Remove Footer Links of theme provider website from New Word Press Themes? - Wesite is not working

Remove Footer Links from free templates, Site is not working

Best Solution:
Just in case, make a backup copy of your working theme files before editing.

First,
edit functions.php;
find the line starting with:

function wp_initialize_the_theme_finish() { $uri = strtolower($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);

Second,
towards the end of this line, find:
wp_initialize_the_theme_message(); die;

remove this.

Finally,
sometimes there are two lines of wp_initialize_the_theme_message(); die;

Deleted the both of them.

After you have done this, you should be able to edit your footer links without getting a message.