Difficulty removing "Proudly Powered by Popup Bar"
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I am not an expert web coder, but I have some experience. I have read tutorials on how to remove the “Powered by…” message from my website, but I have encountered a difficulty that I will explain in detail.
My website is a professional one, and so I would like it removed. In the instructions I see online, I see references to the “Powered by WordPress” “footer,” but what shows up on mine is slightly modified (by the theme authors of Coral Dark presumably).
I have two places where they refer to their theme. One was a simple link in the footer. I was able to remove that by simply commenting out this code in footer.php:
<div class="<?php coral_dark_footer_link_class(); ?>">
<?php _e( 'Free dark wordpress theme', 'coral-dark' ); ?>
</div>
That part didn’t actually say “Powered by…”
The part that does say that shows up only as I begin to scroll down my page. It pops up dynamically as a white footer bar and includes my website’s name, and says “Proudly powered by WordPress theme Coral Dark.” You should be able to see it yourself if you visit the site and begin scrolling.
The only way I have been able to remove it is by commenting out this code at the bottom of footer,php:
<?php wp_footer(); ?>
However, when I do that, I see a couple of unexpected things, for instance, the alignment of some elements in my sidebar get altered. My presumption is that there is something else in the wp_footer() function that I shouldn’t be eliminating.
Any help would be met with gratitude. (Also, there are no standard built-in ways to remove this footer bar in the theme customization options that I have been able to find).
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there!
Can you confirm that the issue is with the site dereckstrades.com? I don’t see the “Powered by WordPress” anywhere on it.
In general, I’d suggest removing this using custom CSS rather than modifying the theme’s code directly. Also, on WordPress.com, with your Business plan, you would be able to directly remove WordPress.com branding in your customizer:
https://wordpress.com/support/footer-credits/#change-the-footer-credit.
The Powered by WordPress is what you’d see on self-hosted WordPress.org sites, so it would be great to confirm the site’s address.
Also, remember that you can reach us from https://wordpress.com/help/contact as well.
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Hello,
Many thanks for the response. Yes, it is for dereckstrades.com.
It only appears after I begin scrolling down the home page. It’s a thin white banner that dynamically appears then fades once I begin scrolling back up.
Looking at the support article you have sent me regarding the footer credit, it says to go to → Appearance → Customize → Site Identity. However, when i go to → Appearance → Customize, there is no section called “Site Identity.”
Many thanks in advance for any further help.
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When I view the source code for the home page, I am able to identify the HTML that is producing the little banner. But I am unable to find the code on the back end in the theme editor that is producing this HTML. This is the code:
<div class="blog-credits">
Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Coral Dark. </div>
</div>
</div><!-- #infinite-footer -->
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Oops, I didn’t grab it all. This is the code in its entirety:
<div id="infinite-footer">
<div class="container">
<div class="blog-info">
Dereck's Trades
</div>
<div class="blog-credits">
Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Coral Dark. </div>
</div>
</div><!-- #infinite-footer -->
So I will need to find in the Theme editor what is creating the infinite footer.
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Hi there! I was able to dive a bit deeper into your site at dereckstrades.com that is using the Coral Dark theme.
The theme code which is responsible for conveying this footer appears to point to something called “infinite footer”.
In that example I attempt to use the Inspector in the Chrome browser to locate the theme code that presents this footer element.
I found this in the code:
#infinite-footerI then manually entered
display: none;to see if that would remove it, which it did. That doesn’t mean that solution will work, or that it’s the best solution, but it helps us understand we’re probably looking in the right place.Because it’s so specifically named, and you’re using a custom 3rd party theme, before we try a Custom CSS solution, can you check the theme’s documentation to see if there’s a setting on the backend to simply disable the “infinite footer”?
If you can’t find it in the documentation or within the theme’s settings, you will want to reach out to the theme creators directly to see if they can offer a solution that works best (and does not break any other features – or planned features) for your theme.
If those resources don’t get you where you want to be with your theme, come back and let us know.
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Thanks! They have a support forum; I will reach out to them, thank you very much for your help!
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I think I will simply use a custom CSS snippet to hide it, that seems easiest. After trying it, I see no other unintended consequences so far.
If they later offer a different I may use it, but the CSS seems easy and workable.
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