Last Updated on March 17, 2025 by Mike Kipruto
Today I want to share a quick and easy tutorial on changing or removing the ‘Howdy‘ in WordPress using custom code.
To achieve this, we will use the following code that adds a filter to modify the “Howdy” using the WordPress “gettext” filter hook:
function mk_change_howdy_text($translated_text, $text, $domain) {
if ('Howdy, %s' === $text) {
return sprintf('Welcome, %s', wp_get_current_user()->display_name);
}
return $translated_text;
}
add_filter('gettext', 'mk_change_howdy_text', 10, 3);
This code replaces “Howdy” with “Welcome” using PHP’s str_replace function and applies it via the WordPress “gettext” filter hook as shown:
