Title: Create header.php for theme without one. Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Create header.php for theme without one. * [D2AP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d2ap/) * (@d2ap) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-headerphp-for-theme-without-one/) * My current theme didn’t have a header.php and I was wondering if it’s fine to just create one for meta stuff and will that work? Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/) * (@alchymyth) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-headerphp-for-theme-without-one/#post-2695961) * where is the `` section now in your theme? * you can create a header.php, however you possibly need to edit the templates to remove any existing header code and to call the new header; * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_header](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_header) * or you can make a template just for the ‘meta stuff’ and call it from the existing header(s). * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_template_part](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_template_part) * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development) Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘Create header.php for theme without one.’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [header](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/header/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/) * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-headerphp-for-theme-without-one/#post-2695961) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics