<div dir="ltr">I would recommend, as a "de facto" standard, that the WordPress credit link, if included in the footer, follow the example of the latest core-bundled Theme. Currently, the link reads as such in Twenty Fourteen:<div>
<a href="http://themes.svn.wordpress.org/twentyfourteen/1.0/footer.php">http://themes.svn.wordpress.org/twentyfourteen/1.0/footer.php</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">​After seeing this in action, I will revise my answer. WordPress text</div>
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should read WordPres, not "<i>open-source publishing</i>"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Emil</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:31 AM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>></span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">I would say yes!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Mar 19, 2014 5:31 AM, "Ola Łączek" <<a href="mailto:ola@bodera.com" target="_blank">ola@bodera.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

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<div dir="ltr">Hello!<div><br></div><div>I've got quick question concerning WordPress link in theme footer. Is anchor text saying "open-source publishing" allowed?</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div>



<div>Ola Laczek</div></div>
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