In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through how to update:
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Phone numbers
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Email addresses
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Social media links
…on both your header and footer.
1. 🔐 Log In to Your Dashboard
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Go to your website dashboard.
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Navigate to Header and Footer.
2. 🧭 Locate Your Header and Footer Templates
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You’ll see one Footer and multiple Header templates (e.g. Header Blog Main, Header Blog Posts, Header Pages).
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Open each one by hovering and clicking “Edit with Elementor” (open in new tabs).
3. 📱 Update the Phone Number
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In Elementor, scroll to where the phone number is displayed.
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Click on the number.
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In the left sidebar, edit the phone number.
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Also update the telephone link (
tel:format).
Example:tel:+123700123456⚠️ Don’t include hyphens or spaces.
4. 📧 Update the Email Address
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Click on the email text.
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Edit it in the left panel.
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Also edit the email link (
mailto:format).
Example:mailto:info@example.com⚠️ Don’t delete the
mailto:prefix.
5. 🔗 Update Social Media Links
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Click on the social media icons.
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In the sidebar, update each link (e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook).
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You can:
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Add new icons using Add Item
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Replace icons (e.g., switch LinkedIn with Instagram)
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Remove icons
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Example: Add Spotify if you host a podcast there by selecting its icon and pasting the link.
6. 🎨 Optional: Change Icon Colors
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Still in the social icons widget, go to the Style tab.
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Under Color, select “Official Colors” to use the brand colors.
7. 💾 Save Your Changes
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Click the “Publish” button to save.
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Repeat for all headers and the footer.
8. 🔍 Preview Your Changes
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Open a new tab and type in your website URL.
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Confirm that the new contacts and social icons now appear correctly.
And that’s it! You’ve now successfully updated your website’s header and footer contact details using Elementor.
