How to delete or remove twenty ten “proudly powered by wordpress” link in your wordpress 3 footer.
I have noticed some people want to know how to remove this link from their footers especially if they use twenty ten default theme.
Removing this link is allowed, however that’s the only way how wordpress as a great free blogging software advertising their links, which are not bad.
But if you really want to remove this footer link, you can follow the following tutorial.
It is more complicated than in kubrick theme, but it is also not difficult.
Note: For some of you, who might find links for “Install wordpress webhosting” (see image), those links are provided by your webhosting provider, they can be disabled by deactivate their plugins, in Dashboard/plugins. If you can’t find the plugin, contact your host.
Additional links from your webhost.
The footer link that we will remove:
Proudly powered by wordpress in v 3. twenty ten theme.
Steps to remove proudly powered by wordpress, including the small icon:
1. In your dashboard, go to “Appearance”, then “Editor”.
Appearance then Editor.
2. Look for footer file, which is footer.php, click this link.
Footer php file.
3. This will open your Twenty Ten’s footer.php file, scroll down and find this line of code:
<?php printf( __('Proudly powered by %s.', 'twentyten'), 'WordPress' ); ?>
The code which should be deleted.
4. Delete that code, and click “Update File”.
Video Tutorial:
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Giving a small credit to the great software is a good thing. I don’t prefer removing this line.
Good tutorial though.. :)
@Rahul Sonar, Hi there.
That’s so true, that’s why i wrote special line, that wordpress is a great free blogging software and putting the link is not a bad :)
Thank you for the comment Rahul.
Your theme is so coolï¼
Hi
When you first visit the main domain of a website, it appears again at the bottom right footer, but then when you click to a new page, and click onto the home page again it disappears.
I want to get rid of it so it never appears again?
Any ideas?
thanks
Hey luap,
I unfortunately do not know what you meant.
I mean seeing your site will probably help.
Here you go
http://www.midlandsdrumlessons.co.uk
if you look at the bottom right of this first page, you can see the statement.
But then when you click on any of the links it disappears.
But its still there whenever you first visit that page (or if you click the back button to get to the first page again)
Any ideas?
Hey luap_123,
How did you install wordpress? I mean with fantastico or manually uploading files to cPanel? I am guessing you have two installation folder?
Notice: this URL http://www.midlandsdrumlessons.co.uk/ goes to http://www.midlandsdrumlessons.co.uk/
But when you click logo, Home button, they all go to: http://www.midlandsdrumlessons.co.uk/wp/
Looks like you have the files all in /wp directory.
First, you have to fix those different URLs first, and then you can make this disappear.
Hi
Yeah, with fantastico or whatever its called.
Right, I’ll sort that.
thanks! Great help!
Hi Luap_123,
I have checked your site just now, and it doesn’t change…
I hope it will get fixed soon, if you need any helps, feel free to contact me.
Good luck!
i’ve always wondered how to remove it from footer. thanks!
You’re welcome!
Hi Kimi,
Whenever I search for something, I always come back to your site….lol. I know how to remove the WordPress credit but I can’t find where to add my own credits or site name in the footer. Thanks in advance for your help.
Never mind Kimi, I just created a text widget in the footer. Thanks!
Yes! I have checked your site, and you did it!
Though there is a way to edit the footer file, i will post one tutorial about it maybe tomorrow.
Thanks to you for the idea!
Oh i love it when my readers come back Lillie LOL so i am happy to know it :)
Yes, please come back when you need something, i will gladly help if i can.
Your question was a really good idea, i have scheduled a post about it.
Thanks!
I followed the below rules to remove the part of the /WP from my URLS
In General Settings
I changed
Site address(URL)from
http://www.midlandsdrumlessons.co.uk/wp
to
http://www.midlandsdrumlessons.co.uk
so now my urls do NOT include the /WP section, which is great, but now all of the pages state “Proudly Powered By WordPress†in the footer.
I’ve gone to delete the part of the footer as you explain, but its not in there (as I deleted it before)
Can you advise please?
thanks
Hello there,
You must did it incorrect, otherwise it would work.
Try to hide it with css, enter this code, right in the bottom of your style.css:
#site-generator{display:none;}If it is still there, then check the file permission of your theme whether it is writeable or not.
Good luck!
I have hidden it by doing your below suggestion.
style.css:
#site-generator{display:none;}
Thanks you very much once again for that.
