sidebar.php - This file contains the primary and secondary areas for sidebar widgets. You can add widgets to these areas via the WordPress Admin and shouldn't need to edit this file.

WordPress themes contain HyperText Markup Language, Cascading Style Sheet and PHP -- Hypertext Preprocessor code -- that you can examine and edit to personalize your blog.

No need to touch the theme code. Here's how you can set up a child and block theme in WordPress without the hassle.

Disabling the footer.php Code in WordPress A second method to disable a footer is to disable the footer code. This can also be done directly in the Wordpress Dashboard.