Title: header.php access
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# header.php access

 *  [EditorialWizard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/editorialwizard/)
 * (@editorialwizard)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/headerphp-access/)
 * I’m using Gridiculous. I saw on another forum post how to put a home page link
   on my nav bar. It called for altering the code in the header.php. I can’t seem
   to find that. I only access the header picture, no code. I’m trying to go live
   by tomorrow and I need that to work or else no one can get back to my blog post.
   The following was the fix for someone many years ago using a different theme
   
   Would I use the same and if so, how do I get to my header.php?
 * thank you,
    Meredith
 * In your header.php, look for …
 *     ```
       <div id="naviation"
       ```
   
 * This DIV holds your nav bar, once you find that you should see something not 
   far below that looks similiar to this…
 *     ```
       <ul>
       <?php wp_list_pages(); ?>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 * Change it to….
 *     ```
       <ul>
       <li><a>/">Home</a></li>
       <?php wp_list_pages(); ?>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 * _[Please post code & markup between backticks or use the code button. Your posted
   code has now been permanently damaged by the forum’s parser.]_

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/headerphp-access/#post-3802979)
 * Code is often quite theme-specific, so trying something from another theme is
   not generally a good idea. Outdated code even more unlikely to be relevant.
 * Try using a custom menu to set what appears in the menu –
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide)
 *  Thread Starter [EditorialWizard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/editorialwizard/)
 * (@editorialwizard)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/headerphp-access/#post-3802990)
 * Thank you. I just realized I have a Home menu. I also have menus with the names
   of all my pages. I think I may have gotten confused early on.
    This is where 
   that is: [http://editorialwizard.com/wordpress/wp-admin/nav-menus.php](http://editorialwizard.com/wordpress/wp-admin/nav-menus.php)
 * I couldn’t see the menus on the navigation bar so I put the pages on the home
   menu. I don’t think that is exactly what I want. Maybe this is what I want:
    
   Under expertise menu, I put Expertise/services page, etc. Do you think? Thank
   you for your response.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/headerphp-access/#post-3803057)
 * It’s not possible for non-logged in people to see your dashboard – but you should
   be able to make a custom menu and drag/drop the menu items however you like. 
   Is that working for you?
 *  Thread Starter [EditorialWizard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/editorialwizard/)
 * (@editorialwizard)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/headerphp-access/#post-3803083)
 * I made a custom menu item and put the website url as the link. that works. Thank
   you!

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## Tags

 * [header.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/header-php/)
 * [home tab](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/home-tab/)
 * [navigation bar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/navigation-bar/)

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