How To Remove WordPress Version From Admin Footer

Last week I posted an article at this link about changing footer text in WordPress admin panel for your client projects. Of course, you’d not like to show your clients that you use WordPress to power their website. You can also remove WordPress version from admin footer with a small snippet.

Just add following snippet to your current theme’s functions.php file:

function my_footer_shh() {
    remove_filter( 'update_footer', 'core_update_footer' );
}

add_action('admin_menu','my_footer_shh');

or, if you’d like to hide it from everyone except admins:

function my_footer_shh() {
    if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') ) // 'update_core' may be more appropriate
        remove_filter( 'update_footer', 'core_update_footer' ); 
    }
}
add_action('admin_menu','my_footer_shh');