Next question though :)
How can I remove
“Posted on September 16, 2010 by admin
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment”
From my home page?
Thanks
Hi there,
For the posted on by admin thingy, you can follow this tutorial: http://www.blog.web6.org/remove-posted-on-by-under-post-title-twentyten/
And for the posted in leave a comment, add this code, in style.css in the bottom:
.entry-utility{display:none;}WOW Kimi, you really are amazing! That worked a treat!
Would you happen to know how to remove all the text above the main image header so that the image header and everything below it moves up quiet a bit?
http://www.midlandsdrumlessons.co.uk
Thanks
Hi Luap_123
Yes, i know how to do these things, but it need a time and a bit work to explain here, i suggest you to hire somebody to customise your site.
Thanks for visiting.
Do you think you will be doing a blog post for this soon as I’m sure its something a lot of users would like to know how to do?
Thanks
Maybe someday, good idea, thanks.
Thanks!nice post
Hey Gr8 Info Sharing Nice
Thanks for sharing this one my friend..:)Gonna bookmark your blog..I am going to implement this one!Keep it up:)
Best Regards
very helpful source site.
Very good tutorials. I’m going to try this with my next project…Makes things look a bit better…
Hi Kimi,
Really Productive post! I’m dealing this word press, I’m just a beginner. This post is certainly useful for many of us. You told about the deletion of the link and Can you tell me how can we replace this with some other link??
Hi Navya,
To replace, you can add the usual html or php code in the same place.
I have made example, adding copyright text on twentyten: http://www.blog.web6.org/wordpress-copyright-footer-all-rights-reserved/
Thanks.
i would like to say thank you
because has been 1 week i looking for this answer
now i get it here
it very helpfully
good job
hay kimi
thank u for giving ur leatest information
Very good tutorials.I really enjoy what you blog about here, very insightful and smart.
thanks for this tutorial Kimi. really appreciate it.
But May Its Agianst Wordpress Tos !!
Waiting Ur Reply To Know If I Can Remove This Too
Thanks For Post
Jone,
No, it is not against wp ToS, if you want to be sure, ask wordpress.org forum
Hi, I am searching for an answer which is close to what you have done here.
I want to leave the writing on the footer, but I want to get rid of the wordpress logo, which comes before the line.
What code do I deleat to do this,
Thanks
Donal,
It depends on your theme files, without knowing the theme, I can’t help much.
The wordpress default theme, twenty ten.
Hi Donal,
I would try adding this code:
#site-generator a{background-image:none;}In the bottom of your style.css of Twenty Ten theme.
I hope this helps.
Worked perfect, thank you very much. I am signing up for your newsletter and I am going to have a good look through your site. I think I can learn from it.
hi kimi,thanks for expression.I executed your information and it run
Thanks for a good tutorial. However, I prefer to keep that line to give Wordpress some credits for their work.
good info, thanks
tried this to one of my wordpress website and it gives me an error i think this is not applicable on all templates. just be careful but any way still useful post keep up the good work.
Hi Kimi, Thanks for sharing this tutorial. I am fairly new to Wordpress, and I appreciate your help. The instructions were very easy to follow, and I’ll be sure to refer back to this post if I run into problems in the future. Thanks again.
Thanks for the easy-to-follow instructions, Kimi. I am pretty new to Wordpress, and I’m just in the learning stages. Your post seems very informative, and your instructions are very detailed. I will be sure to check back to your site in the future if I run into any problems with Wordpress. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
thats a great little tip thanks I always think wordpress over does the logo
great tip thanks
Thanks for posting this information..
wow. nice information you got here. I hope that you can elaborate more on the sidebar topic. because one of my Articles have the same problem with that. so if you can tell me more how to fix it, it would be nice!
Thanks!
I dont have the editor link i have to buy a premium themes for that?
Hi emennet,
No, you don’t have to purchase a premium theme to have editor link, but you will have to install wordpress.org in a webserver.
Quick links to explain this:
http://www.blog.web6.org/recommended-webhosting-for-wordpress-starting-tips/
http://www.blog.web6.org/how-much-does-wordpress-cost/
Or to try it in your system, you can install wordpress.org in your computer:
http://www.blog.web6.org/install-wordpress-offline-wordpress-on-mac-or-windows/
I hope this helps
It’s useful!Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for posting this information