How to Add a Privacy Policy URL on Joomla 4

The instructions below can be roughly separated into the following smaller tasks (sections/parts):

1. Create a new Menu
2. Add a new Module and position the Menu through the Module
3. Add URL as a new Menu Item

The above concepts (ie. Menu, Module) are similar to other platforms such as WordPress:

• Module(s) → equivalent to a container that displays content (Menus) on a chosen position
• Menu → equivalent to navigation in other platforms

The assumption here is that the user wants to add a link to the footer.

Here are the steps to add a Privacy Policy URL on Joomla 4:

1. Log in to your Joomla website.

2. Let's start with the first step - create the new Menu.

   From the website's Dashboard, go to Menus:

   

3. From the Menus menu, select Manage:

   

4. From the Menus Editor page, click on the + New button:

   

5. The Add Menus editor page will open. Fill in the required fields: Title and Unique Name. For this example, we named both as Footer Menu:

   

6. Click Save & Close:

   

7. The new Footer Menu has been created. Now continue to add a Module for this Menu.

   To add a new Module to the Menu, go back to your website's Dashboard and select Content:

   

8. Select Site Modules:

   

9. From the Modules (Site) editor page, click the + New button:

   

10. A list of Modules will open. Scroll down and select the Menu module:

    

11. Name your Module using the Title field. We used "Footer Menu" in our example here.

    

12. On the right side, under the Position section, click on the dropdown menu and select the desired menu position. For this example, we selected the Footer position for our Footer Menu:

    

13. Click Save & Close:

    

14. Now, as a last step, add a URL as the new Menu Item. In order to add your URL to the footer menu, you need to go back to the Dashboard and go to the Menus (again):

    

15. Select the newly created Footer Menu from the Site menus:

    

16. From the Menu Items editor page, click on the + New button:

    

17. Name your New Menu Item using the Title field. Since we want to add our Privacy Policy link to the Footer Menu, we named this new menu item Privacy Policy:

    

18. From the Details section, click on the Select button to add a new menu type:

    

19. From the new Menu Item Type window, select System Links:

    

20. Select URL:

    

21. The empty and required Link field will become active now. It's a place to link your Privacy Policy URL that will appear in the footer section of your website.

    

22. To get a Privacy Policy URL link, go to the TermsFeed Privacy Policy Generator to create a Privacy Policy and get the hosted Privacy Policy URL.

    Once you have a Privacy Policy created by TermsFeed, click Copy from the Link to your Privacy Policy section to copy the URL:

    

23. Paste the Privacy Policy URL in the Link field:

    

24. Click Save & Close:

    

25. The Privacy Policy URL is now added as a new item to the Footer Menu. To preview changes, go to the Preview button at the top menu:

    

26. You're done!