The <footer> Tag in HTML 5

The <footer> tag is one of the HTML tags for headings and footers in HTML and contains the footer of a section. The section can be created with any of the HTML sectioning tags:

• <article> sectioning tag for articles
• <aside> sectioning tag for sidebars
• <nav> sectioning tag for navigation sections
• <section> sectioning tag

A footer for a section is usually included at the end of the section:

<section>
   ...
   <footer>
      <p>... copyright statement or disclaimer ...</p>
   </footer>
</section>

A footer can also be used to enclose the HTML 5 section tags for a document index or appendix.

<footer>
   <section>
      <header>
         <h2>Index</h2>
      </header>
      ...
   </section>
</footer>