diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index a09067082833b73ec56343a3d45170ce95c9c2af..9973afeb17da36e78b2dd31ccfabefee87e05d67 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -38,9 +38,21 @@ aux_links:
   "Just the Docs on GitHub":
     - "//github.com/pmarsceill/just-the-docs"
 
-# Footer content appears at the bottom of every page's main content
+# Footer content 
+# appears at the bottom of every page's main content
 footer_content: "Copyright &copy; 2017-2019 Patrick Marsceill. Distributed by an <a href=\"https://github.com/pmarsceill/just-the-docs/tree/master/LICENSE.txt\">MIT license.</a>"
 
+# Footer last edited timestamp
+last_edit_timestamp: true # show or hide edit time - page must have `last_modified_date` defined in the frontmatter
+last_edit_time_format: "%b %e %Y at %I:%M %p" # uses ruby's time format: https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.7.0/libdoc/time/rdoc/Time.html
+
+# Footer "Edit this page on GitHub" link text
+gh_edit_link: true # show or hide edit this page link
+gh_edit_link_text: "Edit this page on GitHub."
+gh_edit_repository: "https://github.com/pmarsceill/just-the-docs" # the github URL for your repo
+gh_edit_branch: "master" # the branch that your docs is served from
+gh_edit_view_mode: "tree" # "tree" or "edit" if you want the user to jump into the editor immediately
+
 # Color scheme currently only supports "dark" or nil (default)
 color_scheme: nil
 
diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index b1d3c72435399b13422a79b7a36b51258cb5e8cf..13a860f354fb83b2a5903170199a701b42ec1e0d 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -86,10 +86,29 @@ layout: table_wrappers
             </ul>
           {% endif %}
 
-          {% if site.footer_content != nil %}
+          {% if site.footer_content != nil or site.show_last_edit_time or site.show_gh_edit_link %}
             <hr>
             <footer role="contentinfo">
+              {% if site.last_edit_timestamp and site.last_edit_time_format and page.last_modified_date %}
+              <p class="text-small text-grey-dk-000 mb-0">
+                Page last modified: {{ page.last_modified_date | date: site.last_edit_time_format }}.
+              </p>
+              {% endif %}
+              {% 
+                if 
+                  site.gh_edit_link and 
+                  site.gh_edit_link_text and 
+                  site.gh_edit_repository and 
+                  site.gh_edit_view_mode and 
+                  site.gh_edit_branch
+              %}
+              <p class="text-small text-grey-dk-000 mb-0">
+                <a href="{{ site.gh_edit_repository }}/{{site.gh_edit_view_mode}}/{{site.gh_edit_branch}}/{{ page.path }}">{{ site.edit_link_text }}</a>
+              </p>
+              {% endif %}
+              {% if site.footer_content != nil %}
               <p class="text-small text-grey-dk-000 mb-0">{{ site.footer_content }}</p>
+              {% endif %}
             </footer>
           {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index eb43a086f9572ed1fb249ab1fc483eeb0929dba3..98fecdbba2ad84b5448c5a13fd765659f14a06b8 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -63,10 +63,28 @@ heading_anchors: true
 ## Footer content
 
 ```yaml
-# Footer content appears at the bottom of every page's main content
+# Footer content 
+# appears at the bottom of every page's main content
 footer_content: "Copyright &copy; 2017-2019 Patrick Marsceill. Distributed by an <a href=\"https://github.com/pmarsceill/just-the-docs/tree/master/LICENSE.txt\">MIT license.</a>"
+
+# Footer last edited timestamp
+last_edit_timestamp: true # show or hide edit time - page must have `last_modified_date` defined in the frontmatter
+last_edit_time_format: "%b %e %Y at %I:%M %p" # uses ruby's time format: https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.7.0/libdoc/time/rdoc/Time.html
+
+# Footer "Edit this page on GitHub" link text
+gh_edit_link: true # show or hide edit this page link
+gh_edit_link_text: "Edit this page on GitHub."
+gh_edit_repository: "https://github.com/pmarsceill/just-the-docs" # the github URL for your repo
+gh_edit_branch: "master" # the branch that your docs is served from
+gh_edit_view_mode: "tree" # "tree" or "edit" if you want the user to jump into the editor immediately
 ```
 
+- the "page last modified" data will only display if a page has a key called `last_modified_date`, formatted in some readable date format
+- `last_edit_time_format` uses Ruby's DateTime formatter; see examples and more information [at this link.](https://apidock.com/ruby/DateTime/strftime)
+- `gh_edit_repository` is the URL of the project's GitHub repository
+- `gh_edit_branch` is the branch that the docs site is served from; defaults to `master`
+- `gh_edit_view_mode` is `"tree"` by default, which brings the user to the github page; switch to `"edit"` to bring the user directly into editing mode
+
 ## Color scheme
 
 ```yaml