How do I get rid of "Blog at wordpress.com" footer?

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  lennyzuber · Member · Dec 2, 2015 at 5:09 pm

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  How do I get rid of “Blog at wordpress.com” and “The Obsidian Theme” footer?
  After all, I’m paying for the wordpress.com site and I bought the theme.
  And… they are so big.

  You can check it here : http://www.lennyzuber.com

  Thank you

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  timethief · Member · Dec 2, 2015 at 5:12 pm

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  Though removing footer credit links, which leads to the untrue assumption that you designed the theme, and that you are hosting your site yourself is not allowed under the Terms of Service, it’s possible to add your own text to the footer area using CSS, if you have purchased the Business bundle http://store.wordpress.com/plans/business/ or Premium bundle http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/ of upgrades as they contain the Custom Design upgrade. Then you can include styling credit if you have done any unique styling and/or you can include a copyright notice.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

  Note that after purchasing the required upgrade you can use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can create a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need with CSS editing.

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  scandinaviancrime · Member · Dec 3, 2015 at 3:58 pm

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  I find that remark:

  “removing footer credit links, which leads to the untrue assumption that you designed the theme, and that you are hosting your site yourself”

  quite ridiculous.

  At least, when paying for those really expensive premium themes, it should be possible to remove that footer.

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  lennyzuber · Member · Dec 3, 2015 at 4:42 pm

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  Yeah, it’s not like I wouldn’t mention it anywhere on the site. It just bothers me on every page.
  
  @timethief: thanks for the advice. Yet I bought the package in the hopes I would not have to deal with CSS.

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  auxclass · Member · Dec 3, 2015 at 5:02 pm

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  just an note on the footer – the VIP hosting packages here are also required to have the footer credits – the VIP hosting starts at about $20,000/yr

  also many themes have the footer credits required at their terms of service – and that goes for themes you pay for if you have your own host and use the WordPress.ORG software

  I don’t think many people look at the footer anyway