Title: Remove footer code Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Remove footer code * [leylap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leylap/) * (@leylap) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/) * Hi * Can someone please take a look at [http://www.motherhooddiaries.com](http://www.motherhooddiaries.com) and tell me how to remove the footer code where it says: * “Blog by WordPress | Free Theme Provided by globe wordpress themes and Sponsored by credit reporting” * Thanks so much guys * Leyla Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 19 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929105) * You may have a bit of a problem, seeing as how your theme has that sponsored link * Normally you just edit footer.php to remove/replace what you want in the theme * But some themes have an encoded footer which prevents you from removing sponsored links. * It’s not that you aren’t allowed to remove the links, you definitely are. Just some ‘shadier’ themes have checks built into the theme which break the theme if you try to edit it. * My suggestion is to look at footer.php in your theme and see if yu can figire out what to edit. If it’s encoded and you can’t edit it, I’d recommend getting your themes from more reputable sources so that you can easily edit them * [claire012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claire012/) * (@claire012) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929115) * You should be able to edit/remove the link from your theme’s footer.php file. * Thread Starter [leylap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leylap/) * (@leylap) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929116) * Ok thanks for the tip. I’ve looked and I can’t find it, so I guess it’s a ‘shady’ theme 🙁 * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929121) * It’s possible…. what was in your footer.php, just a bunch of encoded stuff? * something like eval and then a seemingly random string of letters/numbers? * Thread Starter [leylap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leylap/) * (@leylap) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929165) * Yeah exactly! It looks like a bunch of letters 🙁 * Thread Starter [leylap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leylap/) * (@leylap) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929167) * Thanks everyone and Since83 who I can’t see on there. So it is possible to remove bad code without breaking the theme? Am i able to ‘hide’ the code somehow? * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929169) * Yeah, it may be impossible to edit * If you look over on the themes section of this forum, up at the top in the stickies, there is a decoding thread, where they tell you how to decode that stuff, and volunteers also decode themes * But my experience has been that usually there is a function built into themes like this that checks for edits. * Basically, it turns it into a fair bit of coding to remove the links. Probably far more effort than its worth. * If you want to get rid of the links, it may be best to get a reputable theme, and go from there. There’s no reason to have other people freeloading links on your site in my opinion….. * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929172) * ```

``` * is the div that displays those links, so you can hide them by adding * ``` .page-footer { display: none; } ``` * to your style.css * Thread Starter [leylap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leylap/) * (@leylap) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929174) * Thanks for the tip and the code. I guess they just want people to know it’s their theme, which i understand. Really, I’m freeloading off their theme… * Thanks again for your help, really appreciate it 🙂 * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929176) * It’s just hard to tell what all that theme is doing. * If they are dropping in links, and making the theme impossible to edit, what other functions are going on in there? Do they give a backdoor into your site? Do they create security issues? etc. * Thread Starter [leylap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leylap/) * (@leylap) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929177) * Since83 – I can’t see your posts on here, but I’m getting the emails though. I’ve just registered with WPwisdom now. 🙂 * [WizBit1505](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wizbit1505/) * (@wizbit1505) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929178) * IMO it shows gratitude by giving a link to the person that created the theme. * In this case the guy has been smart by forcing you to give a link or you can’t use the theme, which was probably given to you for free. * Thread Starter [leylap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leylap/) * (@leylap) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929180) * Since83 – It says I’m not allowed to create a new post on WPwisdom, but I’m still waiting for the validation email, which hasn’t been sent to me yet. * Thread Starter [leylap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leylap/) * (@leylap) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929182) * Ok done Since83 * [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/) * (@claytonjames) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/#post-1929183) * [@wizbit1505](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wizbit1505/) * Funny. I read that as saying the guy has been smart in this case by “forcing you to show gratitude”. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 19 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Remove footer code’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/code/) * [footer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/footer/) * [remove](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/remove/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 19 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-footer-code/page/2/#post-1929210) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics