Remove site footer

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  fishanoto · Member · Apr 29, 2015 at 4:01 pm

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  Hello world,

  I know there are many posts on here about removing footers. My issue is a little different.

  I am able to edit the footer CSS of my theme in chrome Dev tools, and I can see the changes as I do. However, when I reload the site, the changes I made (removing footer) don’t show up/are not saving!?

  Please let me know how to make changes to my CSS that are permanent.

  Thanks,
  Eric

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  galois · Member · Apr 29, 2015 at 4:07 pm

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  However, when I reload the site, the changes I made (removing footer)

  You can’t remove the footer on WordPress.com:

  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 in the footer, 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. Using CSS, you can also add content like a copyright notice to the existing footer. If you would like to do that, you can ask in the CSS Customization forum and Staff or our community volunteers would be happy to help you do that.

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

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  kathrynwp · Staff · May 20, 2015 at 9:08 pm

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  I am able to edit the footer CSS of my theme in chrome Dev tools, and I can see the changes as I do. However, when I reload the site, the changes I made (removing footer) don’t show up/are not saving!?

  Changes made using web inspectors don’t affect the site permanently – they only affect your own view temporarily.

  To make permanent changes that all your visitors can see you’ll need Custom Design, and you’ll need to add your CSS in the Customizer’s CSS panel. Here’s how to use Custom CSS:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-css/

  As galois mentioned, you may not remove the footer credits on WordPress.com, but you may tweak it to better match the look and feel of your other customizations.

  If you need further help, feel free to provide link to your site so I can have a look.