Title: Complete Footer Code Please?
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Complete Footer Code Please?

 *  Resolved [Kate Plane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kateplaneyahoocom/)
 * (@kateplaneyahoocom)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-footer-code-please/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m not sure about editing the Footer code (footer.php). I’m using theme Twenty
   Twelve, and this is what the footer.php originally looks like:
 * <?php
    /** * The template for displaying the footer * * Contains footer content
   and the closing of the #main and #page div elements. * * [@package](https://wordpress.org/support/users/package/)
   WordPress * @subpackage Twenty_Twelve * [@since](https://wordpress.org/support/users/since/)
   Twenty Twelve 1.0 */ ?>
 * </div><!– #main .wrapper –>
    <footer id=”colophon” role=”contentinfo”> <div class
   =”site-info”> <?php do_action( ‘twentytwelve_credits’ ); ?> ” title=”<?php esc_attr_e(‘
   Semantic Personal Publishing Platform’, ‘twentytwelve’ ); ?>”><?php printf( __(‘
   Proudly powered by %s’, ‘twentytwelve’ ), ‘WordPress’ ); ?> </div><!– .site-info–
   > </footer><!– #colophon –> </div><!– #page –>
 * <?php wp_footer(); ?>
    </body> </html>
 * Please can you advise how to modify this so as to get the plugin to work?
 * Many thanks,
    Kate
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/footer-text/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/footer-text/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Shea Bunge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bungeshea/)
 * (@bungeshea)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-footer-code-please/#post-6078649)
 * There are two things you can do here.
 * The first is to make a code snippet (either in functions.php, as part of a plugin,
   or using [this plugin](http://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets)), which contains
   this code:
 *     ```
       function my_display_footer_text() {
           if ( function_exists( 'get_footer_text' ) ) {
               footer_text();
           }
       }
       add_action( 'twentytwelve_credits', 'my_display_footer_text' );
       ```
   
 * The other option is to edit the footer.php file and add the tag there. [Here is the code from your theme with the tag in place.](https://gist.github.com/anonymous/769aa094da0fc821cf2e)
 *  [Edie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ediemiles/)
 * (@ediemiles)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-footer-code-please/#post-6078994)
 * Thank you for the link Shea! It solved my issue.
 *  [jcobbherbalist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcobbherbalist/)
 * (@jcobbherbalist)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-footer-code-please/#post-6079018)
 * If I edit the functions.php won’t I lose the changes when the theme updates? 
   I am using the Jolene theme, and I’m trying to get rid of the ‘powered by wordpress’
   line and theme name, permanently. Is there a way to use this plugin to do that
   once and for all?
 * [http://yourmenopausecoach.com](http://yourmenopausecoach.com) is the site in
   question.
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [Shea Bunge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bungeshea/)
 * (@bungeshea)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-footer-code-please/#post-6079019)
 * [@jcobbherbalist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcobbherbalist/)
 * Yes, you will loose changes when the theme updates, and so the best way to prevent
   this would be to create a child theme.
 * Keep in mind that this plugin was intended to be used as a sort of library by
   people who were modifying or creating a theme, not as a plugin you can just install
   and everything works.
 *  Thread Starter [Kate Plane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kateplaneyahoocom/)
 * (@kateplaneyahoocom)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-footer-code-please/#post-6079039)
 * Thanks very much for this.
 * I ended up using this code in my footer.php file as I didn’t want to display ‘
   Proudly Powered by WordPress’:
 * <?php
    /** * The template for displaying the footer * * Contains footer content
   and the closing of the #main and #page div elements. * * [@package](https://wordpress.org/support/users/package/)
   WordPress * @subpackage Twenty_Twelve * [@since](https://wordpress.org/support/users/since/)
   Twenty Twelve 1.0 */ ?>
 * </div><!– #main .wrapper –>
    <footer id=”colophon” role=”contentinfo”> <div class
   =”site-info”> <?php do_action( ‘twentytwelve_credits’ ); ?> <?php do_action( ‘
   footer_text’ ); ?>
 * </footer><!– #colophon –>
    </div><!– #page –>
 * <?php wp_footer(); ?>
    </body> </html>
 * I will look into creating a child theme but I’m not sure how to go about that
   yet…
 * Thanks again,
    Kate

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