Title: Logo in WordPress header
Last modified: January 12, 2018

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# Logo in WordPress header

 *  [mikisweborg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikisweborg/)
 * (@mikisweborg)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logo-in-wordpress-header/)
 * I would like to embed the logo in the (header) of the site I work in wordpress.
   I came to need to put code (code) for the path to the logo in header.php and 
   there I stopped. Please ask for a bit more detailed help about where to place
   it in the logo and adjust its characteristics (height, width, position, color).
   I work in localhost on WAMP, my topic is Twenty Eleven and I use the Easy Logo
   plugin for the logo.
 * I inserted the line:
 * add_theme_support (‘custom-logo’);
 * in the functions.php file and I got the option of adding the logo to the “Identity
   Web site”. I inserted the logo, but he still does not see the header. You should
   now enter some codes in header.php – but I’m not sure which part of the file.
 * Thanks and goodbye.

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 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logo-in-wordpress-header/#post-9858857)
 * Firstly you should be using a child theme, details here:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   If you don’t do this then your customizations will disappear when the theme is
   updated. Then I suggest that you use your browser inspector to watch what happens
   in your pages html. Be sure to really refresh your page views rather than view
   a stale cached version. First get your logo to appear, then you can get fussy
   as to how it is positioned etc. For the plugin to work, it depends upon the theme
   using the correct hook functions, suggest temporarily changing to a different
   or more recent theme just in case 2011 does not do this.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/).
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logo-in-wordpress-header/#post-9859571)
 * Yeah, twentyeleven doesn’t do custom logos by default. In the theme’s header.
   php file (copied to child), insert `the_custom_logo();` where ever you want the
   logo to appear in the HTML output. Be sure you add that line into an existing
   PHP block or include your own <?php ?> delimiters. Before or after the site title
   and description might be a good place to start.

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 * In: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/)
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 * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logo-in-wordpress-header/#post-9859571)
 * Status: not resolved

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