"Blog" at wordpress.com

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    monocleproject · Member ·

    Is it possible to remove the “blog” word from “blog at wordpress.com”?

    I am happy to show that I use wordpress.com, I just don’t necessarily blog.

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    hallluke · Member ·

    You can’t specifically hide the word “blog” in this section. However you can hide the default footer completely – you just need to make sure you manually re-include the links to WordPress.com and the theme author because removing them is against the WP.com terms of service.

    Assuming you have the upgrade to edit CSS you would include the following:

    #footer .secondary .left {visibility:hidden;}
#footer .secondary .left span.footer-text {visibility:visible;}

    and then add something like this in your right hand side footer area (where you currently have the copyright notice):

    This blog is hosted by <a href="http://wordpress.com/?ref=footer_blog">WordPress.com</a> using the <a href="https://wordpress.com/themes/port/" title="Learn more about this theme">Port Theme</a>.

    and you can change the text to whatever you like, as long as you maintain the links.

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    auxclass · Member ·

    Not completely correct – some footers have “Get a free blog at WordPress.com” or words to that effect – so this solution would be removing that wording and would be altering the footer credits and against the Terms of Service and you blog can be suspended – no notice required

    Current Terms of Service:

    11. Attribution. Automattic reserves the right to display attribution links such as ‘Blog at WordPress.com,’ theme author, and font attribution in your blog footer or toolbar. Footer credits and the WordPress.com toolbar may not be altered or removed regardless of upgrades purchased.

    http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

    May I remove the Admin Bar, credit links such as ‘Blog at WordPress.com’, theme, font, or toolbar links?

    All WordPress.com bloggers are required to maintain the Admin Bar (the dark bar that appears at the top of WordPress.com sites when logged in) as well as credit links, even our VIP bloggers. Please do not hide or alter text or links for the footer credits or the toolbar. Modifying the style of the footer text (i.e. colors and font size) is fine as long as it’s still readable.

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions

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    hallluke · Member ·

    My mistake, auxclass is correct: no meddling with footers, sorry for getting your hopes up!

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