Have you ever worked with a client where you are trying to customize the WordPress back-end experience for them? Maybe you added a custom dashboard widget, removed menu items, or even created custom write panels. Well Greg Kerstin (@graphicagenda) was working on a project where he wanted to modify the howdy text in the WordPress admin bar. Normally it says Howdy, Username. He was kind enough to submit a snippet to us in which he shows how to change the howdy text and replace it with Welcome.
All you have to do is paste the following code in your theme’s functions.php file, or create a site plugin.
add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'wp_admin_bar_my_custom_account_menu', 11 );
function wp_admin_bar_my_custom_account_menu( $wp_admin_bar ) {
$user_id = get_current_user_id();
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
$profile_url = get_edit_profile_url( $user_id );
if ( 0 != $user_id ) {
/* Add the "My Account" menu */
$avatar = get_avatar( $user_id, 28 );
$howdy = sprintf( __('Welcome, %1$s'), $current_user->display_name );
$class = empty( $avatar ) ? '' : 'with-avatar';
$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
'id' => 'my-account',
'parent' => 'top-secondary',
'title' => $howdy . $avatar,
'href' => $profile_url,
'meta' => array(
'class' => $class,
),
) );
}
}
And you are done.
Perfect! Thank you.
Hey in the admin panel howdy can be edited but on the front end howdy is still there and cannot be changed so what should i do to edit it?
@senlinonline: That is a great snippet! but it reverts back to the howdy for the frontend admin bar while logged in.
Changing “Howdy” can actually be done quite a bit simpler than the above code. Add this to your functions.php (or functionality.php or any other file): /** CHANGE HOWDY – http://wpmu.org/daily-tip-how-to-change-the-wordpress-howdy-message-to-a-custom-welcome/ **/add_filter(‘gettext’, ‘change_howdy’, 10, 3);function change_howdy($translated, $text, $domain) { if (!is_admin() || ‘default’ != $domain) return $translated; if (false !== strpos($translated, ‘Howdy’)) return str_replace(‘Howdy’, ‘Welcome back’, $translated); return $translated;}/** END CHANGE HOWDY **/
I know, actually had a client ask me if it was made by a southern company because when I was signed it in said ‘howdy’, had a good laugh, but def something to do if your not positive on how a client might react
Sean ‘WordPress Guy’ Vosler for the sake of customization? Not everyone thinks that Howdy is cool. Greg said he will be sending us a more detailed tutorial on how he added more links and such.
Cool Tutorial. Just love it. Thanks! for this
Wow, great tip
why would you want to change this??? :p