The footer closes every page. Theme Options give you nine widget layouts, three kinds of background (solid, gradient or picture), twelve decorative top-edge shapes and a copyright bar, so a footer can be anything from a quiet line of text to a rich branded section.
Appearance → Theme Options → Footer. Layouts, gradients and shapes are chosen by clicking miniature previews.
The footer has three layers that you can control independently:
| Layer | What it is | Where you set it |
|---|---|---|
| Widget area | The main part of the footer. Its content comes from the widgets you place in Footer Area 1–4 in Widgets. The layout decides how those areas are arranged. | Footer Widgets, Footer Columns and Widgets layout |
| Background and edge | The colour, gradient or picture behind the footer, plus an optional decorative shape along its top edge. | Background type, gradient and image options, Top edge shape |
| Copyright bar | A slim bottom strip with the copyright text, an optional footer menu and an optional language switch. | Copyright Bar, Copyright Text, Footer Menu, Language Switch, Copyright bar width |
Open Appearance → Theme Options and select the Footer tab. Option groups appear or disappear depending on your choices, for example gradient options only show when the background type is Gradient.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Footer Widgets | Switch on to show the widget area. When off, only the copyright bar is shown. |
| Footer Columns | How many widget areas the footer shows. The footer has four widget areas (Footer Area 1–4), so up to four columns are displayed. Fill the same number of areas in Widgets. |
| Widgets layout | How the widget areas are arranged. See the nine layouts below. |
Pick a layout by clicking its miniature. The examples below use the same four widgets arranged differently.
Widgets layout: Equal columns.
Every widget area gets the same width in a single row. The simplest and most flexible arrangement.
Widgets layout: Wide first column.
The first column is wider than the others — ideal for a logo, a short description and social links beside link columns.
Widgets layout: Centered.
Widgets are stacked and centred, one beneath the other. Suits minimal sites with short content.
Widgets layout: Banner above columns.
The first widget spans the full width as a banner (a newsletter, a call to action or a large statement); the rest sit in columns below it.
Widgets layout: Wide last column.
The last column is the wide one, for example a contact or newsletter block after link lists.
Widgets layout: Two by two.
Widgets are arranged in a grid of two columns and two rows.
Widgets layout: Lead with stacked sidebar.
One large lead column on one side and the remaining widgets stacked together on the other.
Widgets layout: Boxed columns.
Each column sits in its own softly tinted rounded box.
Widgets layout: Ruled columns.
Columns are separated by thin vertical rules for an editorial, tidy look.
Background type chooses what fills the footer.
| Type | Description | Options that appear |
|---|---|---|
| Solid color | One flat colour. The default. | Footer background |
| Gradient | A smooth blend between two colours, or one of nine ready-made presets. | Gradient preset, and for Your colors: Gradient start, Gradient end and Gradient style |
| Image | A picture behind the footer with an optional dark overlay so text stays readable. | Background image, Image position, Image size, Image repeat, Overlay color and Overlay opacity |
The background colour still matters
Even with a gradient or an image the Footer background colour tints the copyright bar and shows while a picture loads, so keep it close to the look you choose.
Choose Your colors to define your own gradient, or click one of nine presets: Brand (built from your primary colour), Aurora, Sunset, Ocean, Midnight, Forest, Ember, Orchid and Graphite. Presets are complete backgrounds, so they ignore your custom gradient colours; all of them are dark enough for the footer’s light text.
Gradient preset: Brand.
Gradient preset: Aurora.
Gradient preset: Sunset.
Gradient preset: Ocean.
Gradient preset: Midnight.
Gradient preset: Forest.
Gradient preset: Ember.
Gradient preset: Orchid.
Gradient preset: Graphite.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Gradient start / Gradient end | The two colours of the gradient. For the glow styles, the start colour is the colour of the glow and the end colour is what it fades into. |
| Gradient style | Top to bottom, Left to right, Diagonal, Glow from the top or Glow from the top left corner. The glow styles start with a soft spot of the start colour that fades into the end colour. |
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Background image | Upload or choose a picture (.jpg, .jpeg, .png, .webp or .avif, up to 5 MB). Until one is chosen the footer keeps its background colour. |
| Image position | Which part of the picture stays in view when the footer is cropped: Center, Top center, Bottom center, Left center or Right center. |
| Image size | Cover fills the footer; Contain shows the whole picture; Original size keeps its own dimensions (use with a repeat for patterns). |
| Image repeat | No repeat, Repeat, Repeat horizontally or Repeat vertically. Tiling is meant for small patterns. |
| Overlay color / Overlay opacity | A colour laid over the picture so the text stays readable (opacity 0 shows the picture as it is, 1 hides it). |
Keep text readable
Photographs need an overlay. Start with a black overlay at 60% opacity and adjust until the footer text and links are comfortable to read.
A shape adds a decorative profile along the top edge of the footer: a skyline, hills, torn paper and more. It overlaps the bottom of the page content, which makes the footer feel connected to the page instead of starting in a straight line. Choose Flat edge (the default) for no shape. Top edge shape size sets its height — Small, Medium or Large — and it scales down automatically on small screens.
Top edge shape: City skyline.
Top edge shape: Pine forest.
Top edge shape: Layered hills.
Top edge shape: Torn paper.
Top edge shape: Rising bubbles.
Top edge shape: Podium steps.
Top edge shape: Sound bars.
Top edge shape: Halftone fade.
Top edge shape: Postage stamp.
Top edge shape: Wildflower meadow.
Top edge shape: Sunrise.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Footer text | Colour of normal text. |
| Footer link / Footer link hover | Colour of links and their hover colour. |
| Footer padding | Extra space inside the footer (top, right, bottom, left). Any valid CSS length, for example 2rem. |
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Copyright Bar | Shows the bottom strip. |
| Copyright Text | The text of the strip. Basic HTML such as a link is allowed, for example © 2026 Your Company. All rights reserved. |
| Footer Menu | A menu shown on the right of the bar, typically legal links such as Privacy and Terms. |
| Language Switch | Adds a language selector to the bar for multilingual sites. See Languages. |
| Copyright bar width | Contained lines the text up with the page content; Full width stretches it to the screen edges. The bar’s background always spans the full width. |