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Adding a Custom WordPress Dashboard Logo

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Add the following code to your WordPress theme’s function.php file, or a functionality plugin to customize the WordPress Dashboard Logo.

  • /images/custom-logo.gif where /images/custom-logo.gif is the location of your themes images files and your logo filename.
//hook the administrative header output
add_action('admin_head', 'my_custom_logo');

function my_custom_logo() {
echo '
<style type="text/css">
#header-logo { background-image: url('.get_bloginfo('template_directory').'/images/custom-logo.gif) !important; }
</style>
';
}

by Jack Alltrade on November 6, 2017

Filed Under: Code Snippets Tagged With: Code, Dashboard, WP Logo

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As always, use at your own risk and remember to backup your site prior to inserting new code.

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