Is it mandatory to have a link to the theme designer?

It depends on the license under which the Theme is released.

Assuming the Theme was released under GPL: no; you are free to change the Theme in any way you want. If you redistribute the Theme, modified or unmodified, you are required to maintain the original copyright/license information in the Theme file headers, but are still not required to have a public-facing attribution or link.

If the Theme was released under CC-By: no; you are free to change the Theme in any way you want. As with GPL, you are required to maintain the original copyright/license information in the Theme file headers, including a link to the Theme’s license information, but are still not required to have public-facing attribution or an arbitrary public-facing link.

If the Theme was released under any other license, you’ll need to consult the terms of the applicable license.

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