The footer is the bottom section of your site, below your page content. The footer is often where visitors look first for contact information, social icons, FAQ, and links to important information.

All templates except Wells include an editable footer, which displays on every page of your site. You can customize it with your own content, or leave it empty. Some templates have additional footer areas that only display on individual pages.

This guide reviews how to add content to a footer and which types of footers are available on each template.

This guide is for version 7.0. To edit your site footer in version 7.1, visit version 7.1 style and design options.

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Before you begin

• If your template has "Powered by Squarespace" text in the footer, visit Removing "Powered by Squarespace" from your site to learn how to remove or edit it.
• Depending on your template, your footer may display social links automatically or may have a Social Links Block in place. To learn more, visit Built-in social icons.
• If your footer doesn't have any content, an empty Text Block may appear as a placeholder. It can't be removed, but it won't be publicly visible.
• Footer content doesn’t transfer between templates. To learn more, visit Switching templates FAQ.

Add blocks to the footer

When you add content to the site footer, it appears on all pages of your site. To edit, scroll down to the very bottom of any page and follow the steps below to add blocks:

1. Hover over the footer area and click Edit in the annotation.
2. Click an insert point or the +.
3. Select any block from the menu.
4. Continue adding blocks until you complete your desired layout. For detailed steps, visit Adding blocks.
5. Click Save to publish your changes.

Some popular blocks for footers are:

• Text Block - Add any custom text. This is useful for adding an address, copyright, or a text link.
• Social Links Block - Add icons that link to your social media profiles, if your footer doesn't have built-in social icons.
• Newsletter Block - Add a newsletter subscription form.
• Button Block - Add a call-to-action for people who've reached the end of your content.

Tip: To add a symbol to your footer, like a copyright or telephone symbol, follow our steps for adding special characters.

Note: In some templates, you can only add one column of blocks to the footer.

Pre-footers

The Bedford and Pacific template families have an optional second site-wide footer, called a "pre-footer,” which displays above the footer area and footer navigation links.

• The pre-footer displays on every page of your site.
• If you remove all content from the pre-footer, it won't display to visitors, but you'll see the space for it when you're logged in and editing your site.
• You can give it unique font styling and its own background color in Site Styles.

Hover over the pre-footer area and click Edit in the annotation, then use the same steps for adding blocks to a footer.

Page footers

Some templates have an additional option called the page footer. Page footers don't display site-wide; they only appear on the page where you added them.

Page footers are available in these template families:

• Avenue
• Five
• Montauk

To learn more, visit Adding a page header or footer.

Footer options by template

Here's how the footer displays in these template families:

Template family	Display
Adirondack	Split on left and right side for all pages.  Only supports one column of blocks.
Avenue	Site footer supports one column of blocks. Display depends on the Layout Style tweak. Learn more. Additional page footers. These support multiple columns.
Aviator	Matches content width for all pages.
Bedford	Footer and pre-footer matches content width for all pages.
Brine	Three editable blocks areas, footer navigation, and business information display in footer. Folders in footer navigation can display as columns. Learn more.
Farro	Matches content width on all pages.  Footer Navigation displays above the footer blocks area. Folders display as page links instead of a drop-down menu. The footer follows the content inset.
Five	Regular footer matching content width on all pages Additional page footers.
Flatiron	Left-aligned footer on all pages. Connected accounts display on the right.
Forte	Matches page width Displays on all pages except Gallery Pages and Index Pages.
Galapagos	Split on left and right side for all pages. Both sides only support one column of blocks. Secondary Navigation displays below.
Ishimoto	Right-aligned footer on all pages.
Momentum	Matches content width on all pages except Gallery Pages and Index Pages.
Montauk	Regular footer matches content width on all pages. Page footers Left-aligned info footer  displays social icons on the right.
Native	Matches content width on all pages.
Pacific	Regular footer and pre-footer matches content width for all pages. Secondary Navigation appears between the two.
Skye	Matches content width on all pages. Footer Navigation displays below editable blocks area. Certain blocks follow the content inset.
Supply	Matches content width on all pages except Gallery Pages
Tremont	Footer on all pages except the Index Matches content width
Wells	No footer
Wexley	Footer matches content width on all pages. Only supports one column of blocks
York	Footer matches content width on all pages Most pages support per-page footers

Hide the footer

In these template families, use the following Site Styles tweaks to hide the footer:

• Brine - Uncheck Show Footer
• Montauk (Info Footer only) - Check Hide Info Footer
• Tremont - Uncheck Show Footer
• York - Uncheck Show Global Site Footer

To hide the footer in all other template families, leave the footer content area empty.  

FAQ

How will my footer look on a mobile device?

All Squarespace sites stack content on mobile. If your footer has multiple blocks, this might cause all blocks to stack vertically on mobile. While you build your footer or pre-footer, we recommend testing the mobile version of your site.

For more details, visit Page and block layout changes on mobile devices.

I can’t edit the address information in the footer

If you’re using a template in the Brine family, the footer automatically includes your business information. Edit this in Business Information Settings.

Can I add a page where the footer doesn't show?

On any template, you can add a Cover Page. This standalone page doesn't show the header or footer.