Do not show content in empty widgets

Create a child theme

and paste the following code in footer.php of child theme

<?php if( is_active_sidebar('footer-a') || is_active_sidebar('footer-b') || is_active_sidebar('footer-c') ) : ?>
<div class="footer section large-padding bg-dark">

		<div class="footer-inner section-inner">

			<?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'footer-a' ) ) : ?>

				<div class="column column-1 left">

					<div class="widgets">

						<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'footer-a' ); ?>

					</div>

				</div>

			<?php endif; ?> <!-- /footer-a -->

			<?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'footer-b' ) ) : ?>

				<div class="column column-2 left">

					<div class="widgets">

						<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'footer-b' ); ?>

					</div> <!-- /widgets -->

				</div>

			<?php endif; ?> <!-- /footer-b -->

			<?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'footer-c' ) ) : ?>

				<div class="column column-3 left">

					<div class="widgets">

						<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'footer-c' ); ?>

					</div> <!-- /widgets -->

				</div>

			<?php endif; ?> <!-- /footer-c -->

			<div class="clear"></div>

		</div> <!-- /footer-inner -->

	</div> <!-- /footer -->
<?php endif; ?>
	<div class="credits section bg-dark no-padding">

		<div class="credits-inner section-inner">

			<p class="credits-left">

				? <?php echo date("Y") ?> <a href="<?php echo home_url(); ?>" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a>

			</p>

			<p class="credits-right">

				<span><?php printf( __( 'Theme by <a href="%s">Anders Noren</a>', 'hemingway'), 'https://www.andersnoren.se' ); ?></span> — <a title="<?php _e('To the top', 'hemingway'); ?>" class="tothetop"><?php _e('Up', 'hemingway' ); ?> ↑</a>

			</p>

			<div class="clear"></div>

		</div> <!-- /credits-inner -->

	</div> <!-- /credits -->

</div> <!-- /big-wrapper -->

<?php wp_footer(); ?>

</body>
</html>

What it does is checks whether any of the footer widget areas are active by using is_active_sidebar() function and then display footer area accordingly ..

Hi bravokeyl,

thanks for this suggesstion, too ??

Martin