

.site-info{display:none;}

Remove the Credit Text using Plugin

Removing the powered by WordPress footer link by using the plugin is quite easy. All you have to do is install a plugin called the Remove Footer Credit Plugin. It easily removes the specific code from the footer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Below I’ve answered some questions we get asked the most about how to get rid of “Powered by WordPress”:

Am I Allowed to Remove the Powered by WordPress Footer link?

WordPress users often assume “Proudly Powered by WordPress” is mandatory because they see it in almost every free and premium theme. However, this is absolutely false. Hence, you can freely remove the copyright footer from wordpress themes. 

How do I remove powered by WordPress from the footer in Elementor?

Use the Remove Footer Credit Plugin to get rid of “proudly powered by WordPress” from the Elementor footer. You can also change WordPress copyright text in Elementor from the footer label in the sidebar.

How to remove powered by WordPress twenty seventeen?

Twenty seventeen is a free theme so it doesn’t have an option to remove the message from the customizer. Thus, you can remove it using a plugin or via editing footer.php.

Wrapping Up

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