Comments on: WordPress Security: How to Remove the “Powered by WordPress” Footer Link http://how-to-blog.tv/technical/how-to-remove-powered-by-wordpress-link-from-footer/ Blogging Tips, Tutorials, and WordPress Theme Guidance Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:14:30 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Matt Lawrence http://how-to-blog.tv/technical/how-to-remove-powered-by-wordpress-link-from-footer/comment-page-1/#comment-2520 Matt Lawrence Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:19:31 +0000 http://how-to-blog.tv/?p=1508#comment-2520 WordPress was created with the GPL, which gives people the freedom to do edit it and distribute it to friends. Any themes that are doing what you say don't really follow why wordpress was created. Footer links provide SEO benefit to the designer which is usually why they don't want them removed. Here is a good interview on the subject: <a href="http://mixergy.com/chris-pearson-matt-mullenweg/" rel="nofollow">http://mixergy.com/chris-pearson-matt-mullenweg/</a> WordPress was created with the GPL, which gives people the freedom to do edit it and distribute it to friends. Any themes that are doing what you say don't really follow why wordpress was created. Footer links provide SEO benefit to the designer which is usually why they don't want them removed. Here is a good interview on the subject: http://mixergy.com/chris-pearson-matt-mullenweg/

]]> By: Matt Lawrence http://how-to-blog.tv/technical/how-to-remove-powered-by-wordpress-link-from-footer/comment-page-1/#comment-2519 Matt Lawrence Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:11:16 +0000 http://how-to-blog.tv/?p=1508#comment-2519 No you don't need to touch the CSS, all you should have to do is go into the footer template. No you don't need to touch the CSS, all you should have to do is go into the footer template.

]]> By: Adox Solutions http://how-to-blog.tv/technical/how-to-remove-powered-by-wordpress-link-from-footer/comment-page-1/#comment-2448 Adox Solutions Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:32:26 +0000 http://how-to-blog.tv/?p=1508#comment-2448 Great topic..thanks guys Great topic..thanks guys

]]> By: yooonfoo http://how-to-blog.tv/technical/how-to-remove-powered-by-wordpress-link-from-footer/comment-page-1/#comment-2413 yooonfoo Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:18:35 +0000 http://how-to-blog.tv/?p=1508#comment-2413 Great article There is a T missing and you alluded to wordpress.org as an alternative without spelling it out. Keep up the great work. Great article There is a T missing and you alluded to wordpress.org as an alternative without spelling it out. Keep up the great work.

]]> By: Caitlin at Backlinks http://how-to-blog.tv/technical/how-to-remove-powered-by-wordpress-link-from-footer/comment-page-1/#comment-2376 Caitlin at Backlinks Fri, 12 Nov 2010 03:02:14 +0000 http://how-to-blog.tv/?p=1508#comment-2376 I never thought that leaving the Wordpress link could leave you as a target. I guess I'm removing it from my blog now. Thanks! I never thought that leaving the WordPress link could leave you as a target. I guess I'm removing it from my blog now. Thanks!

]]> By: Bryan http://how-to-blog.tv/technical/how-to-remove-powered-by-wordpress-link-from-footer/comment-page-1/#comment-2335 Bryan Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:40:13 +0000 http://how-to-blog.tv/?p=1508#comment-2335 Do you have to have the CSS upgrade to do this? Do you have to have the CSS upgrade to do this?

]]> By: Garmin Forerunner 405cx http://how-to-blog.tv/technical/how-to-remove-powered-by-wordpress-link-from-footer/comment-page-1/#comment-2301 Garmin Forerunner 405cx Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:56:52 +0000 http://how-to-blog.tv/?p=1508#comment-2301 Thanks for the great tip! I am still learning how to use Wordpress so any assistance is much appreciated! Thanks for the great tip! I am still learning how to use WordPress so any assistance is much appreciated!

]]> By: helpin http://how-to-blog.tv/technical/how-to-remove-powered-by-wordpress-link-from-footer/comment-page-1/#comment-2247 helpin Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:55:49 +0000 http://how-to-blog.tv/?p=1508#comment-2247 It is a great post . 1)I saw some themes with Encrypted codes .They were mentioned as Linkwear by developer and has more than 5 links to a bank,a webhost etc .I think they are advertisements . The developer warned "WARNING: This file is protected by copyright law. To reverse engineer or decode this file is strictly prohibited." But they have not mentioned the license which they release the themes under and asking $40 for each theme to remove the links .Am I allowed to remove them as you said? 2)By the way some other theme developers don't encrypt the theme and ask us not to remove the footer branding .How do I proceed with such themes? 3)And some other themes would be release under creative-Common-License.What do we do with them? Thanks ! It is a great post .

1)I saw some themes with Encrypted codes .They were mentioned as Linkwear by developer and has more than 5 links to a bank,a webhost etc .I think they are advertisements . The developer warned “WARNING: This file is protected by copyright law. To reverse engineer or decode this file is strictly prohibited.”

But they have not mentioned the license which they release the themes under and asking $40 for each theme to remove the links .Am I allowed to remove them as you said?

2)By the way some other theme developers don’t encrypt the theme and ask us not to remove the footer branding .How do I proceed with such themes?

3)And some other themes would be release under creative-Common-License.What do we do with them?
Thanks !

]]> By: Peter Green http://how-to-blog.tv/technical/how-to-remove-powered-by-wordpress-link-from-footer/comment-page-1/#comment-2011 Peter Green Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:48:46 +0000 http://how-to-blog.tv/?p=1508#comment-2011 This seems very sad to me. I am very proud to be a part of the WordPress world and as it's free and open source software for which I am very grateful I like that link in the footer, in fact I embellish it by adding the word 'proud'! It feels cold and heartless to remove that link. And anyway, unless you're going to change the code in the whole of the core of C.M.S. it's not rocket science to figure out it's powered by W.P. That's how I check what runs a website. I run a good amount of security plugins (for which I am also very grateful) which I hope keeps me as safe as can be in cyberspace. This seems very sad to me. I am very proud to be a part of the WordPress world and as it’s free and open source software for which I am very grateful I like that link in the footer, in fact I embellish it by adding the word ‘proud’!
It feels cold and heartless to remove that link.
And anyway, unless you’re going to change the code in the whole of the core of C.M.S. it’s not rocket science to figure out it’s powered by W.P. That’s how I check what runs a website.
I run a good amount of security plugins (for which I am also very grateful) which I hope keeps me as safe as can be in cyberspace.

]]> By: Matt Lawrence http://how-to-blog.tv/technical/how-to-remove-powered-by-wordpress-link-from-footer/comment-page-1/#comment-2009 Matt Lawrence Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:00:14 +0000 http://how-to-blog.tv/?p=1508#comment-2009 The WordPress development team has done a great job at fixing the security vulnerabilities in WordPress. Most of the security issues are now on the hosting companies side. The WordPress development team has done a great job at fixing the security vulnerabilities in WordPress. Most of the security issues are now on the hosting companies side.

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