Theme options - General - Footer

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In WPResidence, you can manage the footer in two different ways:

Use the theme default footer and control its layout, colors, widgets, buttons, and copyright area from Theme Options > General > Footer.
Create a fully custom footer with WPResidence Studio and Elementor Free.

Important:
These are separate footer systems. If you create and assign a custom Footer template in WPResidence Studio with Elementor Free and built-in widgets, it replaces the default theme footer in the display locations you choose.

To manage the default footer, go to:

Theme Options > General > Footer

This section controls the default footer layout, footer widget columns, copyright area, footer buttons, footer colors, and footer background.

Show Footer

Set this option to Yes to display the default footer.

When this option is enabled, add the footer content from:

Appearance > Widgets

Use the footer widget areas to add text, menus, social icons, contact details, or other widgets.

Show Footer Copyright Area

Set this option to Yes to display the copyright area under the footer widgets.

When enabled, you can:

Add the copyright text in the Copyright Message field.
Assign a footer menu from Appearance > Menus.

Note:
The copyright message supports text only. HTML links are stripped for security reasons.

Related help:
How to setup the footer menu

Show Back to Top Button and Footer Contact Button

These options control the footer floating buttons:

Show Back to Top Button: shows or hides the button that scrolls the page back to the top.
Show Footer Contact Button: shows or hides the contact button near the footer area.

Wide Footer

This option controls the footer width.

Yes: the footer stretches to the full screen width.
No: the footer uses the default boxed container width.

Footer Type

Choose how many columns the footer should have and how the column widths should be arranged.

Available layouts include:

4 equal columns: four columns with equal width.
3 equal columns: three columns with equal width.
2 equal columns: two columns with equal width.
100% width column: one full-width column.
3 columns: 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/4: wide left column and two smaller right columns.
3 columns: 1/4 + 1/2 + 1/4: wide middle column and two smaller side columns.
3 columns: 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/2: wide right column.
2 columns: 2/3 + 1/3: wider left column.
2 columns: 1/3 + 2/3: wider right column.

Background for Footer

This option allows you to upload a custom background image for the footer area.

Click Upload to select an image from the Media Library or upload a new image.

Repeat Footer Background

This option controls how the footer background image repeats.

repeat: repeats the image both horizontally and vertically.
repeat x: repeats the image only horizontally.
repeat y: repeats the image only vertically.
no repeat: displays the image once without repeating.

Use Sticky Footer

This option controls whether the footer stays fixed at the bottom of the browser window.

Yes: the footer sticks to the bottom of the browser window.
No: the footer displays normally after the page content.

Important:
The Show Footer when Using Half Map Layout option does not work if Enable Sticky Footer is also set to Yes.

The footer color options control the main colors used in the default footer.

Footer Background Color

This option sets the background color of the footer area.

Footer Font Color

This option sets the default text color used in the footer content, including paragraphs and links.

Footer Heading Font Color

This option controls the color of footer headings, such as widget titles.

Footer Copyright Font Color

This option controls the text color in the copyright area.

Footer Copyright Area Background Color

This option controls the background color of the copyright area, which is the bar below the main footer.

Footer Social Widget Icon Background Color

This option controls the background color of the social icons displayed in the footer social widget.

Footer Social Widget Icon Color

This option controls the color of the social icons displayed in the footer social widget.

The default footer supports up to four widget columns, depending on the selected Footer Type.

To add content to the footer columns, go to:

Appearance > Widgets

Then locate the footer widget areas, such as:

Footer Column 1
Footer Column 2
Footer Column 3
Footer Column 4

Add widgets such as text, menus, social icons, contact details, or other available widgets to each footer column.

WPResidence footer widgets in Appearance Widgets

The widgets will show in the footer area above the copyright section.

WPResidence footer widget columns on frontend

WPResidence Studio lets you build a custom footer with Elementor Free and assign it only where you want it to appear.

Use WPResidence Studio footer templates when you need:

A custom footer layout built with Elementor.
Different footers for different parts of the website.
A footer assigned only to selected pages, post types, taxonomies, or archive pages.
More control over spacing, columns, images, buttons, forms, and custom content.

WPResidence Studio supports footer-related template types:

Footer: replaces the default footer in the assigned display locations.
Before Footer: adds a custom section before the footer.
After Footer: adds a custom section after the footer.

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Choose the footer type

Manage the theme default footer