How to Hide the WordPress Copyright Footer
To hide the proudly powered by WordPress in the footer you’ll need:
Access to your WordPress admin area using CSS
This is the quick, easy but unsavory method that deserves a mention, but it is one that you should avoid. It involves adding some CSS to the Theme Customizer, and here’s how you can do this:
Go to Appearance > Customize on the WordPress dashboard
Click Additional CSS at the bottom of the menu
Paste in the CSS code below
.site-info { display: none; }
While this might seem like a quick, easy, workaround, the potential detrimental effect on your website SEO is not worth the risk. Spammers use a similar technique to hide links from users so Google could flag your site.
If however, you’re a bit of a dare-devil or losing search traffic doesn’t concern you (maybe the majority of your traffic doesn’t come from searches), feel free to use this method. If you’re more cautious or if the majority of your site traffic is from searches, read the next alternative option.