In the WordPress hackers mailing list, there has been a (quite pointless, if you ask me) debate about the word “Howdy” you should read in the upper right corner of your WordPress admin area (if you’re not using a translated version of it). Some people are not liking this word, complaining that it sounds too American, or too something, for their liking.
To put an end to this thread, I wrote a very simple plugin which purpose is simply to replace this word, “Howdy”, with anything you like better: Hola, Hello, Bonjour, What’s Up, whatever. Yes, a plugin, to replace one word. Go figure :)
Download
- no_howdy_plugin.txt (plain text, save as .php)
- no_howdy_plugin.php (highlighted code, select all, copy & paste in a blank file then save as .php)
Usage
Edit the beginning of the script, and replace the value of $nohowdy with what makes you happy. Activate. Sit back and never see this oh-so-horrible “Howdy” again. Well, if you really find it horrible, anyway.
Disclaimer
This plugin is obviously a total overkill, as it is designed, and loads the jQuery library, just to change one word. I really wanted to cut those whiners whining :)
Needless to say, I won’t support anything about this plugin :)
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thought, on 22/Dec/09 at 7:42 pm # :
Using Howdy is just unprofessional and other people do see this greeting if you have a multiple author blog or are using the CMS platform for something else like me! The greeting line is not very easy to modify at all. Using a JS Query doesn’t always work and altering the core is problematic – Changes are lost when the software is upgraded. I wish the wordpress developers would make the welcome line a customised option.
pingback on 20/Aug/09 at 7:43 am # :
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