Title: Cant edit header
Last modified: December 19, 2016

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# Cant edit header

 *  [rickfry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfry/)
 * (@rickfry)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-header-2/)
 * Hi I have a site that has been created by a thirdparty. They wont tell us how
   to edit the telephone number in the header.
 * I have tried doing a search of the database
    Searched all the php etc files
 * the site is [http://www.rickfry.co.uk/wp](http://www.rickfry.co.uk/wp)
 * Just cant find it any help would be much appreciated
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [rickfry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfry/).

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-header-2/#post-8568516)
 * Hi [@rickfry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfry/), We’re almost in 
   the same position as you but we’re also blind to the underlying code of your 
   website. This is why we cannot support commercial themes or themes that have 
   been custom built.
    If it helps further attempts to search the code, this is 
   the HTML generated for the telephone number:
 *     ```
       <div id="phone">Tel: 01942 396589 (Lines Open 24/7)</div>
       ```
   
 * You might not find an exact match because the underlying PHP used for that line
   could be different.
 * A common convention for themes distributed on WordPres.org is to put information
   that appears at the top of the page in a file called ‘header.php’, or sometimes
   a mixture of that and the ‘functions.php file’. This might be helpful, but it
   might lead you astray as this is just a convention adopted by themes distributed
   on WordPress.org.
 *  Thread Starter [rickfry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfry/)
 * (@rickfry)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-header-2/#post-8568698)
 * Hi thanks for the suggestions. A developer friend has just found it buried in
   the menu_section.php file. Access via Appearance-Themes-Editor-menu_section.php
 * I downloaded all the files on the site an did a text search but it didn’t show
   up. I need to review my search techniques.
 * Hope this helps someone

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 * Last reply from: [rickfry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfry/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-header-2/#post-8568698)
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