{"id":5885,"date":"2019-10-14T22:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/?p=5885"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:36:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:06:40","slug":"add-and-edit-footer-links-in-magento-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/add-and-edit-footer-links-in-magento-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add and edit Footer Links in Magento 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Website footers may not be the place with great design or content, but its the place where the visitors look for the details. And the Magento 2 store owners cannot afford to miss any vital details or links in the footer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the default Magento 2 footer is not up to the mark. The store owners have to modify the footer in order to deliver all the required information and the links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, Magento 2 is a flexible CMS that allows editing the footer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programmatic method to add and edit footer links in Magento 2<\/strong> makes it easy for the admin to customize the footer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method to Add and Edit Footer Links in Magento 2:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Create module.xml<\/strong> file at app\/code\/Vendor\/Extension\/etc\/ directory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n            <config xmlns:xsi=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2001\/XMLSchema-instance\" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=\"urn:magento:framework:Module\/etc\/module.xsd\">\n            <module name=\"Vendor_Extension\" setup_version=\"1.0.0\"><\/module>\n<\/config><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
2. Create registration.php<\/strong><\/em> file at app\/code\/Vendor\/Extension directory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<?php\n\\Magento\\Framework\\Component\\ComponentRegistrar::register(\n    \\Magento\\Framework\\Component\\ComponentRegistrar::MODULE,\n    'Vendor_Extension',\n    __DIR__\n);<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
To remove the Privacy and Cookie Policy link from the footer:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Create default.xml<\/strong> file at app\/code\/Vendor\/Extension\/view\/frontend\/layout directory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<page xmlns:xsi=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2001\/XMLSchema-instance\" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=\"urn:magento:framework:View\/Layout\/etc\/page_configuration.xsd\">\n<body>\n    <referenceBlock name=\"privacy-policy-link\" remove=\"true\"\/>\n<\/body>\n<\/page><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
To add new footer link:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<page xmlns:xsi=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2001\/XMLSchema-instance\" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=\"urn:magento:framework:View\/Layout\/etc\/page_configuration.xsd\">\n<body>\n    <referenceBlock name=\"footer_links\">\n         <block class=\"Magento\\Framework\\View\\Element\\Html\\Link\\Current\" name=\"custom-footer-link\">\n             <arguments>\n                 <argument name=\"label\" xsi:type=\"string\">Customer LInk<\/argument>\n                 <argument name=\"path\" xsi:type=\"string\">custom\/extension\/index\/<\/argument>\n             <\/arguments>\n         <\/block>\n     <\/referenceBlock>\n<\/body>\n<\/page><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may also love to read our another blog post on how to remove default footer links in Magento 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Feel free to share the solution with the fellow developers via social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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