Title: Cannot find header.php file
Last modified: April 24, 2019

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# Cannot find header.php file

 *  [4pawscanineacademy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/4pawscanineacademy/)
 * (@4pawscanineacademy)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-find-header-php-file/)
 * Hi,
    I need to add a code from Mailchimp to my site’s header.php file.
 * However, I cannot find it!
 * I have checked under appearance – but there is no ”editor” tab under there, which
   is where the internet says the .php file should be. What do I do?
 * Sincerely,

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 *  [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * (@jnashhawkins)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-find-header-php-file/#post-11460662)
 * It’s in your current theme’s folder…
 * You shouldn’t modify that except for a quick and dirty solution until you can
   create a child theme and make your changes there. You’ll probably need to copy
   over the header.php file from the parent theme.
 * This plugin does a great job creating child themes. You can also create them 
   manually but the plugin does as good a job and those child themes always work…
   I always seem to break something when I do them manually and I’m supposed to 
   know better. <GRIN>
 * This is the one I usually use
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-generator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-generator/)
 * This one seems more powerful but might confuse you… maybe. The documentation 
   seems extensive and possibly better.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-configurator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-configurator/)
 *  [sinip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinip/)
 * (@sinip)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-find-header-php-file/#post-11463248)
 * There’s no need to create a child theme just because of inserting a line or two
   of code into the `header.php` or `footer.php` files, IMHO of course.
 * Feel free to install and activate [https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-headers-and-footers/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-headers-and-footers/)
   plugin and then paste the code to the Header section.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-find-header-php-file/#post-11463270)
 * Maybe there’s no need to install that, maybe the user can install a mailchimp
   plugin straight away [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/mailchimp](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/mailchimp)

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-find-header-php-file/#post-11463270)
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