insert meta tags into the header.php

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  • Plugin Author Shea Bunge

    (@bungeshea)

    Of course! Here is one way to do so:

    add_action( 'wp_head', function () {
    echo '<meta name="author" content="John Doe">';
} );
    Thread Starter tomspatz

    (@tomspatz)

    Hello Shea
    many thanks this works fine.
    Is it possible to have more control about the place in the header where, on which position, the tag is insert in?

    I have to work much more with the snippets. Im not clear with the syntax.
    Any suggestion where to learn this?

    Tom

    Plugin Author Shea Bunge

    (@bungeshea)

    It shouldn’t really matter where in the <head> a meta tag is positioned. If need to have it earlier, you can specify the priority. By default it is 10; by making it lower the hook will be executed earlier.

    Here is a simpler code example with an early priority:

    add_action( 'wp_head', function () { ?>

<meta name="author" content="John Doe">';

?> }, 1 );

    In this example, anything between the top line and the bottom line will be included in the <head> section. If you change the 1 on the bottom line, the content will appear lower in <head>.

    These two example use action hooks and anonymous functions. Searching for “WordPress action hooks” or “PHP anonymous functions” will bring up a lot of resources on the matter.

    Thread Starter tomspatz

    (@tomspatz)

    The first one works well
    The second one without the output
    any ideas?

    Plugin Author Shea Bunge

    (@bungeshea)

    Whoops, there was a mistake in the second one. Here is a fixed version:

    add_action( 'wp_head', function () { ?>

<meta name="author" content="John Doe">

<?php }, 1 );
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