{"id":7252,"date":"2022-07-01T16:43:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=7252"},"modified":"2022-07-03T13:39:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T13:39:28","password":"","slug":"how-to-update-footer-text-and-url-in-wordpress-admin-divi-builder","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-update-footer-text-and-url-in-wordpress-admin-divi-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Update Footer Text and URL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Updating your Footer Text and URL is relatively easy once you know where to start. It is recommended that you download the child\u2019s theme so your changes won\u2019t be wiped out when you update your theme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stick around in this tutorial and we\u2019ll show you the ropes on changing your Footer Text and URL with Divi through their nifty Footer settings allowing you to insert footer text and shortcode. Let\u2019s start!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Login to WordPress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. On the left hand side of your dashboard menu, click on <\/span><b>Divi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> then go to <\/span><b>Theme Customizer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-update-footer-divi-customizer.png\" alt=\"divi-theme-customizer\" width=\"324\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-update-footer-divi-customizer.png 324w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-update-footer-divi-customizer-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. In the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design Agency<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> screen, click on <\/span><b>Widgets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-update-footer-divi-customizer-widgets.png\" alt=\"divi-customizer-widgets\" width=\"299\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-update-footer-divi-customizer-widgets.png 299w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-update-footer-divi-customizer-widgets-128x300.png 128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. By default, only the <\/span><b>Footer Area #1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be initially populated. So let\u2019s click on that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1.png\" alt=\"footer-area-1\" width=\"298\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1.png 298w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Click on the Header to update the text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-heading.png\" alt=\"footer-header\" width=\"633\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-heading.png 633w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-heading-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Then hover your mouse over the same section and click on the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plus<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sign to add a block, and select <\/span><b>Browse all<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to see all options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block.png 632w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. Just for this example, let\u2019s select <\/span><b>YouTube<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-embed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-embed.png 665w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-embed-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. Paste the link of your preferred YouTube video then click on <\/span><b>Embed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-embed-link.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-embed-link.png 336w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-embed-link-126x300.png 126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. The changes will automatically reflect as a preview. If you\u2019re set, click on <\/span><b>Publish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-embed-link-done-1024x783.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-embed-link-done-1024x783.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-embed-link-done-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-embed-link-done-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-customizer-widgets-footer-1-block-embed-link-done.png 1045w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. The text should then be grayed out and indicate <\/span><b>Published<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/15-min-update-footer-published.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"47\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s it! Following these steps will help you successfully update your footer text and URL. Now it\u2019s time to do it on your own. Feel free to come back to this page if you need to review the steps. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updating your Footer Text and URL is relatively easy once you know where to start. It is recommended that you download the child\u2019s theme so your changes won\u2019t be wiped out when you update your theme.\u00a0 Stick around in this tutorial and we\u2019ll show you the ropes on changing your Footer Text and URL with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[54],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-7252","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-15-min-website"],"year_month":"2026-06","word_count":250,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"syd123","author_nicename":"syd123","author_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/author\/syd123\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"15 Min Website","term_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help-category\/15-min-website\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/7252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7252"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/7252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7473,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/7252\/revisions\/7473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=7252"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=7252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}