Title: making a header.php folder
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# making a header.php folder

 *  [Kristind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristind/)
 * (@kristind)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-headerphp-folder/)
 * Hello,
 *  I’ve seen in order to edit the parent header.php, I should put it in my child
   theme. Does this mean make a new folder in my child theme and label it header.
   php, and copy the header text from the parent theme? I’ve tried to edit the php
   before and really mucked things up, I just want to make sure I’m doing this right.
   Thank you!

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-headerphp-folder/#post-5065849)
 * Useful info:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 *  Thread Starter [Kristind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristind/)
 * (@kristind)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-headerphp-folder/#post-5065959)
 * I’ve read this,
    I just want to make sure i’m doing it right. I make a new file
   in my child theme, label it header.php and copy and paste the parent header.php
   into my child?
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-headerphp-folder/#post-5065971)
 * yes. Then you can make changes therein in the child theme. This way you leave
   the parent theme templates alone.
 *  Thread Starter [Kristind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristind/)
 * (@kristind)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-headerphp-folder/#post-5065975)
 * great, thank you!
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-headerphp-folder/#post-5065983)
 * You are welcome 🙂

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