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Lee Ruane
Lee Ruane
6,365 Points
Posted by Lee Ruane
Lee Ruane
6,365 Points

Editing WordPress Themes

I am new to WordPress and until I can create my own custom themes I would like to make child themes and customise them that way for now.

But do I need to keep the credits in the footer? (i.e. Theme by: Theme Creator)?

I have been reading online about it and is it true that if you use a theme from WordPress.org then you can make any changes you like - including removing these creators details?

Thanks in advance. Lee

4 Answers

Kevin VanConant
Kevin VanConant
1,833 Points
Kevin VanConant
Kevin VanConant
1,833 Points

GNU GPLv2 and later you can edit the theme any way you would like.

You are allowed to remove the footer links.

Kevin VanConant
Kevin VanConant
1,833 Points
Kevin VanConant
Kevin VanConant
1,833 Points

Which theme are you using?

Your themes that have GPLv3 license you can remove the footer. MOST of your free CMS themes (Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal) you can remove the footer links.

Lee Ruane
Lee Ruane
6,365 Points
Lee Ruane
Lee Ruane
6,365 Points

Thanks very much Kevin.

I am using the Ascent theme by Pitabas Behera and it says "License: GNU General Public License v2 or later" so I am assuming that it's OK to remove?

Many thanks.

Lee Ruane
Lee Ruane
6,365 Points
Lee Ruane
Lee Ruane
6,365 Points

Thanks very much for your help!