Title: content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
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# content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />

 *  [cr23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cr23/)
 * (@cr23)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contenttexthtml-charsetutf-8/)
 * Hello,
 * I admit my ignorance, but I just fiddled with the editor for header.php and now“
   content=”text/html; charset=UTF-8″ />” appears at the top of my website. I tried
   to add a meta tag for google analytics. Any suggestions on how I can rid my page
   of this? I thank you for any insight.
 * Be well,
    cr23

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 *  [Ken Lewis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trinity13/)
 * (@trinity13)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contenttexthtml-charsetutf-8/#post-3607481)
 * A link to the page would be helpful to troubleshoot the issue.
 *  Thread Starter [cr23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cr23/)
 * (@cr23)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contenttexthtml-charsetutf-8/#post-3607549)
 * [http://www.ebullientexplorations.com](http://www.ebullientexplorations.com)
   
   Thank you, Trinity13
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contenttexthtml-charsetutf-8/#post-3607564)
 * I’d suggest downloading a new copy of your theme to your local computer and then
   replacing the header.php file from that new version. Also, you should be using
   a Child Theme to make any changes to the theme files – otherwise all your changes
   will be overwritten when the theme is updated.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 *  Thread Starter [cr23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cr23/)
 * (@cr23)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contenttexthtml-charsetutf-8/#post-3607565)
 * Thank you, WPyogi. I now realize how I need to be very careful when altering 
   that script, and I will keep the Child_Themes in mind when I possibly try to 
   do this again. Generally, I will just use plugins from now on :). I have a copy
   of that header.php file, but I was wondering what program on Mac I should use
   to open it on my computer and then copy and paste the code to my editor. Be well
   and I thank you for your guidance.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contenttexthtml-charsetutf-8/#post-3607566)
 * There are lots of text editor options – Macs come with TextEdit (look in Applications)–
   but it’s pretty limited. A really good free one is TextWrangler – [http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/](http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/)
   You’ll likely want more than the minimum at some point anyway, so installing 
   that will be useful in the future as well.

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