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Susan Siow
Susan Siow
6,497 Points
Posted by Susan Siow
Susan Siow
6,497 Points

Wordpress Footer Credit

Regardless of any Wordpress free and premium theme, all footer credit can be modified, eg "Wed Design by..."? How can it be identified, the GPL license statement in the CSS file?

Thanks!

3 Answers

empyrian
empyrian
2,281 Points
empyrian
empyrian
2,281 Points

If there are some GPL license statement in the CSS file, you can see it with your browser. If you use chrome for example you can right click on the site and then "inspect elements" and you can see all the .html and .css files from the site. I think safari and firefox have some similar options but I prefer Chrome. Hope i could help...

empyrian
empyrian
2,281 Points

Hope I understood your question the right way…

Wes Beale
Wes Beale
2,364 Points
Wes Beale
Wes Beale
2,364 Points

wpthemedetector.com is a great way to figure out what theme a site is using and who made it. It'll even tell you if it's running a child theme and the name of the parent theme. Hope that helps!

Susan Siow
Susan Siow
6,497 Points
Susan Siow
Susan Siow
6,497 Points

Big thanks to Mathieu Ruchat and Wes Beale for the kind replies.

I actually mean the legality of modifying the frontend footer credit, eg the credit link on this theme > https://wordpress.org/themes/appointment "Designed by Appointment". How can I confirm that I have the right to change it to "Web Developed by me" after modifying and enhancing the theme for a client work?