Footer gives your Wix site a polished, responsive footer in a few minutes. Pick one of 30 designs, add your brand, links, social profiles and contact details, and match it to your site's colors. The copyright year updates by itself every January.
Footer works in the Classic Wix Editor and in Wix Studio. Everything is set up in the Editor, in the widget's Settings panel.
Footer isn't added to your page automatically. After you install it, add the widget yourself:
1. In the Editor, click Add Elements (Add in Wix Studio), then App Widgets.
2. Find Footer and drag it onto your page. If you also see Footer Templates, that's our older widget. Pick Footer.
3. Drag the widget down into your site's Footer section, so it shows on every page. (See *Place it at the bottom* below.)
4. If it isn't full width, select it and click Stretch (↔).
5. Click the widget, then click Settings to open the Footer panel.
The panel has four tabs: Templates, Content, Style and More. Your changes save automatically and show on the page right away. Remember to publish your site when you're done.
Is everything free? Yes. If you see Unlock all features (free) at the top of the panel, click it once to unlock everything. No payment or review is needed.
The Templates tab opens first.
Browse the gallery and click a template to apply it. The current template has a check mark.
To find one faster, type in Search (try *dark*, *columns*, *restaurant* or *newsletter*).
Or open the All styles menu to filter by palette (Light or Dark) or by category, like Minimal, Corporate, E-commerce, Restaurant, Portfolio or Newsletter. Click Clear to see all templates again.
When you switch templates, your content stays: your brand, logo, links, social profiles, contact details and copyright. Only the design changes.
A message confirms the switch: "Switched to *template name*. Your content was kept." Don't like it? Click Undo to go back. Click ✕ or press Esc to close the message.
Picked a newsletter template, or a template with a button? The message may also show Add signup page link or Add button link. Click it to jump straight to that field.
Open the Content tab. Click a section name to open it.
Show on footer: turn parts of the footer on or off: logo, description, headline, button, link columns, social profiles, contact details, newsletter, legal links and the divider.
Brand: your brand name, a short description and an optional headline or slogan.
Logo: paste a link to your logo image that starts with https://. Tip: upload the image to your Wix Media first, then copy its link
Button: add a button label (for example *Shop now*) and a Button link.
Link columns: up to 5 columns. Give each column a heading, then add links. Each link has a label and an address. Use Add column or Remove column to change the number of columns.
Social profiles: click Add social profile, pick a network (like Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or TikTok) and paste your full profile link.
Contact: a heading, email, phone and address. Some templates also show a map link.
Newsletter (newsletter templates only): add your Signup page link. This can be a page on your site (like /subscribe) or a full https:// link (like a Mailchimp form). You can also change the heading, description and button text.
Legal: links like Privacy Policy and Terms, plus your Copyright text. The © year and your brand name are added automatically.
Links can be: a page on your site (like /about), a website (like https://example.com), an email (mailto:[email protected]) or a phone number (tel:+15551234567).
To keep your live site tidy, Footer hides anything that has no link yet: a link, a social profile, the button or the newsletter signup.
In the Editor, these items show with a dashed outline, so you know what's missing. Some templates also show a small tag such as *Hidden: add Signup page link*.
At the top of the Content tab, a note tells you how many items are hidden. Click Add links to jump to the first empty link.
Once you add a link, the item shows on your live site.
Open the Style tab.
Layout: choose the layout (Original composition, Stacked or Balanced columns), the logo position, how social profiles look (Label, Icon or Circle) and the Padding.
Colors: pick a Palette (Ink, Paper or Clay). Or set your own Background, Text and Accent colors.
Click the color square next to a color to open the Wix color picker. It includes your site's theme colors, so your footer can match the rest of your site.
You can also type a hex code (like 1a2b3c).
Contrast warning: if your text is hard to read on the background, you'll see "Text is hard to read on this background". Click Fix contrast and Footer adjusts the colors so your text is easy to read. Changed your mind? Click Undo.
Typography: choose the font (Arial, Georgia, Verdana or Courier New).
Background: add a background image by pasting a link to a large image (at least 1600 px wide, starting with https://). Adjust the Background opacity, and the Image overlay when you use an image. Some templates come with a sample image; click Remove sample image to remove it.
Border & corners: set the border width and color, the corner radius, and turn on a soft Shadow.
To show your footer on every page, it needs to sit in your site's Footer section, not inside a page section.
Drag the Footer widget down into your site's footer area.
Can't reach it? Open Layers and drag Footer (the item with the </> icon) into Footer.
Not full width? Select the widget and click Stretch (↔).
You'll find the same steps at the top of the Templates tab, under Place Footer at the bottom of your site.
Extra empty space under or inside your footer? Wix keeps the tallest height the widget ever had, for example after you tried a taller template. To remove the space:
Select the Footer widget and drag its bottom handle up until it stops.
Select the site's Footer section and drag its bottom handle up too.
Switch to Mobile view and repeat both steps. Mobile keeps its own heights.
Then click Preview to check your footer on desktop and mobile.
Open the More tab and find the Help section:
Help center: articles and answers (opens in a new tab).
Chat with us: message our support team right from the Editor.
How to place Footer at the bottom: takes you to the placement steps.
Give feedback: rate Footer or share an idea. It's always optional.
Footer is also Supported in Aria, Wix's AI assistant. Ask Aria in the Editor things like "How do I move my footer into the site footer?" or "Which footer templates are good for a restaurant?"
Yes, every feature is free. Click Unlock all features (free) in the Settings panel to unlock everything. No payment details or review needed.
Items without a link are hidden on your live site. In the Editor they show with a dashed outline. Open Settings → Content, click Add links in the note at the top, and add an address to each item. This also applies to the button (Button link) and the newsletter (Signup page link). Then publish your site.
Wix keeps the tallest height your footer ever had. Drag the Footer widget's bottom handle up, then the Footer section's bottom handle. Do the same in Mobile view. See *Place it at the bottom and remove extra space* above.
Yes. Footer works in the Classic Wix Editor and in Wix Studio. In Wix Studio, add it from Add → App Widgets, and drag it into your site's Footer section.
Still stuck? Open More → Chat with us in the Footer Settings panel, and we'll help.