footer: can I remove theme name & WP credit on free account? premium? .org?

  • testzone46 · Member ·

    Hi, trying to keep all this straight … I plan to use free themes from wordpress. Can I legally remove the “Blog at WordPress.com” and theme name from:

    ~ a free account
    ~ a premium (paid) account

    ~ How about if I used wordpress.org (self-hosted) instead of wordpress.com? Can they be removed then?

    Thank you for any advice.

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  • galois · Member ·

    Hi, trying to keep all this straight … I plan to use free themes from wordpress. Can I legally remove the “Blog at WordPress.com” and theme name from:

    ~ a free account
    ~ a premium (paid) account

    Definitely no.

    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

    ~ How about if I used wordpress.org (self-hosted) instead of wordpress.com? Can they be removed then?

    Yes (although it not recommended for reasons of ethics).

  • auxclass · Member ·

    ~ How about if I used wordpress.org (self-hosted) instead of wordpress.com? Can they be removed then?

    Maybe – the terms of service for each theme is a bit different and many require the footer credits to be displayed. Some people will code the theme to check for footer credits and do very bad things to your site if you remove the footer credits

  • galois · Member ·

    Some people will code the theme to check for footer credits and do very bad things to your site if you remove the footer credits

    LOL.
    Ethics rules.

  • auxclass · Member ·

    There are a lot of very shady people making themes for WordPress.ORG installs. Some themes also insert ads on a site, and yet other themes grab log-in info.

    There were some people with .ORG sites that had lots of trouble with “free” themes – best to stick to major theme houses or themes that have been vetted by the WordPress.ORG group

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