Change Proudly Powered By WordPress Footer link in Twenty Seventeen

Recently one of our users asked how to change proudly powered by WordPress footer link from twenty seventeen.

If you are also using the Twenty Seventeen theme on your site and want to remove this footer credit, then you are in the right place. In this tutorial, I'm going to share how to change proudly powered by WordPress footer credit from twenty seventeen.

Most WordPress users use free themes on your site. Almost all free WordPress theme comes with this footer credit and there is no option to remove it. However, the premium WordPress theme always offers this option.

Since you are using Twenty Seventeen on your site and there is no option to remove footer credit. But you want...

So let's get started...

How to Change Proudly Powered By WordPress Footer Credit From Twenty Seventeen

Here, I will show you three easy and best methods to remove proudly powered by WordPress link from twenty seventeen.

#1. Using Plugin

First, you need to install and activate the Advanced Twenty Seventeen plugin.

After activating, this plugin will add new customization options to WordPress twenty seventeen customizer. Just click on Appearances >> Customize.

With Advanced Twenty Seventeen plugin, you can change the background color, fonts, content layout etc. But in this article, we are talking about how to change proudly powered by WordPress Footer link in WordPress twenty seventeen theme.

Go to Appearances >> Customize >> Advanced: Footer >> Custom Copyright option. As you can see in the screenshot,



With this custom copyright box, you can replace the default footer credit with your credit.

If you are looking for a plugin to change powered by WordPress footer credits, then this plugin works out of the box.

The best part of this plugin, it creates a child theme of your twenty seventeen which you can customize according to your needs.

#2. By Editing Theme File

This method may be a little harder for new bloggers. But you can easily remove or change proudly powered by WordPress from your site by following this step.

First, install and activate the File Manager plugin on your site. After activating the plugin, navigate to the WordPress Root >> wp-content >> themes >> twentyseventeen >> template-parts >> footer, and edit site-info.php.

Replace following PHP code

<?php
/**
* Displays footer site info
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Seventeen
* @since 1.0
* @version 1.0
*/
?>
<div class="site-info">
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentyseventeen' ) ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentyseventeen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
</div><!-- .site-info -->

With PHP code below,

<?php
/**
* Displays footer site info
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Seventeen
* @since 1.0
* @version 1.0
*/
?>
<div class="site-info">
<a href="https://justbrightme.com">Customized by Aman Singh</a> </div><!-- .site-info -->
</div><!-- .site-info -->

Now click on the save button and visit your website. The new text is Customised by Aman Singh.

#3. Using CSS Code

This method is quickest and easiest way to remove the footer credit by adding some CSS code to the Theme Customizer.

Click on Appearance >> Customize >> Additional CSS in your WordPress dashboard. And paste the following CSS code into the Additional CSS box.

.site-info { display: none; }

Now, click on Save button and refresh your website, the footer credit link will be gone.

Which method will you use to change or remove proudly powered by WordPress footer credit from Twenty Seventeen?

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