Main issue: An agency wants to replace the footer text “Powered by Shopify” with its own brand and link, but the click still goes to Shopify’s homepage.
Key detail: The default text/link is generated by the Liquid filter powered_by_link.
Proposed solution:
Go to Online Store → Themes → Edit code.
Open the footer file.
Search for the occurrence of powered_by_link (e.g., {{ powered_by_link }}).
Replace it with a custom HTML anchor pointing to the agency’s site (e.g., Built by [Agency]).
Artifacts: A brief code example was provided to demonstrate the replacement with a custom link and recommended target/rel attributes.
Outcome/Status: Clear, actionable steps were provided to override the default Shopify link with a custom one. No disagreements; the guidance appears to resolve the issue.
This is a silly question, but people more experienced with Shopify might be able to point us in the right direction.
So, you know when an agency creates a Shopify website and puts its logo in the page footer? We’re thinking of doing that, but we thought it would be more practical to simply replace the title “Powered by Shopify” with the agency’s name. This works well, but when you click, it redirects you to the Shopify homepage link…
Does anyone know if this can be changed so we can add our own link?
The “Powered by Shopify” text is generated by a Liquid filter called powered_by_link. To replace it with your own agency link, you’ll need to edit your theme’s footer file.
Go to Online Store → Themes → Edit code
Find your footer file
Search for powered_by_link — you’ll see something like:
{{ powered_by_link }}
Replace it with your own HTML:
<a href="https://moeedbuilds.dev" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Built by Moeed</a>
Now, a perhaps more advanced question: What if we wanted to put our logo in place of the name, and of course, make it clickable to direct to our website?
