Build
Footer
Design your site footer in Elementor, including widget areas.
The footer works exactly like the header: a Global Block of type Footer, assigned once.
Building a footer #
- Create the blockNovaSpark → Global Blocks → Create Block, with Section Type set to Footer.
- Publish and open ElementorThen design it like any page.
- Build the columnsA Container with three or four inner containers is the usual shape — about, links, contact, newsletter.
- Add a bottom barA second Container underneath for the copyright line and social icons, using NovaKit Social Icons.
Use a Dynamic Tag for the year. On a copyright text element, click the dynamic icon and choose Current Date/Time. The year then updates itself every January instead of quietly going stale.
Assigning it #
Theme Options → Footer → Default Footer, and pick your block. For a different footer on part of the site, give a second footer block Display Conditions.
With none assigned, NovaSpark draws a plain built-in footer. Developers can replace it by
overriding template-parts/fallback/footer.php in a
child theme.
Widget areas in a footer #
Designing the footer in Elementor covers most needs, but if you want a WordPress widget area — so a client can change its contents without opening Elementor — create one first at Theme Options → Sidebars, then place it with Elementor’s own Sidebar widget. See Sidebars.