Replace footer in a child theme

You can change the name of your function to something unique. For example:

/**
 * Footer credits
 */

function my_oblique_footer_credits() {
    echo 'My custom text';
}

add_action( 'oblique_footer', 'my_oblique_footer_credits' );

Above I added my_ to the beginning of the function name and changed the second argument in the add_action to use the new function.

Hi jowaltham, thanks for your reply.

I already tried this but instead of replacing the footer message, it adds it the custom one before the parent one.

With your code, the footer becomes: “My custom textProudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Oblique by Themeisle.” instead of just “My custom text”.

What have I to do to remove the parent footer?

To remove the original function you need

remove_action( 'oblique_footer', 'oblique_footer_credits' );

This can be placed under the add_action( 'oblique_footer', 'my_oblique_footer_credits' ); line.

Thanks again jowaltham to take the time to help me ??

I tried this snippet but it seems that nothing changed. The parent AND child’s footer messages are displayed.

function custom_oblique_footer_credits() {
    echo 'My custom text';
}

add_action( 'oblique_footer', 'custom_oblique_footer_credits' );
remove_action( 'oblique_footer', 'oblique_footer_credits' );

As child theme’s function.php file is loaded before the parent, maybe that the remove_action function couldn’t work properly (parent’s function is not declared yet when remove_action is executed)?

My apologies, I suggested something without testing first. Yes you are on the right track. What we need to do is add the remove action to a hook slightly earlier.

I’ve tested this locally and it works for me:

function custom_oblique_footer_credits() {
    echo 'My custom text';
}
add_action( 'oblique_footer', 'custom_oblique_footer_credits' );

function remove_oblique_footer_credits() {
	remove_action( 'oblique_footer', 'oblique_footer_credits' );
}
add_action( 'get_footer', 'remove_oblique_footer_credits');

I’m using the earlier hook get_footer to run a function (remove_oblique_footer_credits) that then runs the remove_action on the oblique_footer hook.

I hope that makes sense and works for you! Do let me know.

Thanks
Jo

Thanks a lot jowaltham, it now works like a charm!

Hi,

Great! Glad that you got is solved and thank you @jowaltham for your help. ??
We greatly appreciate it.

Best regards,
Alexandra

I’m using oblique as a child-theme. Now I want to change the footer.php like this solution. But I don’t know, where I have to put this remove function in the footer.php.

Here’s the original content of the copied footer.php from the parent-theme oblique:

<?php
/**
* The template for displaying the footer.
*
* Contains the closing of the #content div and all content after
*
* @package Oblique
*/
?>

</div>
</div><!– #content –>

<div class=”svg-container footer-svg svg-block”>
<?php oblique_svg_1(); ?>
</div>
<footer id=”colophon” class=”site-footer” role=”contentinfo”>
<div class=”site-info container”>
<?php do_action( ‘oblique_footer’ ); ?>
</div><!– .site-info –>
</footer><!– #colophon –>
</div><!– #page –>

<?php wp_footer(); ?>

</body>
</html>

Could you help me please? Thx a lot!

I’ve solved it ??

Hi cat4net,
Do you have the full code for the new footer with the removed function?