Can I remove the footer 'Theme: Photographer by Organic Themes'

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  limetree3 · Member · Jun 17, 2013 at 10:37 am

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  Hello. Can I remove the footer ‘Theme: Photographer by Organic Themes’ at the base of my site? Would I need to upgrade to Premium in order to do so, or do I need to move my site across to WordPress.org? If the latter is the case, would I need to build the site from scratch, or is their a quick fix? Many thanks.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jun 17, 2013 at 10:15 pm

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  Hi,

  The footer credit is required to be displayed according to our terms of service:
  http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

  Note that even sites hosted through our VIP program, such as the TED blog, display a credit to WordPress.com in the footer.
  (See the bottom of http://blog.ted.com/ for an example)

  If you decide to move to a self-hosted site, this blog will guide you through that process:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  As we only support blogs hosted here at WordPress.com, all issues with the new blog–including the importing of the file–must be taken to the WordPress.org support community:

  http://wordpress.org/support

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com blog to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’s right for you:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  I know that is a lot of info, but does that all make sense? If not, please feel to ask any questions.

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  limetree3 · Member · Jun 18, 2013 at 8:10 am

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  Hi Rootjosh,

  Thanks for getting back to me and clarifying that. I assumed as much, but then came across the example site http://squeegeeprints.com/ and saw that the footer was clear of any reference to wordpress.com etc.

  Is this not possible?

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jun 18, 2013 at 2:36 pm

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  It is something that is technically possible with Custom CSS. However, it is not allowed and can cause your site to be suspended if it is noticed.

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  limetree3 · Member · Jun 24, 2013 at 8:56 am

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  Ok, didn’t intend on getting anyone in strife here! Could be an idea to set up a ‘buy out’ option as there seems to be a lot of members who want to remove the footer….any plans?

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jun 24, 2013 at 6:18 pm

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  There are no plans that I am aware of as far as offering a “no footer” upgrade.

  However, I would encourage you to make a post suggesting it on our ideas/suggestions area of the WordPress.com support forums.

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/ideas

  The forums are monitored and it does make a difference to post there.