{"id":1143,"date":"2019-09-10T16:28:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T08:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2022-04-11T14:07:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T06:07:25","slug":"change-header-text-generatepress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/change-header-text-generatepress\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Change Header Text In GeneratePress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I needed to change the header text in <a href=\"https:\/\/intelliwolf.com\/recommends\/generatepress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"GeneratePress  (opens in a new tab)\">GeneratePress <\/a>by adding a span around one of the words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was trying to change the color of the last word of the title to a different color as illustrated below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image shadow\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/intelliwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2019-09-10_change-generatepress-header-text.png\" alt=\"&quot;behind the news&quot; all in green with an arrow pointing to &quot;behind the news&quot; with news in white and the rest in green\" class=\"wp-image-1144\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Under most circumstances, to do a basic change to the header text in GeneratePress, go to <strong>Customizer<\/strong> -> <strong>Site Identity<\/strong>, change the Site Title and click \"Publish\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to add html to the header text, or just do your own thing entirely, maybe for SEO reasons, you'll need a bit more customization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How to completely replace the header text in GeneratePress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Add a filter to '<em>generate_site_title_output<\/em>'<\/li><li>Return your new code through that filter.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The following is the code I added to the <em>functions.php<\/em> file of my <a href=\"https:\/\/intelliwolf.com\/create-wordpress-child-theme\/\">child theme<\/a> to add a span to one word in the header, keeping everything else:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\/*** Change Header Text ***\/\nadd_filter('generate_site_title_output', 'change_header_output');\nfunction change_header_output() {\n  return sprintf(\n    '&lt;%1$s class=\"main-title\" itemprop=\"headline\">\n      &lt;a href=\"%2$s\" rel=\"home\">\n        %3$s\n      &lt;\/a>\n    &lt;\/%1$s>',\n    (is_front_page() &amp;&amp; is_home()) ? 'h1' : 'p',\n    esc_url(apply_filters('generate_site_title_href', home_url('\/'))),\n    \"Behind The &lt;span class='header-alt-color'>News&lt;\/span>\"\n  );\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>I then used some basic CSS to change the color of \"News\":<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>.header-alt-color {color: #FFF;}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The code above is pretty much the same as the code GeneratePress uses in <em>header.php<\/em> to create the header text in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to find that code yourself, it's inside <em>generate_construct_site_title()<\/em>, which starts around line 160 in <em>header.php<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you're not familiar with the <em>sprintf()<\/em> structure, the most important part of the code is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>add_filter('generate_site_title_output', 'change_header_output');\nfunction change_header_output() {\n  return \"&lt;h1>My New Title&lt;\/h1>;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You should be able to do pretty much anything you want with this header text using one of these methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you wanted the header to always be <em>&lt;h1><\/em>, or always be <em>&lt;p><\/em> (there are differing opinions on either option in the SEO community), you might do something like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>function change_header_output() {\n  return sprintf(\n    '&lt;%1$s class=\"main-title\" itemprop=\"headline\">\n      &lt;a href=\"%2$s\" rel=\"home\">\n        %3$s\n      &lt;\/a>\n    &lt;\/%1$s>',\n    'h1',\n    esc_url(apply_filters('generate_site_title_href', home_url('\/'))),\n    \"Behind The &lt;span class='header-alt-color'>News&lt;\/span>\"\n  );\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>That will cause the header to use <em>&lt;h1><\/em> sitewide. 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