Customize and edit site footer Credit Text and URL in Genesis

Customize the Credits Text

This is deprecated in Genesis 3.0.0+  You can now change it in Genesis footer setting in the Customizer.

//* Change the footer text
add_filter('genesis_footer_creds_text', 'gk_footer_creds_filter');
function gk_footer_creds_filter( $creds ) {
	$creds = '[footer_copyright] &middot; <a href="/">Company Name</a> &middot; Built on the <a href="http://www.studiopress.com/themes/genesis" title="Genesis Framework">Genesis Framework</a>';
	return $creds;
}

 

Customize the Site Footer

//* Customize the entire footer
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer' );
add_action( 'genesis_footer', 'gk_custom_footer' );
function gk_custom_footer() {
	?>
	<p>&copy; Copyright 2015 <a href="/">Example Site</a> &middot; All Rights Reserved &middot; Powered by <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> &middot; <a href="/wp-admin">Admin</a></p>
	<?php
}

 

Reposition the Site Footer

//* Reposition the footer
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_footer_markup_open', 5 );
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer' );
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_footer_markup_close', 15 );

add_action( 'genesis_after', 'genesis_footer_markup_open', 11 );
add_action( 'genesis_after', 'genesis_do_footer', 12 );
add_action( 'genesis_after', 'genesis_footer_markup_close', 13 );

 

Customize the Return to Top of Page Text

//* Customize the return to top of page text
add_filter( 'genesis_footer_backtotop_text', 'gk_footer_backtotop_text' );
function gk_footer_backtotop_text($backtotop) {
	$backtotop = '';
	return $backtotop;
}

 

Custom Customization

add_action('genesis_before', 'gk_custom_footer_function', 10);
function gk_custom_footer_function() {
	
	//* use conditional tag @https://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags
    if ( ! is_singular('post') ) { //* multiple post types is_singular( array ('post','page') )
        return;
	}
	
	//* put some stuff to do
}