{"id":882,"date":"2022-08-11T16:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/08\/11\/6463972-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-edit-the-header-section\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:34:42","slug":"6463972-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-edit-the-header-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6463972-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-edit-the-header-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger Website Builder: How to Edit the Header Section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">A header is the uppermost section of your website. It can also be called a menu bar, a navigation menu, or similar.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you can&rsquo;t see the header section in <b>Hostinger Website Builder<\/b>, all your website <b>pages<\/b> are likely<b> <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6456821-website-builder-hiding-a-page-from-the-menu-bar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hidden from the navigation menu<\/a><\/b> &#128161;<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Click on the header section to reveal its settings:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/0ddfa2a9-bef4-4eb6-8bc7-d28b5b94e04a.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">There are the main options:<\/p><ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_75aaf978bd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edit header<\/a><\/b>(the first button from left to right)<b>:<\/b><br>\n&#8203;<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/750763a7-b474-47d4-9a90-220a747a527e.jpg\" width=\"260\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">&#8203;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6721428-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-hide-elements-and-sections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hide the header<\/a><\/b>(the second button from left to right, the Eye icon)<b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/01723d6e-7e93-4089-95a2-29fef7ac2249.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_553f54d3f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edit navigation<\/a> <\/b>(the third button from left to right, the Layers icon)<b>:<\/b><br>\n&#8203;<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/35f48e46-b4b4-4ebe-b6ad-b65d0aef94b0.jpg\" width=\"300\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_98a3110c9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edit shopping bag<\/a> <\/b>&mdash; this option is visible only after <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6538318-website-builder-how-to-enable-e-commerce-features-on-your-website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enabling the eCommerce platform<\/a><\/b> on your site:\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/d459c1fe-3d10-429c-8c7b-755d1aa42659.jpg\" width=\"320\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8203;<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6618106-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-customize-the-website-s-style\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edit styles<\/a> <\/b> (the fourth or fifth button from left to right, the Colour palette icon. By editing the Header section, you can also edit navigation links and styles, including colours and fonts.):<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8849 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/image-1.png 616w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/image-1-300x96.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">&#8203;<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa;width: 149px\">\n<h2 id=\"h_6959ba452b\">Edit header<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Edit header <\/b>to customize the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Layout:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Make header sticky<\/b>: this way, the menu bar will always be pinned at the top of the page and is visible to users even when they scroll down the page<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Element spacing<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Link spacing<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Menu layout<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Padding<\/b>: change the top\/bottom padding (height) of the header<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6435805-website-builder-logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Logo<\/a> <\/b>&mdash; show, hide, or replace the logo, and change its size<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Style <\/b>&mdash; change the style of the <b>header <\/b>or <b>social icons<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa;width: 149px\">\n<h2 id=\"h_d3a23b31cf\">Edit navigation<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on the header section and then on the <b>Edit navigation <\/b>icon: it&rsquo;ll expand the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6435707-website-builder-website-pages-and-navigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pages<\/a><\/b>&nbsp;panel on the left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Here, you can add, rename, sort, hide, or remove menu items and links.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa;width: 149px\">\n<h2 id=\"h_3f0aaea321\">Edit shopping bag<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on the header section, and then click on the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6539042-website-builder-shopping-bag-settings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shopping bag<\/a> <\/b>icon. Here, you can enable or disable the shopping bag, as well as change its title and size.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b>: This option is visible only after <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6538318-website-builder-how-to-enable-e-commerce-features-on-your-website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enabling the eCommerce platform<\/a><\/b> on your site<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa;width: 149px\">\n<h2 id=\"h-edit-styles\">Edit styles<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on the header section, and then click on the Colour palette<b>&nbsp;<\/b>icon. Here, you make style changes to Header, Buttons and Social icons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">It&rsquo;s possible to make changes for Normal and Hover links text colours. You can change the navigation items text font and colours here.<\/p>\n<p>You can also pick the colour of the Header background and toggle its transparency.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">And that&rsquo;s it! Now you know how to define the settings of your website&rsquo;s header section &#128522;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about editing your website&#8217;s header section<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6463972-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-edit-the-header-section\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6463972-hostinger-creador-de-sitios-web-como-personalizar-el-estilo-del-menu-de-navegacion\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6463972-createur-de-sites-web-comment-personnaliser-le-style-du-menu-de-navigation-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/6463972-hostinger-svetainiu-kurimo-irankis-meniu-juostos-stilius\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/6463972-hostinger-criador-de-sites-como-personalizar-o-menu-de-navegacao\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8914,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions\/8914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}