Delete template author name

You should find the code that calls that text in your theme’s footer.php file.

This is the footer.php file:

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<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<span class="text">
<?php
$blog_name = '<a href="'.get_bloginfo('url').'">'.get_bloginfo('name').'</a>';
printf(__('Copyright %s %s %s · Powered by %s ','lightword'),'?',date('Y'),$blog_name,'<a href="https://www.www.ads-software.com" title="WordPress">WordPress</a>')
;?>
<?php _e('<a href="https://www.lightword-design.com/" title="Lightword Theme">Lightword Theme</a> by Andrei Luca','lightword')
;?>

<?php global $lw_footer_content; echo $lw_footer_content; ?>
<a>" class="top" href="#top"><?php _e('Go to top','lightword'); ?> ↑</a>
</span>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/js/menu.js"></script>
</div>
<?php wp_footer(); ?>
</body>
</html>

———————————————————————–What line or part i need to modify?

Everything between, and including, the <span> and </span> tags.

You need to delete this line
<?php _e('Lightword Theme by Andrei Luca','lightword');?>
to get rid of the author credit

[ETA: or what the last poster said]

Here’s another thought – since the theme developer has gone to a lot of trouble creating this theme for you to use, why deny him his credit completely… why not just hide it?

If you add this to your CSS:

#footer span.text { display: none; }

the credit will be gone from the page, but will still be included in the HTML. Everyone’s happy then!

True, that’s a proper attribution for their work.