Ok so this is a minor cosmetic thing, but I could not understand why the word Howdy would be used to greet users on the Dashboard of WordPress. It never really bothered me until I started adding some custom branding to the Dashboard. Changing out the word howdy is really quite simple.
There are some plugins out there that claim to do this. I have not tried any of them. There is a simple edit to one line of code to replace howdy with what ever you want.
Download or otherwise open the wp-admin/admin-header.php with your favorite editor. Find the following line: (Remember to make a back-up of the file before you edit it)
<?php printf(__(‘Howdy, %2$s!’), ‘profile.php’, $user_identity) ?>
Replace Howdy with what you want to use, such as:
<?php printf(__(‘Welcome, %2$s!’), ‘profile.php’, $user_identity) ?>
That is all there is to it. Enjoy!
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