Footer group
The Footer group of Combine holds the Footer section with text, menus, images, payment icons, Follow on Shop and email signup blocks.
Applies to: Combine 4.2.0 and later. Added in: Combine 1.0.0. Last checked: 2026-10-13 against Combine 4.2.0.
The Footer group is the bottom part of your store, the same on every page. By default it holds the Footer section, with your contact text, menus, payment icons and an email signup, and a Search form section that is hidden.
Where to find it: select a section in the Footer group at the bottom of the theme editor sidebar. The Footer group is the same on every page, so you can open it from any template.
What the Footer group contains
- Search form: a search field with a title, documented on Search form section. It is hidden by default: select the eye icon next to it to show it.
- Footer: the footer itself, built from blocks (this page).
- You can add other sections to the Footer group with Add section, for example an Email signup section or an Announcement bar.
Footer layout
- Desktop layout sets how many columns the footer blocks use on desktop: 3 columns or 4 columns (default). Tablets show 2 columns with the 4 column layout, and phones show one block under the other.
- The Footer section has up to 8 blocks. They fill the columns in the order of the blocks.
- Heading tag sets the HTML tag of the block headings (H1 to H4 or span), for search engines. The look does not change.
- The footer colors are in Theme settings → Colors → Footer. See Colors theme settings.
Language and country selectors
- Show language selector and Show country/region selector add the selectors at the bottom of the footer (both off by default).
- They appear only when your store has more than one published language (Shopify admin → Settings → Languages) or more than one country or region (Shopify admin → Settings → Markets).
Footer blocks
Select Add block inside the Footer section to add one of these blocks.
Text & social icons
- Heading and Content show a short text, for example your contact details or a sentence about your brand.
- Image heading shows an image, such as your logo, instead of the heading text. Image heading width sets its width, from 40 to 200 px.
- Show social icons adds the icons from Social theme settings.
- Do not use headings (H1 to H6) inside Content: the block already has a heading, and headings break the footer layout.
Menu
- Heading and Menu show the links of a Shopify menu (default: the footer menu). Only the top-level links show, not dropdown links.
- Open links in a new window opens every link of the menu in a new tab.
- Style links with an underline underlines the links; turn it off for plain links.
Image
- Select image shows an image, for example a trust badge or a store photo, under the Heading.
- Image border radius rounds its corners. Constrain image width with Maximum width (50 to 300 px) keeps it small.
- Link makes the image a link; Open link opens it In a new page or On the same page.
Payment icons
- The block shows the icons of the payment methods your store accepts, from Shopify admin → Settings → Payments. Shopify decides the list, also by the customer's region and currency.
- Custom icons: upload up to six icons of your own (Icon 1 to Icon 6), as 114 x 72 px PNG images. They show after Shopify's icons.
- Only show the custom icons hides Shopify's icons, so only your uploads show.
Payment icons follow your store's payment settings, not only Shopify Payments. A payment method that has no icon needs a custom icon.
Adding your own payment icons
Add the block
In the Footer section, select Add block → Payment icons. You can add one Payment icons block.
Upload the icons
Under Custom icons, upload up to six images in Icon 1 to Icon 6, as 114 x 72 px PNG files.
Hide Shopify's icons (optional)
Turn on Only show the custom icons to show only your uploads, in your order.
Follow on Shop
- Shows Shopify's Follow on Shop button, so customers can follow your store in the Shop app, under the Heading.
- The button needs Shop Pay to be turned on in your store. Shopify controls it.
Email signup
- Shows an email field under the Heading. Subscribers are added to Shopify admin → Customers with the tag
newsletterand email marketing consent. - You can add one Email signup block.
Why do the payment icons not show?
Shopify has no payment method to show for your store, or for the customer's region and currency. The icons come from Shopify admin → Settings → Payments; a store without active payment methods, or a payment provider without icons, shows none. Upload your own icons in the block's Custom icons.
Can I add other sections to the footer?
Yes. Select Add section in the Footer group and pick any section allowed there, for example Email signup, Rich text or Announcement bar. The sections show above or below the Footer section, in the order of the group, on every page.
