The footer is the area at the bottom of every page of your site, often displaying contact information, social media profiles, and copyright details. In this guide, you will learn how to edit the footer of your site.
How you edit your footer depends on your theme type. To find the right instructions, check the Appearance menu in your site’s dashboard:
- If you see Editor, use the Editor tab below.
- If you see Widgets, use the Widgets tab below.
- If you see neither, you may be using a third-party theme. Check your theme’s documentation to learn how to edit your footer.
Select the appropriate tab for your design interface:
To edit your site’s footer using the Site Editor, you will edit the Footer template part—a reusable section that appears at the bottom of every page. To edit your footer, follow these steps:
- Visit your site’s dashboard.
- Navigate to Appearance → Editor to open the Site Editor.
- Click the homepage preview on the right.
- Or select the Patterns tab to customize a specific template part.
- Click List View in the top-left corner of the editor.
- Select your Footer template part in List View.
- You can add content, remove content, and align content in your footer or start with a footer pattern.
Common types of content to add to your footer include:
- Contact Info block: Include an email address, phone number, and physical location linking to Google Maps.
- Social Icons block: Display links to your social media profiles.
- Paragraph block: Type any regular text, including symbols like © for copyright information.
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If you don’t see a Footer template part in the editor, you can add one by clicking the + Block Inserter and searching for “footer”.
Footer patterns are pre-designed layouts that you can insert to quickly set up a professional-looking footer. To replace your footer with a pattern, follow these steps:
- Navigate to Appearance → Editor.
- Click the homepage preview on the right, or select the Patterns tab to customize a specific template part.
- Click List View in the top-left corner of the editor.
- Select your Footer template part in List View.
- In the block settings sidebar, browse through the Design options.
- Click a design to apply it to your footer. You can undo your changes or select another footer design.
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If you don’t see Editor in the Appearance menu, consider switching to a block theme.
You can create custom footers and apply them to specific page or post templates. Learn how to create different footers for different pages or posts.
The footer credit is the line at the bottom of the footer identifying your site as a WordPress.com site. All WordPress.com users can choose from several options, from a minimalist WordPress.com logo to text options such as “A WordPress.com Website” or “Website Powered by WordPress.com.”
You can modify or remove the footer credit if your site uses a block theme. For classic themes, you can hide the footer credit with the Business or Commerce plan. Otherwise, you may choose from one of the alternate wordings or the WordPress icon. Visit our Footer Credit guide to learn how.
