Title: Problems with custom theme options
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problems with custom theme options

 *  [ckizer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ckizer/)
 * (@ckizer)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-custom-theme-options/)
 * Hi, i’m trying to add some custom theme options to my theme. I only want one 
   custom theme option right now and that’s to control the page title of the home
   page with my custom post types on it
 * In my functions.php I have the following
 *     ```
       add_action( 'admin_init', 'theme_options_init' );
       add_action( 'admin_menu', 'theme_options_add_page' ); 
   
       function theme_options_init(){
        register_setting( 'sample_options', 'sample_theme_options');
       } 
   
       function theme_options_add_page() {
        add_theme_page( __( 'Theme Options', 'sampletheme' ), __( 'Theme Options', 'sampletheme' ), 'edit_theme_options', 'theme_options', 'theme_options_do_page' );
       } 
   
       function theme_options_do_page() { global $select_options; if ( ! isset( $_REQUEST['settings-updated'] ) ) $_REQUEST['settings-updated'] = false; ?>
       <div>
       <?php screen_icon(); echo "<h2>". __( 'Custom Theme Options', 'customtheme' ) . "</h2>";
        if ( false !== $_REQUEST['settings-updated'] ) : ?>
       <div>
       <p><strong><?php _e( 'Options saved', 'customtheme' ); ?></strong></p></div>
       <?php endif; ?> 
   
       <form method="post" action="options.php">
       <?php settings_fields( 'sample_options' );  
   
        $options = get_option( 'sample_theme_options' ); ?>
        <table>
   
       <tr valign="top"><th scope="row">
       <?php _e( 'Specials Page Title', 'customtheme' ); ?></th>
       <td>
       <input id="sample_theme_options[special]" type="text" name="sample_theme_options[special]" value="<?php esc_attr_e( $options['special'] ); ?>" />
        </td>
       </tr> 
   
       </table> 
   
       <p>
       <input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Save Options', 'customtheme' ); ?>" />
       </p>
       </form>
       </div>
       <?php }
   
       in my header.php I put the following right before </head>
       <?php $options = get_option( 'sample_theme_options' ); ?>
       ```
   
 * On my index.php I have the following above the loop as to not keep looping around
   with each post.
 *     ```
       <h1 class="entry-title"><?php echo $options['special']; ?></h1>
       ```
   
 * In the dashboard, everything saves as it’s supposed to, but on the homepage, 
   nothing shows up between the
 *     ```
       <h1 class="entry-title"></h1> tags.
       ```
   
 * Can someone please advise? This is the first time i’ve created custom theme options
   within my theme.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-custom-theme-options/)
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