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I am trying out wordpress for a section of my website. It gives a tag line at the bottom "Proudly Powered by Wordpress" ..I want to remove it obviously. Can anyone guide me on this please.

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The suggestions from and point in the right direction: that line is added by your theme, not WordPress core. Common, safe ways to remove it are: use any built-in theme/footer setting; hide it with CSS (non-destructive); remove the markup in a child theme (permanent); or unhook/filter the credit in a child theme’s functions.php if the theme inserts it via an action. Always back up first and prefer a child theme for permanent edits so updates won’t overwrite your work.

A quick, non-destructive approach is to hide the element with the Customizer. Inspect the footer in your browser to find the correct selector, then paste an adjusted rule into Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS:

/* hide footer credit — replace selector with the one from your theme */
.site-info,
.site-info a,
.powered-by {
  display: none !important;
}

For a permanent fix, create a child theme, copy the parent theme’s footer.php into the child, and remove the line that prints the credit (often inside a site-info block or output by a small function). If the theme adds the credit via a hook, remove or override that hook from the child theme’s functions.php. Test changes on a staging site and clear caches after editing.

If the credit still appears, check footer widgets and plugins (some inject attribution), search the theme files for the phrase "Proudly" via FTP or the Theme Editor, and confirm you’re editing the active theme. The earlier links shared by and are theme-specific guides and can help identify exact file names or selectors for popular themes.

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Dear Ancient Dragon,
Thank you very much.. :)

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Thankyou...almostbob.

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