"If a user is already intent on removing a credit url, hiding it behind obfuscation isn't going to change their mind. As an author giving out an effectively ope

"If a user is already intent on removing a credit url, hiding it behind obfuscation isn't going to change their mind. As an author giving out an effectively open source theme, the only asset you can depend upon is your users' goodwill." I was simply suggesting a more benign reason why this code might exist: I'm not defending it. ;) What calls do you suggest Wordpress disallow though? Eval isn't the only way to execute a string as PHP code ;)