Why does my footer menu not show the dropdown links?
The Menu block shows only the top-level links of a menu. Child links (dropdowns) are not shown in the footer. Put the links you want in the footer at the top level of a separate footer menu in Shopify admin → Content → Menus.
All Footer group settings
Every setting of this section, with its type and default.
Accepts these blocks: Text & social icons, Menu, Image, Payment icons, Follow on Shop and Email signup (up to 8 blocks in the section).
Desktop layout (dropdown, default: 4 columns): Sets how many columns the footer blocks fill on desktop. With 4 columns, tablets show 2; phones always show one block under the other. Options: 3 columns, 4 columns.
Footer section: Language selector
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Language selector
Show language selector (checkbox, default: off): Shows the language selector at the bottom of the footer, when the store has more than one language.
Footer section: Country/region selector
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Country/region selector
Show country/region selector (checkbox, default: off): Shows the country selector at the bottom of the footer, when the store sells to more than one country.
Footer section: SEO
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → SEO
The Footer section uses the standard SEO settings, listed in General section styling.
Heading tag (dropdown, default: H2): Sets the HTML tag of the footer block headings, for search engines. The look does not change. Options: H1, H2, H3, H4, span.
Text & social icons block
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Add block → Text & social icons
Heading (text field, default: "Contact information").
Image heading (image): Shows an image, such as a logo, in place of the heading text.
Image heading width (slider 40 to 200 px, step 5, default: 40 px): Sets the width of the image heading.
Content (rich text, default: "Write a short statement about your brand."): Sets the text of the block. Do not use headings in it: they break the footer layout.
Show social icons (checkbox, default: on): Shows the social icons from Theme settings → Social under the text.
Menu block
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Add block → Menu
Heading (text field, default: "Quick links").
Menu (menu picker, default: the footer menu): Sets the menu whose top-level links show in the footer. Dropdown links are not shown.
Open links in a new window (checkbox, default: off): Opens every link of the menu in a new tab.
Style links with an underline (checkbox, default: on): Underlines the menu links.
Image block
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Add block → Image
Heading (text field, default: "Trust badge").
Select image (image).
Image border radius (slider 0 to 30 px, default: 0 px).
Constrain image width (checkbox, default: off): Limits the image to the Maximum width below.
Maximum width (slider 50 to 300 px, step 5, default: 300 px).
Link (link).
Open link (dropdown, default: On the same page): Sets whether the image link opens in a new tab or in the same tab. Options: In a new page, On the same page.
Payment icons block
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Add block → Payment icons
One Payment icons block per section.
Heading (text field, default: "Supported payment methods").
The icons that show are determined by your store's payment settings in Shopify admin and the customer's region and currency.
Payment icons block: Custom icons
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Add block → Payment icons → Custom icons
Only show the custom icons (checkbox, default: off): Hides the icons of your store's payment methods, so only the custom icons show.
Icon 1 (image): Adds a payment icon of your own after Shopify's icons. Upload a 114 x 72 px PNG.
Icon 2 (image).
Icon 3 (image).
Icon 4 (image).
Icon 5 (image).
Icon 6 (image).
Follow on Shop block
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Add block → Follow on Shop
One Follow on Shop block per section.
Heading (text field, default: "Follow us").
To allow customers to follow your store on the Shop app from your storefront, Shop Pay must be enabled. Shopify Help Center.
Email signup block
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Add block → Email signup
One Email signup block per section.
Heading (text field, default: "Newsletter"): Sets the heading above the email field. Subscribers are added to Shopify admin → Customers with the newsletter tag.
Related pages
- Search form section: the search field in the Footer group.
- Social theme settings: the profiles behind the social icons.
- Email signup section: a larger newsletter section.
- Colors theme settings: the footer colors.
- Currency format theme settings: how the selectors look.
Announcement bar
The Announcement bar section of Combine shows rotating messages with links above the header, with optional language, country and social links.
Popups
The Popups section of Combine shows image, cookies, newsletter, custom and product popups with their own visibility, delay, scroll trigger and frequency.