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j.town
j.town

Reputation: 1

How to change wordpress core files without changing the core files?

I am a developer who has recently come across a problem I'm sure can be resolved but I can't figure out how exactly. I want to add styles and div to wordpress core files but obviously that is bad practice, so how do I do it?

For example: I would like to add 

<div class="my_class"><?php code here ?></div>

and i would like it to go at the top of my admin menu (the menu on the right)

I have found a few different articles and from that i can add menu items etc., but not custom html code. What am I missing?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 379

Answers (1)

jbafford
jbafford

Reputation: 5668

It sounds like you want to change the templates.

Since you wisely don't want to change WordPress's core code itself, what you'll want to do instead is make a new theme (which can just be a copy of WordPress's default theme, or a child theme), and customize your custom theme.

You'll want to look at Theme Development and Child Themes in the WordPress documentation for further guidance.

Upvotes: 1

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