Footer customizer updates rb

[RachelRVasquez]

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Changes proposed in this Pull Request:

Footer Swapping Logic:

• Existing (legacy) PHP template footer now acts as a default/fallback when the theme variation versions are not being used.
• Added new document/editor setting on pages (for now) to override footer variation there. (post meta)
• Deleted the “footer-default.php” pattern. It’s confusing now that we have the legacy version and they look the same. Decided we likely won’t need that.

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Customizer Updates:

• We’ve kept the copyright and widget column theme mods for the legacy footer.
• We’ve added theme mod settings to select footer variation (patterns) for the Default, Blog & Archives, Single Post and Page view.
• We’ve added two headings and re-labeled the settings in the Footer panel to differentiate between the “Legacy” and “Variation” versions of the footer.

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The sanitization/escape chain:

(An explanation of how the values are sanitized for reference.)

Input / Storage

• editor-settings.php — register_post_meta() registers _memberlite_footer_override with 'sanitize_callback' => 'sanitize_key', which runs on every write (REST API or update_post_meta). Theme mod values are validated against the memberlite_get_footer_variations() choices list by the Customizer on save.

Reading / Passing

• variations.php — memberlite_get_current_footer_post_name() reads from post meta or theme mods. Both sources are already sanitized at storage time, so no additional sanitization is needed here. Empty/'0' values fall through to the legacy footer default.

Output

• footer.php — $footer_post_name is never echoed raw:
  • Used as a CSS class suffix via sanitize_html_class(), then the full class string is escaped with esc_attr() on the <footer> element
  • Passed to memberlite_render_footer_variation() → get_page_by_path(), which handles its own query sanitization internally
• variations.php — memberlite_render_footer_variation() outputs via do_blocks(), which produces trusted rendered block HTML; the intentional unescaped output is marked with a phpcs:ignore comment

Why no redundant sanitization mid-flow

The value is a known-clean slug by the time it leaves storage. Each output context applies the appropriate escaping function for that context (attribute vs. CSS class vs. DB lookup) rather than a blanket upstream sanitize call that would be redundant and could mask the actual escape strategy in use.

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Other:

• Updated/tweaked styles via the patterns themselves and in CSS.
• Added a new pattern for the footer, variation 3.
  • ⚠️ It requires WordPress 7.0 to display properly because it's using the icon block.

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How to test the changes in this Pull Request:

1. Confirm that the Memberlite 7.0 PHP version of the footer is still intact when switching to this branch.
2. The code to automatically generate the patterns into our memberlite_footer CPT does not yet exist. You should be able to use the block inserter just for that CPT to create footer posts.
3. On the WP-Admin, navigate to Appearance > Customizer > Footer. Is the new labeling clear? Are the footers from the custom post type showing as options?
4. Test setting different footers across the site.
5. Also go to a page, and test that the override works.

(Screenshots look a little wonky because my local is on WP 7.0 beta)

New theme options/labeling in Customizer:

New "Override Footer Variation" setting on pages:

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Changelog entry

Updates Memberlite’s footer system to support selecting and rendering footer “variations” from a memberlite_footer CPT, with Customizer controls for per-context selection and an editor override on pages, while retaining the legacy PHP footer as a fallback. Also added a new footer variation pattern.

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Pull request overview

Updates Memberlite’s footer system to support selecting and rendering footer “variations” from a memberlite_footer CPT, with Customizer controls for per-context selection and an editor override on pages, while retaining the legacy PHP footer as a fallback.

Changes:

• Added footer selection logic (Customizer context + per-page override) and server-side rendering of footer CPT block content with legacy fallback.
• Added a page document setting to override the footer variation and localized editor data for available footer choices.
• Updated/added styles and adjusted footer patterns; removed the old “footer-default” pattern.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 11 out of 11 changed files in this pull request and generated 7 comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
footer.php	Switches footer rendering to CPT-driven variations with legacy fallback and dynamic footer classes.
inc/variations.php	Introduces helpers to pick the active footer slug and render the footer variation content; provides variation choices for UI.
inc/customizer.php	Adds “Legacy” vs “Variation” headings and new footer variation selection controls per context.
inc/editor-settings.php	Registers new page meta for footer override and localizes editor data including footer choices.
src/editor/custom-settings.js	Adds a SelectControl to override footer variation on pages in the editor.
src/scss/structure/_footer.scss	Adds styles for footer variation 01 layout behavior.
src/scss/structure/_header.scss	Allows header menu items to wrap.
patterns/footer-01.php	Tweaks variation 01 pattern markup (colors, site title linking, etc.).
patterns/footer-02.php	Tweaks variation 02 pattern markup (colors, link styling, etc.).
patterns/footer-default.php	Removes the default footer pattern.
components/footer/variation-default.php	Minor whitespace cleanup in the legacy footer template part.

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