Remove advertising link on footer

unless you would like to edit footer.php, and look for the link to remove it, this line added to style.css should remove the link:

#footer-out a {display:none;}

Ummm…you sure you have no idea where that link showed up? I have a feeling some hacker put that link there just to increase their SEO ranking for “generic drugs.”

It’s best you try to delete the link as search engine crawlers will still be able to see it.

If it’s encrypted removing the encryption code may break the entire theme. You can view your website source code and then replace the encrypted code in footer.php with just the code from the source that makes up the footer text.

I just downloaded your theme from the authors site. //www.mkels.com/wordpress-themes/urban/free-wordpress-theme-keko.html

footer.php is completely obfuscated, but it doesn’t seem to include your link once it’s decoded. I’m betting you got it from a source other than the author. They probably put their own links in before redistributing the theme.

Thank you for your help. I downloaded the author’s theme and replaced the code on footer.php. I now have Copyright ?2010 feltups
Free WordPress Theme By Mkels
Collaboration with Korean Clothing | CD Rates |

I put #footer-out a {display:none;} in the style.css.

On the rhs of the footer it now says Collaboration with | |

Is there any way I can remove it?

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It’s always a good idea to view the contents of anything that’s coded or obfuscated before you decide to use it. The contents of that file looks like this when decoded. https://wordpress.pastebin.com/PG7reiaK

There is some very helpful information in this topic: [sticky] Theme decoding thread

….about tools you can use, and how to use them, to inspect these types of files.

thank you. ??

You’re welcome.