From d12e7e428f22cfd03f9cc4196a31bcf31233b220 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SrushtikShetty <shettysrushtik@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:49:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Remove custom footer template in favor of theme options
 (#51536)

---
 doc/_templates/pandas_footer.html |  3 ---
 doc/source/conf.py                | 11 +++++++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 doc/_templates/pandas_footer.html

diff --git a/doc/_templates/pandas_footer.html b/doc/_templates/pandas_footer.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d8caa4d6c741..0000000000000
--- a/doc/_templates/pandas_footer.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<p class="copyright">
-    &copy {{copyright}} pandas via <a href="https://numfocus.org">NumFOCUS, Inc.</a> Hosted by <a href="https://www.ovhcloud.com">OVHcloud</a>.
-</p>
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index f222a228531ff..bea188e2ea6c9 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -241,8 +241,14 @@
     switcher_version = ".".join(version.split(".")[:2])
 
 html_theme_options = {
-    "external_links": [],
-    "footer_start": ["pandas_footer", "sphinx-version"],
+    "external_links": [
+        {
+            "url": "https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas",
+            "name": "GitHub",
+        },
+    ],
+    "footer_start": ["copyright"],
+    "footer_end": ["sphinx-version", "theme-version"],
     "github_url": "https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas",
     "analytics": {
         "plausible_analytics_domain": "pandas.pydata.org",
@@ -255,6 +261,7 @@
         "json_url": "https://pandas.pydata.org/versions.json",
         "version_match": switcher_version,
     },
+
     # This shows a warning for patch releases since the
     # patch version doesn't compare as equal (e.g. 2.2.1 != 2.2.0 but it should be)
     "show_version_warning_banner": False,