Footer Layout and Content

The footer has a main area with up to five columns and a bottom bar. The main area always has a brand column; the other columns appear only when you give them something to show, and the layout adjusts to how many there are.

What the footer contains

Part	What fills it
Brand column	The footer logo, then the Footer Brand Description, or the site’s Tagline when the description is empty.
Menu columns 1 to 3	The menus assigned to Footer Column 1, Footer Column 2 and Footer Column 3, each with an optional heading.
Social column	Widgets placed in the Footer Social Links widget area.
Bottom bar, left	”© year Site Title. All rights reserved.”
Bottom bar, right	The menu assigned to Footer Menu, typically privacy and terms links.

All footer menus show one level; sub-items are not shown.

How to set it up

1. In Appearance → Menus, assign menus to the footer locations you want. See Menus.
2. For social links, go to Appearance → Widgets and add widgets, such as a Social Icons block, to Footer Social Links.
3. Go to Appearance → Customize → Footer → Footer Appearance and set the options below.
4. In Footer → Footer Columns, type a heading for each menu column you use.
5. Select Publish.

Options

Option	Where	What it does	Default
Footer Theme	Footer Appearance	Light or Dark, from your palette.	Light
Footer logo — light backgrounds	Footer Appearance	A different logo for the footer when it is Light. Falls back to the site Logo.	Empty
Footer logo — dark backgrounds	Footer Appearance	A different logo for the footer when it is Dark. Falls back to Logo — dark backgrounds, then Logo.	Empty
Footer Brand Description	Footer Appearance	Text under the logo: a short description, contact details or links. Bold, italic and links are allowed.	Empty (shows the tagline)
Footer Column 1 Heading, 2, 3	Footer Columns	A label above that column’s menu. It also names the menu for screen readers. Empty hides it.	Empty

Without any logo, the brand column shows the site title. For how the header and footer choose between logo versions, see Header.

The footer’s muted text (copyright, tagline, brand text and bottom links) uses Promptless WP’s contrast-checked muted colour for the footer background, so it stays readable on a tinted footer.

Using the connector

An AI assistant connected through Promptless WP’s connector can set Footer Theme, Footer Brand Description and the three column headings with wordpress_footer_set, and build and assign the footer menus with wordpress_menu. The footer logos and widgets are set only in WordPress admin. See Connector Tools.

Limits and common problems

• The copyright line cannot be edited. It is written by the theme from the current year and the Site Title in Settings → General.
• A column is missing. Its location has no menu assigned. A heading alone does not show a column.
• Widgets in “Footer Widgets” do not appear. Appearance → Widgets lists a Footer Widgets area, but the theme does not display it. Use Footer Social Links.
• Part of the brand description disappeared on save. Scripts and any other HTML that WordPress does not allow in post content are removed.

Related pages

• Menus — The seven menu locations the Promptless theme provides, how many levels each shows, and how to turn a top-level item into a mega menu with icons and descriptions.
• Header — Choose a header layout including the floating pill, float it over the first section, set Light or Dark, sticky and border, add light and dark logos, and set where the menu collapses.
• Customizer Settings — Every setting the Promptless theme adds to Appearance → Customize, with its choices, its default, its stored key, and whether the Promptless WP connector can change it.
• What the Assistant Can Do — Every tool an AI assistant gets through the Promptless connector, grouped by task, with the limits and permissions that apply to each.