How to edit footer

This tutorial will show you how to edit the WordPress website footer.

 

1. Open wp-content/themes/theme###/footer.php file with your HTML/PHP editor

2. The footer code could be something like this:

<a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/" title="<?php bloginfo('description'); ?>">
<?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a> © <?php echo date("Y") ?>
<a class="privacy" href="<?php echo home_url( '/' ) ?>?page_id=356">Privacy Policy</a>

 

It has some WordPress core tags included. Let’s see what each tag means:

 


	<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>

This tag displays your WordPress website URL.

 

	<?php bloginfo('description'); ?>
   

Displays the Tagline from the WordPress admin panel (Settings>General) It’s a website descripton

 

	<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>
   

Displays the WordPress website title. Could be modified through the admin panel (Settings>General)

 


	<?php echo date("Y") ?>

Displays the current year

 


 <a class="privacy" href="<?php echo home_url( '/' ) ?>?page_id=356">Privacy Policy</a>

Displays the link to the Privacy Policy Page

 

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:
How to change footer

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