Title: Changes to header.php not displaying
Last modified: September 12, 2018

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# Changes to header.php not displaying

 *  [ginmonty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ginmonty/)
 * (@ginmonty)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-header-php-not-displaying/)
 * I’m trying to make a simple text change to my theme’s header and I cannot get
   the changes to show up on my site. I’m banging my head against my desk. I made
   the change via my WP admin login and also tried to do so via FTP (thinking that
   maybe whoever developed this site didn’t allow users to edit template files, 
   not even sure if that’s possible). I have cleared my cache and nothing. Any tips
   on to what I’m overlooking?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fchanges-to-header-php-not-displaying%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [netzmaedchen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netzmaedchen/)
 * (@netzmaedchen)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-header-php-not-displaying/#post-10679777)
 * Are you 100% sure you made the changes to the right file? Seems the theme folder
   should be “neighborhood”.
    From my experience if it doesn’t display, you did 
   something wrong 😉 What were you trying to change? I always add a comment to 
   the file that I can then search for in source code to see if it shows. Like `
   <!-- Get this! -->` Also look at index.php and/or frontpage.php/home.php to see
   if maybe they call for a different header file.
 * Let us know how it goes.
    Cheers Anja
 *  [filout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/filout/)
 * (@filout)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-header-php-not-displaying/#post-10679816)
 * Try to clear the browser cache.

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-header-php-not-displaying/#post-10679816)
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