My theme has links at the bottom of the page, presumably in the footer, to websites that have nothing to do with me. How do I get rid of them. Please, I am a newby at this so please don't just say "In your blah-blah panel". I have searched for an answer to this question here and that's what I have found so far.
Thanks in advance.
[resolved] footer links/spam (7 posts)
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GinnyInCabo
Posted 1 year ago # -
Have you tried switching to the Twenty Ten theme to see if these links are being added by your current theme?
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If you downloaded a free theme somewhere other than on the WordPress theme repository, then chances are your theme contains malicious code.
You should switch themes immediately.
http://wpmu.org/why-you-should-never-search-for-free-wordpress-themes-in-google-or-anywhere-else/
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Posted 1 year ago #It is not a free theme but I tried switching to the Twenty Ten theme to see if the links were there and they are not. My brother bought it with the intent of creating a blog but soon lost interest. I am reasonably proficient at html(Dreamweaver)and if I could find the code for the footer I should be able to delete the links.
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Try looking in footer.php but as Christine said, themes that do this can also do lots of other (sometimes malicious) things to your site.
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Chip Bennett
Posted 1 year ago #What Theme are you using?
Where did you get it?
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Posted 1 year ago #Thanks esmi. It's done - they are gone.I will watch for any other anomalies.
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