Installing the “Powered By” vQmod Extension Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha 1 Minutes, 10 Seconds to Read OpenCart is free and open source and at any time you are able to remove the “powered by OpenCart” if you want. As per the OpenCart website, its generally accepted practice to make a small donation in lieu of removing the backlink. If you want to donate via PayPal to [email protected] We’ve created a simple vQmod extension to remove the “Powered By” text in the footer so you do not need to modify the core code of OpenCart. Being able to modify the code without changing the core code is important since if you ever need to upgrade your shopping cart, you will not have to modify the code again. We’ve tested this extension on OpenCart version 1.5.2 and it should work on 1.5.x.x versions. You must have vQmod installed to use this extension. If you are unfamiliar with vQmod, please see our tutorial on “Installing vQmod in OpenCart“. Download the Extension from here Extract the Zip File to your local computer Use your FTP program of your choice and open the root folder for OpenCart Upload the vqmod folder to your OpenCart root At this point, you have successfully installed the extension for OpenCart to remove the footer information. You can verify this by visiting your website. BEFORE: AFTER: If you need further assistance, or have any trouble with the extension, please feel free to ask a question on our support center. Share this Article Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations Carrie enjoys working on demand generation and product marketing projects that tap into multi-touch campaign design, technical SEO, content marketing, software design, and business operations. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles My OpenCart 3 Contact Form Won’t Send Emails Resetting your OpenCart Admin Password with the Forgot Password link Using Free Cloudflare for SSL on OpenCart 1.5 Adding your store logo to your OpenCart 1.5 website Changing your Admin Password in OpenCart 1.5 Restoring a Database Backup in OpenCart 1.5 Sending Emails to Customers through OpenCart 1.5 How to Enable SSL Connection in OpenCart 1.5 Creating a 404 error page for OpenCart Security Steps to Take After Installing OpenCart