Cannot find “footer”
I recently took over managing a WordPress website and I’m trying to piece together how everything was originally built. I’m not an expert, but I can usually figure things out- except for this one issue.
I need to remove or replace an image that appears in the footer. The site is using the Salient Child theme. I’ve checked multiple footer settings/options, but there’s nothing there showing this image or allowing me to edit it.
I searched for the image in Media Library and found it, but it says the image is being used on the Home Page. The problem is: I can’t actually find where it’s being pulled from or displayed in the editor.
I’m hesitant to just delete the image from Media Library because:
I don’t know where/how to replace it afterward
Widgets seem disabled or unused for some reason
I’m worried I could break something or create layout issues by randomly enabling widgets or deleting files
I also tried testing the footer widget area, but nothing I added appeared on the site anyway- so not even sure how to enable the widgets (something has to be overriding it, right?).
There are also pages/templates called things like:
“Pre Footer”, “ New Home” and “Page Bottom”- I changed the image on one of those, but it’s not applying to all pages).
So now I’m wondering if the footer content is being controlled somewhere outside the normal footer settings.
Does anyone know where Salient Child themes commonly store footer images/content when it’s not appearing in the Footer settings or widgets? And would deleting the image from Media Library potentially cause issues if I can’t trace where it’s being used?
I have the latest update for the theme, but I’ve recently noticed I need to update my php, but I don’t think that has anything to do with this. Please help!