Title: Inserting Facebook 'like' button code – new Child Theme header.php? Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Inserting Facebook 'like' button code – new Child Theme header.php? * [Paulc66](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulc66/) * (@paulc66) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-facebook-like-button-code-new-child-theme-headerphp/) * Hello, * I have created a Child Theme but all I have in it at present is a style.css file. * I am trying to embed Facebook ‘Like’ buttons in my site and to do so Facebook is telling me to * ‘Include the JavaScript SDK on your page once, ideally right after the opening tag.’ * To do this do I : * • Go to the File Manager for my site on my hosting service control panel * • Copy the contents of my header. php file in my Parent Theme * • Create a new header.php file in my Child Theme Folder and paste the copied contents into this folder * • Then, in my wordpress dashboard editor, insert the code from facebook after the opening tag in my new Child Theme header.php file ???? * In my header.php file I can see this ‘>’ near the top of the page but cannot find any closing tag . * Where should I paste the code? * Really appreciate your help, Thanks. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-facebook-like-button-code-new-child-theme-headerphp/#post-4263575) * The closing body tag is in the footer.php file. * Thread Starter [Paulc66](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulc66/) * (@paulc66) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-facebook-like-button-code-new-child-theme-headerphp/#post-4263686) * Thanks WPyogi, * So to follow facebooks instructions- ‘Include the JavaScript SDK on your page once, ideally right after the opening tag.’ * Are the following steps right: * Go to the File Manager for my site on my hosting service control panel * • Copy the contents of my header. php file in my Parent Theme * • Create a new header.php file in my Child Theme Folder and paste the copied contents into this folder * • Then, in my wordpress dashboard editor, insert the code from facebook after the opening tag in my new Child Theme header.php file ???? * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-facebook-like-button-code-new-child-theme-headerphp/#post-4263714) * Yep, that sounds generally correct, though the exact place to put the code may depend on your theme/site. * Are you using a plugin for this? * Thread Starter [Paulc66](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulc66/) * (@paulc66) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-facebook-like-button-code-new-child-theme-headerphp/#post-4263810) * Not using a plugin WPyogi, have done it by creating child header php and pasting in code after opening body tag and seems to have worked. * Thanks alot for your help Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Inserting Facebook 'like' button code – new Child Theme header.php?’ is closed to new replies. * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Paulc66](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulc66/) * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-facebook-like-button-code-new-child-theme-headerphp/#post-4263810) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics