How to Remove “Proudly powered by WordPress” Text From the Footer

To remove “Proudly powered by WordPress” from your footer, add custom CSS in the Customizer, use a plugin, or delete the text in the footer.php file.

This guide shows you all three methods with the code you need.

Why Remove the WordPress Footer Disclaimer?

Most WordPress themes show “Proudly powered by WordPress” in the footer by default, and the text links to WordPress.org.

Several WordPress themes override this disclaimer with their own, i.e., Astra WordPress Theme. 

You can see the Astra WordPress Theme disclaimer below:

Several Reasons Why You Might Want to Remove the WordPress Footer Disclaimer

Several reasons let you think about removing the “Powered By WordPress” text, including

• Suppose you are running a business site; this ‘Powered by….’ footer makes your site look less professional.

• It lets the hackers know that you have a WordPress site, which makes your site an easy target for them, i.e., if you are using the default login URL, the hackers can easily guess your login page simply by adding /wp-admin to your site’s address.

• Since “Proudly powered by WordPress” links to an external site, i.e., WordPress.org, visitors might leave your site. It can impact your pageviews and bounce rate.

How to Remove “Proudly powered…” Text in the Footer Section?

Method 1: Add Custom CSS Code

Add custom CSS to remove the text quickly through the WordPress Customizer.

First off, go to the left sidebar of the admin dashboard, navigate to Appearance, and click Customize.

A new screen with all of the WordPress Customize options will open up. Simply select Additional CSS from her.

A new screen with Additional CSS textarea will open. Now, all you need to do is to paste the following code snippet in the Additional CSS textarea:

#site-footer a {

    text-decoration: none;

    visibility: hidden;

}

When done, hit the Publish button at the top and visit your site to find the results.

Note: Not all WordPress themes support editing the text within the footer through the Theme Customizer. In that case, you can do it via a plugin or manually by editing the footer.php file.

Method 2: Removing the “Powered by WordPress” Text via the Plugin

Use a plugin to remove the text: it is the easiest method. Many free plugins are available in the WordPress plugins directory.

Here, we’ve used the Remove Footer Credit plugin. This plugin has over 90,000 active installations and lets you easily remove the “Powered by WordPress” text. 

First, install and activate Remove Footer Credit to your WordPress site. Now you’ll need to go to the left sidebar of the WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Tools, and click Remove Footer Credit.

A new screen with two textareas will open up.

Simply paste the following code snippet in the text/HTML area to remove the “Powered by WordPress” text from the footer:

Example (HTML Code):

<p class="powered-by-wordpress"><a 
href="https://wordpress.org/">Powered by WordPress</a></p>

Once you are done, hit the Save button below.

See, the “Powered by WordPress” text has been removed from the footer area of your WordPress site.

Method 3. Removing the Text via the footer.php File

Edit the footer.php file to remove the text directly from your theme.

For this purpose, go the the left sidebar of the WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to the Appearance, and click Theme File Editor.

Here, you’ll have to remove <p class=”powered-by-wordpress”> lines from the footer.php file:

<p class="powered-by-wordpress">

                            <a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentytwenty' ) ); ?>">

                                <?php _e( 'Powered by WordPress', 'twentytwenty' ); ?>

                            </a>

                        </p><!-- .powered-by-wordpress →

Note: Here, we’ve used the Twenty Twenty WordPress theme.

See, the “Powered by WordPress” text has been removed from the footer area of your WordPress site.

Final Thoughts

You can remove “Proudly powered by WordPress” with custom CSS, a plugin or the footer.php file. Use a child theme for footer.php edits so a theme update does not undo them.

Overall, we’ve shown you three main ways, including:

• Custom CSS
• Plugin
• Footer.php file

However, we’ve also concluded that not every WordPress theme supports editing the text within the footer through the Theme Customizer. If that’s the case, you’ll have to remove it from your footer.php file in the editor manually. 

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to comment in the comment section below!

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