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How to remove the footer links from Wordpress

  • Under Appearance click Editor
  • Click Footer (footer.php) (on the right); scroll to the bottom of the editable part -- should look something like this:

<!-- begin footer -->
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="footerbg">
 <div id="footer">
 
  <!--Replace the # below with the destination url.-->
 
  <div class="footer1">
   <ul id="footerwidgeted-1">
    <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Footer Left') ) : ?>
    <li id="link-list-1">
     <h2>Footer Left Widget</h2>
     <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Link #1</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #3</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #4</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #5</a></li>
     </ul>
    </li>
    <?php endif; ?> 
   </ul> 
  </div> 
 
  <!--Replace the # below with the destination url.-->
 
  <div class="footer2">
   <ul id="footerwidgeted-2">
    <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Footer Middle') ) : ?>
    <li id="link-list-2">
     <h2>Footer Middle Widget</h2>
     <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Link #1</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #3</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #4</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #5</a></li>
     </ul>
    </li>
    <?php endif; ?> 
   </ul> 
  </div>
 
  <!--Replace the # below with the destination url.-->
 
  <div class="footer3">
   <ul id="footerwidgeted-3">
    <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Footer Right') ) : ?>
    <li id="link-list-3">
     <h2>Footer Right Widget</h2>
     <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Link #1</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #3</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #4</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link #5</a></li>
     </ul>
    </li>
    <?php endif; ?> 
   </ul> 
  </div>
 
  <!--Replace the # below with the destination url.-->
 
  <div class="footer5">
   <p><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/themes/streamline"><img src="<?php bloginfo('tem...'); ?>" /></a></p>
   <p>Copyright &copy; 2009 &middot; All Rights Reserved</p>
   <p><a href="http://wordpress.com">Get a Blog</a> &middot; <a href="http://wordpress.org">WordPress..</a></p>
   <p><a href="#"><img style="float:left;margin-top:10px;" src="<?php bloginfo('tem...'); ?>" /></a>
      <a href="#"><img style="float:left;margin-top:10px;" src="<?php bloginfo('tem...'); ?>" /></a>
      <a href="#"><img style="float:left;margin-top:10px;" src="<?php bloginfo('tem...'); ?>" /></a>
      <a href="#"><img style="float:left;margin-top:10px;" src="<?php bloginfo('tem...'); ?>" /></a>
      <a href="#"><img style="float:left;margin-top:10px;" src="<?php bloginfo('tem...'); ?>" /></a>
      <a href="#"><img style="float:left;margin-top:10px;" src="<?php bloginfo('tem...'); ?>" /></a>
      <a href="#"><img style="float:left;margin-top:10px;" src="<?php bloginfo('tem...'); ?>" /></a>
      <a href="#"><img style="float:left;margin-top:10px;" src="<?php bloginfo('tem...'); ?>" /></a>
  </div>
 
 </div>
 
</div>
<?php do_action('wp_footer'); ?>
</body>
</html>

This part:

<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Footer Left') ) : ?>

is a script written in PHP, telling WordPress, "These are the conditions under which the following links should appear on the web page." I would advise you to leave that part alone as you may later want to have something there (whether it's the links or something else entirely).

This part:

<ul>
    <li><a href="#">Link #1</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Link #2</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Link #3</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Link #4</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Link #5</a></li>
</ul>

is the part you want to get rid of to make the links go away. After deleting these lines, be sure to save it by clicking Save (or maybe it's "Update"...? Can't remember off the top of my head...) · · once you have saved it, when you click on Visit site (at the top) the footer links that were once there should now be gone.

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