With this function you can customize the “Howdy” message in top right of your admin area. This function make use of JQuery to change the “Howdy” message to “Welcome”.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | /****** Customize admin message "Howdy" to "Welcome" ******/ $nohowdy = "Welcome"; if (is_admin()) { add_action('init', 'artdev_nohowdy_h'); add_action('admin_footer', 'artdev_nohowdy_f'); } // Load jQuery function artdev_nohowdy_h() { wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); } // Modify function artdev_nohowdy_f() { global $nohowdy; echo <<<JS <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ var nohowdy = "$nohowdy"; jQuery('#user_info p') .html( jQuery('#user_info p') .html() .replace(/Howdy/,nohowdy) ); //]]> JS; } |
PHP version, using gettext filter:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | 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', $translated); return $translated; } |
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