Title: Changing footer information
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Changing footer information

 *  Resolved [deniewibly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deniewibly/)
 * (@deniewibly)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-footer-information/)
 * Hi
 * I’ve been tasked with changing some information on a WordPress site that I didn’t
   create.
 * I’m a Joomla user and have made most of the changes required but can’t work out
   how to modify the address details which are in the footer.
 * Can anyone help?
 * Thanks
 * Dene
 * [WEBSITE](http://www.pjplanning.com)

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 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-footer-information/#post-5584080)
 * Look in Appearance>Widgets
 * See if there us a footer widget area. Open it up and edit the text box.
 *  Thread Starter [deniewibly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deniewibly/)
 * (@deniewibly)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-footer-information/#post-5584092)
 * That’s where I thought it would be but there is nothing editable in there :-/
 * Dene
 *  [Morteza Khaki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morteza-khaki/)
 * (@morteza-khaki)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-footer-information/#post-5584096)
 * You need to modify “footer.php” inside your theme folder.
 *  Thread Starter [deniewibly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deniewibly/)
 * (@deniewibly)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-footer-information/#post-5584098)
 *     ```
       </div> <!-- content wrapper -->
   
       		<div class="footer-wrapper boxed-style">
   
       		<!-- Get Footer Widget -->
       		<?php $gdl_show_footer = get_option(THEME_SHORT_NAME.'_show_footer','enable'); ?>
       		<?php if( $gdl_show_footer == 'enable' ){ ?>
       			<div class="container footer-container">
       				<div class="footer-widget-wrapper">
       					<div class="row">
       						<?php
       							$gdl_footer_class = array(
       								'footer-style1'=>array('1'=>'three columns', '2'=>'three columns', '3'=>'three columns', '4'=>'three columns'),
       								'footer-style2'=>array('1'=>'six columns', '2'=>'three columns', '3'=>'three columns', '4'=>''),
       								'footer-style3'=>array('1'=>'three columns', '2'=>'three columns', '3'=>'six columns', '4'=>''),
       								'footer-style4'=>array('1'=>'four columns', '2'=>'four columns', '3'=>'four columns', '4'=>''),
       								'footer-style5'=>array('1'=>'eight columns', '2'=>'four columns', '3'=>'', '4'=>''),
       								'footer-style6'=>array('1'=>'four columns', '2'=>'eight columns', '3'=>'', '4'=>''),
       								);
       							$gdl_footer_style = get_option(THEME_SHORT_NAME.'_footer_style', 'footer-style1');
   
       							for( $i=1 ; $i<=4; $i++ ){
       								$footer_class = $gdl_footer_class[$gdl_footer_style][$i];
       									if( !empty($footer_class) ){
       									echo '<div class="' . $footer_class . ' gdl-footer-' . $i . ' mb0">';
       									dynamic_sidebar('Footer ' . $i);
       									echo '</div>';
       								}
       							}
       						?>
       						<div class="clear"></div>
       					</div> <!-- close row -->
       				</div>
       			</div>
       		<?php } ?>
   
       		<!-- Get Copyright Text -->
       		<?php $gdl_show_copyright = get_option(THEME_SHORT_NAME.'_show_copyright','enable'); ?>
       		<?php if( $gdl_show_copyright == 'enable' ){ ?>
       			<div class="copyright-outer-wrapper boxed-style">
       				<div class="container copyright-container">
       					<div class="copyright-wrapper">
       						<div class="copyright-left">
       							<?php echo do_shortcode( __(get_option(THEME_SHORT_NAME.'_copyright_left_area'), 'gdl_front_end') ); ?>
       						</div>
       						<div class="copyright-right">
       							<?php echo do_shortcode( __(get_option(THEME_SHORT_NAME.'_copyright_right_area'), 'gdl_front_end') ); ?>
       						</div>
       						<div class="clear"></div>
       					</div>
       				</div>
       			</div>
       		<?php } ?>
       		</div><!-- footer wrapper -->
       	</div> <!-- body wrapper -->
       </div> <!-- body outer wrapper -->
   
       <?php wp_footer(); ?>
   
       </body>
       </html>
       ```
   
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-footer-information/#post-5584100)
 * >  You need to modify “footer.php” inside your theme folder.
 * Assuming the OP is using a theme that will be updating, modifying theme files
   isn’t a good way to go – as those changes will be lost when the theme is updated.
 * It’s generally recommended to use a child theme –
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * That may or may not make sense in this situation since the site may already be
   customized, but it’s always better to make sure before giving that kind of advice.
 *  [Morteza Khaki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morteza-khaki/)
 * (@morteza-khaki)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-footer-information/#post-5584101)
 * Thanks [@wpyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) for correcting 
   me. You are absolutely right.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-footer-information/#post-5584107)
 * **[@morteza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morteza/) Khaki** – no worries:)!
 * **[@deniewibly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deniewibly/)** – looks like
   there is a theme option for the copyright info – that might be where it’s set?
 *  Thread Starter [deniewibly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deniewibly/)
 * (@deniewibly)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-footer-information/#post-5584108)
 * Found it. The Theme was Architecture and in the panel on the dashboard at the
   bottom are some configuration changes. Thanks for the help.

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