Change footer text moving the subtitle

With site subtitle I mean site description ??

Adding
remove_action( ‘highwind_footer’, ‘highwind_credit, 20 );
to functions.php of my child theme DOESN’T WORK for me.

In fact adding adding “remove_action” for anything into functions.php of my child theme has no effect.

The only way I can make changes is to comment out the “add_action” line in theme-actions.php in the parent Highwind theme.

Why isn’t remove_action working when used in my child theme?

Okay, I’ve found out why remove_actions don’t work on the child theme.

The child theme’s functions.php loads before the parent theme’s functions.php
This means a remove_action in the child theme is trying to remove something that hasn’t yet been loaded by the parent.
See https://www.marcusnyberg.com/2012/02/03/using-remove_action-in-a-wordpress-child-theme/

However, the solution provided in the above reference creates a bigger problem.

I added this code to my child theme’s functions.php:

function removeParentFunctions() {
remove_action( 'highwind_footer', 'highwind_credit, 20 );
}

add_action('after_setup_theme','removeParentFunctions');

This caused the “White Screen of Death” on my site. A completely inaccessible site. I had to access functions.php by FTP and remove the above code for my site to become visible again.

The WSOD was also reported here:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/change-the-footer-text-and-change-the-sidebar-to-the-left

That thread (incorrectly marked as resolved) is about the same issue as I am reporting in this thread.

Current status:
The theme author is giving incorrect information regarding the use of remove_action in a child theme.
The apparently correct way to use remove_action in a child theme completely breaks this theme.

Anybody have any ideas?

The issue is not Highwind, it is the code you’ve been given. There’s a missing '.

Try this instead:

function removeParentFunctions() {
remove_action( 'highwind_footer', 'highwind_credit', 20 );
}

add_action('after_setup_theme','removeParentFunctions');

The following worked great for removing credits and adding my own:

// remove the Highwind and WordPress Credits from the footer but give them lots of love for amazing work!

function removeHighwindCredit() {
remove_action( 'highwind_footer', 'highwind_credit', 20 );
add_action( 'highwind_footer', 'my_footer_content' );
}
//add custom credits/text to the footer
function my_footer_content() {
echo 'All content ?';
}
add_action('after_setup_theme','removeHighwindCredit');

Highwind is a great theme, thanks!