How to Remove Powered By GeneratePress in Footer Bar

GeneratePress is a superfast, attractive, and recommended theme in the WordPress eco-space. In this post, we will learn how to remove powered by GeneratePress in footer bar. If you are using the Generatepress free version and want to know how good is the premium version then check out the Generatepress review to understand how it’s better than the free one.

Due to its amazing features and superior performance, GeneratePress has over 600,000+ active installs on WordPress.

GeneratePress comes with lots of features like pre-made templates, a built-in WooCommerce module for building, a fully functional web store, and tons of customization options. It scores high in terms of SEO with built-in Schema Markup and offers advanced Page Level settings giving total control over your Header, Hero Section, Footer, and other pages like Blog Pages, Archive Pages & 404 Pages.

All of this makes GeneratePress a well-known theme amongst Bloggers, Affiliate Marketers, and even Online Web Stores.

But, there is a small problem that comes with every theme in WordPress. Almost all themes come with a “Powered By (theme name)” text in the footer area.

GeneratePress is no different – after downloading and installing the theme, you will find “Powered by GeneratePress” in the copyright section of the theme.

Not to worry…

I have given the complete solution on how to remove powered by GeneratePress in the free and premium versions of the theme.

You will be learning the following;

• How to remove powered by Generatepress in free version using plugin?
• How to remove Generatepress footer credits?
• Steps to remove copyright section in GeneratePress Premium Theme and add your own custom text/code

Remove Powered By GeneratePress In Free Version

There is no doubt that GeneratePress is an amazing theme. Lots of bloggers and affiliate marketers use it. That is because of the theme’s simplicity and performance.

Saying that there are many who would not buy the premium version of the theme at the beginning of their blogging journey. These people need a temporary solution on how to remove built with Generatepress in the free version.

To do that, there are two ways – one method is by using a plugin and another is via coding

Remove Powered By GeneratePress Using Plugin

Using Search & Replace Plugin:

The best way to remove Generatepress copyright in free version is via using a plugin that can find and replace in real-time activity.

Meaning, it dynamically allows you to replace code and/or text from themes with a code/text of your own before the page is delivered to the user’s web browser.

• To do so, you will need to download the Real-Time Find and Replace plugin.

• On your Dashboard, go to Plugins section and select Add New.

• Type in Real-Time Find and Replace in the search bar, install it and then press the activate button.

• After installing and activating the plugin, go to the front-end of your website, right-click and select View Page Source.

• Then press Ctrl+F and type in Copyright-bar, to find the copyright section in page source.

• Then on your Dashboard, go to Tools and select Real-Time Find and Replace.

• As the page opens, the first thing to do is click on Add. This will start a new case.
• Following that, paste the code that you have copied, in the Find section.
• Write the code you would like to replace it with, in the Replace section.
• Lastly, click on the Update Settings button.

• After updating the settings go to the front-end of your website and refresh any page to see that the remove powered by GeneratePress is replaced by your own text. In my case Copyright BloggingIdol.

A little tricky, but pretty much easy if you follow all the steps properly.

How to Remove Powered By GeneratePress by Code?

In this method, you can edit or change the copyright bar in GeneratePress using code in functions.php. For this process, you need to create a Child Theme. If you are familiar with the child theme then you can download Super Basic GeneratePress Child Theme here and use the below code in functions.php to edit copyright in GP Theme.

This method requires you to perform a little bit of coding. There are two ways of doing so. You can either change the GeneratePress copyright message using code in the functions.php file. That will require you to create a child theme first.

If you are aware of child themes and ways to use them, then you might as well download the basic GeneratePress Child Theme from the button below.

If the child themes and functions.php file is way too technical for you then downloading a plugin might not hurt you at all.

Remove Footer Credit Using Code Snippet WordPress Plugin

I will demonstrate this method by downloading the Code Snippets WordPress Plugin. It is much easier and quicker to remove GeneratePress footer credits.

• On your website Dashboard, go to Plugins section and select Add New.

• Type in Code Snippets in the search bar, install it, and then press the activate button.

• Go to Snippets, under your WordPress Dashboard and select Add New.

• Give the Snippet a name – I have given Footer Credit.
• Create your own custom GeneratePress footer credit in the code section. And the following code.

add_filter( 'generate_copyright', 'bg_custom_copyright' );
function bg_custom_copyright()
{
?>
Copyright 2024 <a href="https://bloggingidol.com">Bloggingidol</a>
<?php
}

• Replace “https://bloggingidol.com” URL with your website URL and “Bloggingidol” with your website name.
• Now press the Save Changes and Activate Button below the code editor.
• Refresh the front-end of your website and go to the footer section to verify your changes.

So, these were the two ways to remove powered by GeneratePress in the free version. Now we will have a look at how to change the copyright message in the GeneratePress premium version.

GeneratePress Free vs Premium – Brief Information

The GeneratePress free version offers limited functionality in the following

• Lesser options in theme customizer
• Practically no spacing and margin options where needed
• No Background images option
• Without GeneratePress Elements module — meaning you can’t perform GeneratePress customization
• No GeneratePress Site Library
• Need to download a plugin to remove GeneratePress copyright message
• and a lot more…

There are other differences which go beyond the scope of this article. If you want to learn all of them, read my opinions on GeneratePress free vs premium.

Also Read: Keep Readers Engaged With Related Posts in GeneratePress

Remove Powered By GeneratePress in Premium Version

This one is going to be very easy. There are only a few steps for changing the copyright message in GeneratePress premium version.

If you are using GeneratePress free theme then I would highly recommend you to try out the GeneratePress premium version.

This blog – BloggingIdol, is running on GeneratePress Premium and I am very satisfied with the theme. It lets me do almost all types of customizations that are required for a fully functional website.

Moreover, you don’t have anything to loose as the company boasts a 30-day money-back guarantee without any questions asked, in-case you are unsatisfied with the theme.

Now, let’s get started…

• In a freshly installed GeneratePress premium theme, you will need to Activate the Copyright Module. To do so, go to the Appearance section on your WordPress Dashboard and click on GeneeratePress.

• This will open up the GeneratePress Modules section. Here you will see all the 13 modules stacked on top of each other. None of the modules will be active.
• You will need to activate the ones which you need and then click on Apply.
• I have activated a few of them (ones which I need). That includes the Copyright Module.

• After activating the Copyright module, again go to the Appearance section of your WordPress Dashboard, but this time click on Customize.

• It will open the GeneratePress Customizer on the left-hand side with your website’s homepage on the right.

• From here, you will need to click on Layout and then on Footer menu. That will open all the footer settings with the Copyright section at the end.

I have changed the default Copyright message of GeneratePress from “Powered by GeneratePress” to my own custom message. Don’t forget to press the Publish button at the top of the GeneratePress Customizer, whenever you make any changes.

Note:- Whatever changes you make under Footer menu will apply to the entire GeneratePress footer menu of your website.

That’s it, removing powered by GeneratePress in premium version and adding our own custom text or code is so easy.

FAQs – Remove Built With GeneratePress Message

Conclusion

I hope the steps given in this GeneratePress tutorial will help you to remove Powered by GeneratePress in free and premium versions of the theme.

If you still have any doubts regarding this GeneratePress theme tutorial, feel free to leave a comment.

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