How to edit footer in wordpress

We will show you how to edit the WordPress website footer.

 

1. Open wp-content/themes/theme Name/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

How to edit footer in wordpress