Title: Remove Howdy
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Remove Howdy

 *  [MHGrafix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhgrafix/)
 * (@mhgrafix)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-howdy/)
 * _[Please stop bumping your thread]_
 * I would like to replace the word “Howdy” with “Welcome” and the username when
   someone is logged into wordpress. Every plugin and code I have tried has now 
   worked and it continue to says Howdy. Please help.
 * Thanks,
 * MH Grafix
 * [http://www.mh-grafix.com](http://www.mh-grafix.com)

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-howdy/#post-3932106)
 * try to add this to functions.php of your theme:
 *     ```
       add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'personalize_adminbar_appearance' );
   
       function personalize_adminbar_appearance() {
       	global $wp_admin_bar;
       	$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
       	$user_id      = get_current_user_id();
       	$avatar = get_avatar( $user_id, 16 );
       	$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
       		'id'        => 'my-account',
       		'title'     => 'Wwelcome ' . $current_user->display_name . $avatar )
       	);
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [MHGrafix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhgrafix/)
 * (@mhgrafix)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-howdy/#post-3932108)
 * That caused a server error and my site wouldn’t load once added.
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-howdy/#post-3932113)
 * As a different option, I use this in 3.5.2:
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'gettext', 'change_howdy_text', 10, 2 );
       function change_howdy_text( $translation, $original ) {
           if( 'Howdy, %1$s' == $original )
               $translation = 'Logged in as %1$s';
           return $translation;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [MHGrafix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhgrafix/)
 * (@mhgrafix)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-howdy/#post-3932121)
 * It’s still showing up as “Howdy” on the site.
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-howdy/#post-3932189)
 * Works fine for me; might be something else in your functions.php file.
 *  [davidpmurphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidpmurphy/)
 * (@davidpmurphy)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-howdy/#post-3932463)
 * Thanks [@songdogtech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/).
 * Your solution worked a treat! 🙂
 *  [Zakir Sajib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zakirstage/)
 * (@zakirstage)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-howdy/#post-3932464)
 *     ```
       function replace_howdy( $wp_admin_bar ) {
           $my_account=$wp_admin_bar->get_node('my-account');
           $newtitle = str_replace( 'Howdy,', 'Welcome', $my_account->title );
           $wp_admin_bar->add_node( array(
               'id' => 'my-account',
               'title' => $newtitle,
           ) );
       }
       add_filter( 'admin_bar_menu', 'replace_howdy',25 );
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [MHGrafix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhgrafix/)
 * (@mhgrafix)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-howdy/#post-3932465)
 * Unless I’m doing something wrong, these didn’t work for me. Again the last one
   gave me a “server error” after I added it to my functions.php

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## Tags

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 8 replies
 * 5 participants
 * Last reply from: [MHGrafix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhgrafix/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-howdy/#post-3932465)
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