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How To Remove Bitnami Corner Banner From WordPress on Google Cloud Platform

Leron Amin 55 Comments

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In this tutorial I will show you how to remove the Bitnami corner banner that appears on your WordPress site after installing WordPress on Google Cloud Platform.

Before getting started with this tutorial, you should’ve already installed WordPress on Google Cloud Platform.

To get started, follow along with the video above. If you get stuck, check below to see the steps listed individually with their commands.

There are 3 steps in this tutorial:

Beginner Method:

1. Access your WordPress instance

google cloud mennu
Go to your Google Cloud homepage and click the hamburger menu in the upper left-hand corner.
ssl certificate for wordpress on google cloud go to compute engine then vm instances
Navigate to Compute Engine, then to VM instances to access your WordPress installation.
ssl certificate setup for wordpress on google cloud
From your Compute Engine dashboard, click on the SSH button to connect to your WordPress installation.

2. Enter command to disable banner

disable bitnami corner banner
In the SSH window that pops up, enter the command below to disable the Bitnami corner banner.
sudo /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/bnconfig --disable_banner 1

3. Restart Apache

restart apache
Enter the command below to restart your Apache server.
sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

That’s it!

You will not longer see the Bitnami banner at the corner of your WordPress website.

Beginner Method

Use Custom CSS

If you would rather disable the banner using CSS, enter the following code in your WordPress custom CSS:

#bitnami-banner {display:none;}

Did this tutorial work for you?

Please leave your questions and comments below!

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  6. Cristian Chacon says

    I have tried using the code but I keep getting this message.

    I have copied the code from the oficial bitnami documentation (and changed appname to worpress just like you have)

    sudo: /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/bnconfig: command not found

    Reply

    • Leron Amin says

      Hi Christian,

      Open your httpd-app.conf for editing by running the following command:

      sudo nano /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-app.conf

      Once inside the file, locate the following line:

      Include "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/banner.conf"

      Next, comment out the line by adding a # symbol in front of it – as shown: 

      #Include "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/banner.conf"

      Next, save and exit the file (CTRL+X then CTRL+Y), and restart your Apache server by running the following command:

      sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart

      Let me know if you have any questions,
      Joe

    • Marshley says

      I spent hours yesterday trying to figure this out. There have been many people with this problem and the Bitnami support pages explanations and fixes are not meant for beginners. I really appreciate how clearly you’ve explained these steps. Thank you!

  10. Nakamoto says

    Dear Leron,

    I am quite newbie in this field. Thank you for your instruction.
    I did. But after that, my website does not work any more. I cannot connect to the site.
    Please give me a hint.

    Sincerely,

    Reply

  15. tarteel says

    sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache
    tried this command but it always says httpd could not be started
    when i visit domain it says ***** .com refused to connect

    Reply

    • Leron Amin says

      Hi Tarteel,

      Try running the following command to get a better idea of the error location:

      sudo apachectl configtest

      Let me know if you have any questions,
      Joe

  19. Kaibron says

    Hello,
    how to validate the change? Because when I press Enter, nothing happens and when I close the window, it tells me that the changes will not save

    Reply

    • Leron Amin says

      Hi Gouse,

      There are a couple of pre-configured LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) stacks in the GCP cloud launcher library.
      You can learn about them here and here. I’d recommend the Bitnami LEMP stack (the second link) because they provide a very thorough documentation with all of their stacks.

      Please let me know if you have any questions,
      Joe

  24. eric says

    If you can make a tutorial on how to upload HTML/CSS Files with Images and a domain name link to it on GCP. That would be awesome!

    Reply

    • joe says

      I followed the tutorial exactly. Now when I try to log into the site the page is not recognized in the browser. Can you help?

    • Leron Amin says

      Hi Joe,
      Please describe exactly what page you see when you try to load your website.
      Does it show 500 error? Is it an Apache start page?
      Please provide more details and I will help you fix the problem. 🙂
      Thanks,
      Joe

    • joe says

      Yes, in google chrome I see a 500 error. In Safari, I see a blank white page. I set up a VM and a SSL for that site before then the auto-renewal stopped working so I All-in-one magrated the site to a new VM. Next I set up the Static IP and pointed the URL. Everything was up and running fine, however, woocommerce kept bringing up that the information page was not secure. So, I followed your tutorial again to set up the SSL and it now has done this.

    • Leron Amin says

      Hi Joe,

      The things you need to check are that your DNS records are configured properly, that the IP address of your virtual machine matches the IP assigned to the A record in your Cloud DNS, that your Apache server is running (try running the restart command), and that your bitnami.conf file is configured properly as well.

      Unfortunately, there is not easy way to diagnose 500 errors – you just have to do a bit of digging.

      Let me know if you have any questions.

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