The footer closes every page of the store. Its top part is built from blocks, shown as columns: menus, text, an email signup and app blocks. Below the columns sit the country and language selectors, the Follow on Shop button and your social icons, then the copyright line, policy links and payment icons. Your store name can run across the very bottom in large type.
Where to find it
In the theme editor, the footer is in the Footer group at the bottom of the left sidebar. Select Footer to open its settings. It is shared by every page.
Footer and newsletter
To collect email addresses in the footer, add an Email signup block. Customers who sign up are added to your customer list in Shopify as email subscribers, tagged newsletter.
The footer signup hides itself on any page that already has an email signup section, such as the Newsletter section, so customers only ever see one signup form on a page. If your footer signup seems to be missing on the home page, this is why.
Social icons, policies and payment icons
- Social icons come from theme settings under Social media. Each profile link you fill in there gets an icon. With no links filled in, no icons are shown.
- Policy links are your store policies from Settings > Policies in your Shopify admin. Only policies you have written are listed.
- Payment icons show the payment methods turned on in your store's payment settings.
- Follow on Shop is Shopify's own button. It only appears when Shop Pay is turned on for your store, and its colors are set by Shopify.
Country and language selectors
The footer can show a country/region selector and a language selector. The country selector lists each country with its currency, and appears when your store sells to more than one country. The language selector appears when your store has more than one published language. Both are managed in your Shopify admin, under Settings > Markets and Settings > Languages.
Section settings
Select the section in the theme editor to see these settings, in this order.
| Setting | Options | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Color scheme | Color scheme. | Which of your color schemes the section uses. Schemes are edited in theme settings under Colors. |
| Show large store name | On or off. Default: on. | Sets your store name in very large type across the bottom of the footer. |
| Show social media icons | On or off. Default: on. | Shows an icon for each profile link filled in under Social media in theme settings. |
| Show Follow on Shop button | On or off. Default: on. | Lets customers follow your store on the Shop app. Shop Pay must be turned on. |
| Show policy links | On or off. Default: on. | Lists your store policies beside the copyright line. |
| Show payment icons | On or off. Default: on. | Shows the payment methods your store accepts. |
| Show country/region selector | On or off. Default: on. | Shown when your store sells to more than one country. |
| Show language selector | On or off. Default: on. | Shown when your store has more than one published language. |
Blocks
This section is built from 3 kinds of block. Click Add block under the section to add one, and drag blocks to reorder them. The section holds up to 6 blocks.
This block can be added once: Email signup. The others can be added more than once.
Menu
A column of links from one of your menus. Only the menu's top-level items are listed.
| Setting | Options | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Heading | Text. | The column's heading. Leave empty for none. |
| Menu | Menu. | The menu whose links are listed. |
Text
A wider column for a few lines of text, such as your address, opening hours or a line about the brand.
| Setting | Options | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Heading | Text. | The column's heading. Leave empty for none. |
| Text | Formatted text. | The column's text. Links and basic formatting are supported. |
Email signup
An email signup form with a heading and a line of text.
| Setting | Options | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Heading | Text. | The heading above the signup form. |
| Text | Formatted text. | A line or two on what subscribers will receive. |
App blocks
Apps that offer app blocks can be added here too. They appear under Apps when you click Add block.
Tips
- Two or three menu columns and one text or signup column is a comfortable footer. More than that gets crowded on tablets.
- Create a short menu just for the footer, for example Help, with links to shipping, returns, sizing and contact.
- If your store name is long, check how Show large store name looks on a phone, and turn it off if the name no longer reads well.