Add widgets by going to Appearance → Widgets or in the Customizer’s Widget section.

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The footer has four widget areas:

• Footer (Column 1)
• Footer (Column 2)
• Footer (Column 3)
• Footer (Column 4)

You can choose how many columns you want to use by adding widgets to each area. Example: If you add a widget to Column 1 and Column 2 but leave the other two empty, then the footer will have two columns, taking up 1/2 of the width each.

In the example below, all four widget areas are used, so each widget area takes up 1/4 of the width: