The website banner and footer complete the theme of your website. It’s important that these are customised to make your website more relevant and professional. The functionalities herein are based on WordPress 5.7 and the availability of the options are based on your activated WordPress theme. You can also follow the instructions on adding a Header and Footer plugin.
Banner is an informative or a promotional photo about your business. This is a part of the header that can be found either right above or below the menu bar.
Footer is the counterpart of the header found at the bottom of the page. This is where the theme provider’s name is displayed by default.
Important Note: Make sure this process is done overnight when there are least expected visitors on the website. Do the preparations listed below before applying changes to your website:
|
All steps provided are done in WordPress dashboard. Before anything else, log in to your WordPress dashboard via the link yourdomain.com/wp-admin (replace yourdomain.com with the domain of your website) or on any of the methods below depending on your web hosting plan.
Updating WordPress Website Banner
You can add an image that goes right above or below the menu bar of your website. It is the highlighted image in the screenshot below.
Follow the steps below on how to add a banner or header image on your WordPress website.
Step 1. In your WordPress dashboard, click Appearance on the menu bar at the left side of the page.
Step 2. Click Header.
Step 3. A video or an image can be uploaded on the header. Hover on each tooltip to learn more.
| Note: This article teaches you how to upload multiple header images. It’s still up to you if you upload a video, an image, or multiple images. |
Step 4. Click the Add new image button each time you need to add an image.
Step 5. Click the Select Files button if the images are yet to be uploaded. Otherwise, proceed to Step 8.
| Tip: Resize your image to the recommended dimensions shown on the screen before uploading. |
Step 6. Select the image/s from your computer.
| Tip: Hold the ctrl key on your computer while clicking multiple images to upload them all at once. |
Step 7. Click the Open button to start the upload.
Step 8. Select and crop the images one at a time by clicking the Select and crop button.
Step 9. Adjust the crop marks and click Crop image to crop the selected area or click Skip cropping if there’s no need to crop the image.
Step 10. Click the Randomize uploaded headers button to randomly show all uploaded images on the header one at a time.
Step 11. Click the radio button that corresponds to the banner display position and tick the box if the banner should redirect to the homepage of your website.
Step 12. Click the Publish button to save and publish the changes.
Access your website and verify the changes made to the banner of your website.
Updating WordPress Website Footer
Most of the themes have the footer with the theme provider’s information as shown in the screenshot below. It’s best that this is replaced by your website’s information so that your website looks more professional.
Follow the steps below on how to update a WordPress website footer.
Step 1. In your WordPress dashboard, click Appearance on the menu bar at the left side of the page.
Step 2. Click Customize.
Step 3. Click the Footer Bottom button.
| Note: Not all WordPress theme has this option. It depends on the theme if they allow the editing of the footer or not. |
Step 4. Enter the text in the box provided for your new footer.
Step 5. Make adjustments on the padding and colors. Click Publish when done to save the changes.
Access your website and verify the changes made to the footer of your website.
Please don’t hesitate to contact our 24/7 Singapore or Australia Support Team if you have further questions.
