Footer group
The Footer group holds Highlight's Footer section and the Text columns with icons section: menus, newsletter, social links, payment icons and selectors.
Applies to: Highlight 4.1.0 and later. Added in: Highlight 1.0.0. Last checked: 2026-10-13 against Highlight 4.1.0.
The Footer group is the bottom of every page. It holds two sections: Text columns with icons (shipping, delivery and returns notes by default) and the Footer section with your menus, newsletter form, social links, selectors and payment icons.
Where to find it: select Footer in the Footer group of the theme editor sidebar. The Footer group is the same on every page.
What the Footer group contains
- Text columns with icons: up to three short texts with icons, above the footer. It has its own page: Text columns with icons section.
- Footer: up to 4 blocks (Text, Menus, Email signup, Social links, Image), shown two per row on desktop and one under the other on phones.
- Under the blocks, the Footer shows the language and country selectors, the payment icons and the Follow on Shop button, then the copyright line with your store name.
You can add other sections to the Footer group with Add section inside the group, for example an Announcement bar or an Email signup section.
Payment icons
- Show payment icons shows the icons of the payment methods your store accepts.
- Shopify decides which icons show, from your payment settings in Shopify admin → Settings → Payments and from the customer's region and currency.
Custom icons
- Icon 1 to Icon 6 add your own icons next to Shopify's, for example a local payment method or a "Cash on delivery" logo. Each icon is shown at 38 x 24 px and cropped to that shape.
- Only show the custom icons hides Shopify's icons, so the footer shows only yours.
Custom icons were added in Highlight 3.3.0. They show only when Show payment icons is on.
Showing your own payment icons
Prepare the icons
Make each icon as an image in a 38 x 24 shape, for example 76 x 48 px for sharp screens, with its alt text set in Shopify admin → Content → Files.
Upload them to the footer
Select the Footer section, keep Show payment icons on, and upload the images in Icon 1 to Icon 6.
Choose whether to keep Shopify's icons
Turn on Only show the custom icons to show only your images. Leave it off to show your images after Shopify's own icons.
Language and country selectors
Show language selector and Show country/region selector are on by default. Each one shows only when your store has more than one published language, or more than one country or region in Shopify admin → Settings → Markets.
Follow on Shop
Enable Follow on Shop shows Shopify's Follow on Shop button, which lets customers follow your store in the Shop app. Shopify shows the button only when Shop Pay is turned on for your store. Highlight has had it since 3.1.0.
Custom colors
- Background color and Text color give the Footer section its own colors. They also color the fields, dropdowns and icons in the footer.
- Both are transparent by default, so the footer uses the store colors from Colors theme settings. With a background color, the footer gets some extra space at the top.
Blocks
Text
- Heading and Content: a title and a short rich text, for example your contact details or a statement about your brand.
Menus
- First menu heading and First menu, Second menu heading and Second menu: one or two menus side by side, each with its own heading.
- The menus show only their top-level links; dropdown items are not shown.
Email signup
- Heading and Caption: a newsletter form with a title and a short text under it, for example a link to your privacy policy.
- Subscribers are saved as customers with email marketing consent in Shopify admin → Customers.
- The Footer can hold one Email signup block.
Social links
- Heading: a title above the icons of the profiles in Social theme settings.
- The Footer can hold one Social links block.
Image
- Heading and Select image: a title and an image, for example a logo, a badge or a map.
Why does the footer menu not show dropdown items?
Because the Menus block shows only the top-level links of each menu. Child links are not shown in the footer. Create a separate, flat menu for the footer in Shopify admin → Content → Menus, or use both menus of the block.
Which payment icons does the footer show?
The icons of the payment methods that Shopify reports for your store and for the customer's region and currency. Highlight does not choose them. To show other icons, upload them as custom icons and, if needed, turn on Only show the custom icons.
How do I remove "Powered by Shopify" from the footer?
The copyright line is part of the Footer section and has no setting in the theme editor. "Powered by Shopify" is a link that Shopify provides. See Remove the Powered by Shopify credit.
All Footer group settings
Every setting, with its type and default.
Accepts these blocks: Text, Menus, Email signup, Social links and Image (up to 4 blocks in the section).
Show payment icons (checkbox, default: on): Shows the icons of your payment methods. Shopify decides which ones, from your payment settings and the customer's region and currency.
The icons that show are determined by your store's payment settings in Shopify admin and the customer's region and currency.
Footer section: Custom icons
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Custom icons
Only show the custom icons (checkbox, default: off): Hides Shopify's payment icons, so only Icon 1 to Icon 6 show.
Icon 1 (image): Adds your own payment icon, shown at 38 x 24 px (cropped) after Shopify's icons. Shown only when Show payment icons is on.
Icon 2 (image): Adds your own payment icon, shown at 38 x 24 px (cropped) after Shopify's icons. Shown only when Show payment icons is on.
Icon 3 (image): Adds your own payment icon, shown at 38 x 24 px (cropped) after Shopify's icons. Shown only when Show payment icons is on.
Icon 4 (image): Adds your own payment icon, shown at 38 x 24 px (cropped) after Shopify's icons. Shown only when Show payment icons is on.
Icon 5 (image): Adds your own payment icon, shown at 38 x 24 px (cropped) after Shopify's icons. Shown only when Show payment icons is on.
Icon 6 (image): Adds your own payment icon, shown at 38 x 24 px (cropped) after Shopify's icons. Shown only when Show payment icons is on.
Footer section: Language selector
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Language selector
Show language selector (checkbox, default: on): Shows a language selector under the footer blocks, when the store has more than one published language.
Footer section: Country/region selector
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Country/region selector
Show country/region selector (checkbox, default: on): Shows a country/region selector under the footer blocks, when the store sells to more than one country or region.
Footer section: Follow on Shop
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Follow on Shop
Enable Follow on Shop (checkbox, default: on): Shows Shopify's Follow on Shop button, which lets customers follow your store in the Shop app.
Footer section: Custom colors
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Custom colors
Background color (color, default: transparent): Sets the footer background color, including its fields and dropdowns. Transparent uses the store background color.
Text color (color, default: transparent): Sets the color of the footer text, links, fields and icons. Transparent uses the store text color.
Text block
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Add block → Text
Heading (text field, default: "Contact information"): Sets the title above the text.
Content (rich text, default: "Write a short statement about your brand."): Sets a short rich text, for example contact details or a statement about your brand.
Menus block
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Add block → Menus
First menu heading (text field, default: "Menu").
First menu (menu picker, default: the footer menu): Sets the first menu. Only its top-level links show; dropdown items are not shown.
Second menu heading (text field, default: "Menu").
Second menu (menu picker): Sets an optional second menu next to the first. Only its top-level links show.
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").
Caption (rich text, default: "Invite customers to join your newsletter. Link to your privacy policy ."): Sets a short text under the signup form, for example a link to your privacy policy. Subscribers are saved as customers with email marketing consent.
Social links block
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Add block → Social links
One Social links block per section.
Heading (text field, default: "Follow us"): Sets the title above the icons from Theme settings → Social.
Image block
Where to find it: Footer group → Footer → Add block → Image
Heading (text field, default: "Image").
Select image (image): Sets an image, for example a logo, badge or map, shown up to the width of the column.
Related pages
- Text columns with icons section: the other section of the Footer group.
- Social theme settings: the profiles behind the Social links block.
- Email signup section: a newsletter form as a section.
- Announcement bar section: can also go in the Footer group.