Edit footer text in your WordPress dashboard
If your WordPress theme includes text in the footer, follow these steps to edit the footer text.
- Sign in to WordPress.
- In the left-side menu, select Appearance and then Customize.
Note: If you see Editor instead of Customize after you select Appearance, check out this article to learn how to change footer settings in the new Site Editor.
- Select Widgets. From the list of widgets located in your footer, select the ones you want to edit.
- Select Publish to apply the changes.
Note: If you don't see a list of widgets here, your theme doesn't support footer widgets.
Related steps
- Edit header options for my WordPress site
- Change the footer in WordPress by editing the footer.php file.
More info
- Some WordPress versions and themes have settings different from the steps described above. Check your theme's documentation for additional information.
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