Gregory Wallace

WP Custom Login Logo Filter

Greg Wallace — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:21:19 +0000

In an attempt to cut down on plugins and core edits for a customer site I used this snippet to add a custom logo to the login page.

/****************custom login logo**********************/
function custom_logo(){
    echo '';
}
add_filter('login_head', 'custom_logo');

Change the Howdy! – WP admin bar

Greg Wallace — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:16:52 +0000

The “Howdy” in the WordPress admin bar has never bothered me, but some clients are down right persnickety.

This is how we go about fixing that issue.

/******************change the HOWDY *************************/
add_filter('gettext', 'change_howdy', 10, 3);

function change_howdy($translated, $text, $domain) {

    if (!is_admin() || 'default' != $domain)
        return str_replace('Howdy', 'Welcome to Blahblahblah. Access your profile here' ,  $translated);

    if (false !== strpos($translated, 'Howdy'))
        return str_replace('Howdy', 'Welcome to Arrowhead Press', $translated);

    return $translated;
}

I also put “Access your profile here” in because new website users don’t usually know that they have a profile and are able to change their password to one they can remember.

Genesis Welcome $user Menu Item

Greg Wallace — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:45:09 +0000

This little snippet I wrote to inject the WordPress current user’s first name into a nav menu. I put it in secondary nav, but you could hook it anywhere. In the codex you can find all kinds of info to inject under get_currentuserinfo().

/*******************add welcome $user*************************/
add_filter( 'genesis_nav_items', 'welcome_nav_condition', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'welcome_nav_condition', 10, 2 );

function welcome_nav_condition($menu, $args) {
	$args = (array)$args;
	if ( 'secondary' !== $args['theme_location']  )
		return $menu;
	global $current_user;
        get_currentuserinfo();
	$the_name = $current_user->user_firstname;
	$username = ''. 'Hello ' . $the_name .'!' .'';

return $username . $menu;
}

Just use your own class for styling or you could style it inline.