Remove "Proudly Powered by WordPress" from footer

One possible way would be to hide it with CSS either using a child theme or a CSS editor such as the one that comes with the Jetpack plugin.

Here is an example CSS snippet that will hide that text:

.site-info {
	display: none;
}

I have removed the code from footer.php but it still appears…

That sounds like it should have worked. Maybe you didn’t remove the right code?

Editing theme files directly is not advised because if you update the theme your changes would be overwritten. You could make this modification using a child theme though. To do that, set up a child theme, copy the footer.php file into it, and remove the following lines of code from the new footer.php file:

<?php do_action( 'sorbet_credits' ); ?>
			<a href="https://www.ads-software.com/" rel="generator"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'sorbet' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
			<span class="sep"> | </span>
			<?php printf( __( 'Theme: %1$s by %2$s.', 'sorbet' ), 'Sorbet', '<a href="https://automattic.com/" rel="designer">Automattic</a>' ); ?>

I have done both of the things you suggested. It removed the site info from the bottom of standard pages, but doesn’t stop the popup site info that appears when looking at posts with infinite scrolling turned on. Perhaps the infinite scrolling plugin is controlling that?

Jetpack is controlling the footer that appears with infinite scrolling. See here: https://www.limecanvas.com/customising-the-jetpack-infinite-scroll-footer/

Here’s a function you can add to modify the Infinite Scroll credit:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugihow-to-remove-the-default-footer-proudly-powered-by-wordpress-theme-etc?replies=15#post-4223636

Don’t edit the theme or plugin files directly, otherwise your changes will be overwritten when the theme or plugin is updated.

The best way to add the function is in a child theme, so your tweaks won’t be overwritten when updating the theme. Here are some guides in case you haven’t made one before:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Child_Themes
https://op111.net/53/
https://vimeo.com/49770088

Has this changed in the meantime – i.e. is there a setting now for this, or do we still need to change parameter for false and also change CSS?

Thanks!

@howtoaddict — There isn’t a setting for this, so if you’d like to remove it you can change the parameter as Jeremy mentioned here:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugihow-to-remove-the-default-footer-proudly-powered-by-wordpress-theme-etc?replies=15#post-3544498

You can also find out more about Jetpack’s Infinite Scroll options here: https://jetpack.me/support/infinite-scroll/

Yeah – that’s what I’ve done… was just wondering if they managed to implement this as a setting. If not… will stick with quickfix.

Thanks!