Getting started
Create a footer
- In the WordPress admin, go to Footer → Add Footer
- Give it a title. Visitors never see it; it only labels the footer in the Footer list on the settings page
- Edit the starter blocks, or replace them
- Publish
New footers start with a Section set to Gray and a wide Columns block with three empty columns. Change those settings or swap in other blocks. Nothing in the starter layout is locked.
A footer has no page of its own, so visitors and search engines cannot open it directly. It only appears after you turn it on under Footer → Settings.
Turn it on
- Go to Footer → Settings
- Turn Enable on
- Select your published footer in Footer
- Select Save Settings
These settings used to be under Appearance → Customize → Dirigible Plugins → Freeform Footer. They moved with the same values, so there's nothing to set again. On a site whose Dirigible theme hasn't updated yet, they're still in the Customizer.
Pages the site has already cached can take a little while to show the new footer.
Until Enable is on and a footer is selected, the theme footer from Appearance → Customize → Footer & Contact still shows.
What still prints
- The Dirigible Attribution line under the footer still prints. Turn that off under Appearance → Customize → Settings → General if you do not want it.
- Landing page templates and Link in Bio pages do not show a site footer, including a freeform one.
Tips
- Publish the footer before you open Footer → Settings. The Footer list only includes published footers.
- Use a Section for the background and padding so the footer matches the rest of the site.
- Turn Enable off to go back to the theme footer without deleting your freeform layout.
