Easy Steps To Add Dynamic Logo In WordPress

If you are developing a WordPress theme and want to give users the option to add their own custom logo, follow this step-by-step guide.

Now, you have two options to add the custom logo to your theme.

With the help of function.php

WordPress core features an add_theme_support() function you can add to your functions.php file.

• The first parameter (string) is the name of the feature you want to support. In this case, the value is 'custom-logo'.
• The second parameter (array) is the settings for the feature

Registers theme support for a given feature. For more information visit add_theme_support() documentation.

The final code looks like this:

N.B: The theme’s functions.php file must be called to work.

With the help of header.php

When adding the logo to your header.php file, you have two basic options.

• Add the_custom_logo(); function, and it will display the logo with markup determined by the WordPress core.
• Get the logo url, and add your own markup.

Before adding a dynamic logo, your HTML code looks like this:

After adding a dynamic logo, your HTML code looks like this:

That's it! 🎉 You now have access to the logo field to add your custom WordPress logo

Getting Access to Custom Logo

To gain access to the Custom Logo, you need to:

• Open the WordPress dashboard
• Go to Appearance -> Customize -> Header -> Add logo (May be different as per your theme)
• Finally, click on the Publish button.

Conclusion

You can follow one of these two steps to add a dynamic logo to your custom WordPress theme. Subscribe to my weekly newsletter for more WordPress tutorials like this. Don't forget to leave feedback on my Guestbook.