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I have some custom code that sits inside <head></head>. When I install a new WordPress theme I have to edit the header.php script each time.

Is there a way to always include my custom code inside the head tags even when installing a new WordPress theme?

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You want to create a new plugin for this. See: http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/wp_head

  1. Create a new file in /wp-content/plugins/ called headerstuff.php (or whatever)

  2. Drop the following code in it:

     <?php
 function header_code() {
 $output .= ""; //code segment 
 echo $output;
 }
 add_action('wp_head', 'header_code');
 ?>

  3. Add your code between the quotation marks on the line starting with "$output".

  4. Activate, done!
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Hey thanks! That's brilliant - works a treat. – Chris Denman Feb 28 '11 at 12:35
I am starting to really find my way around now, however I spent maybe 4 hours last night trying to work out the following: I want to now insert some html before any search results - someone does a search (may or may not get results) and I want above the results (be it posts or snippets) my chunk of code. I actually got it working by using add_filter('the_content', 'myresults'); add_filter('the_posts', 'myposts'); However didn't realise that some themes don't show a post - just a list of links to posts. Any ideas? My site is foundfor.me - this theme my technique works. – Chris Denman Feb 28 '11 at 12:36
There's no easy way to do this presently -- see: wordpress.org/support/topic/add_action-right-after-ltbodygt-tag. That forum post has two useful bits of code: a jQuery snippet to insert code just after <body>, and a link to a trac patch inserting a new action called body_open. That said, the latter requires a new line of code in every theme you use it in, so its utility is somewhat questionable. – aendrew Feb 28 '11 at 18:10
Thanks for the heads up - that have saved me many hours looking for something that doesn't exist! – Chris Denman Feb 28 '11 at 22:06
No problem. It's really unfortunate that they didn't think to include such a hook, would probably be useful for AJAXy things. I get why it's not really that possible now, though; see the trac. Btw, if I've sufficiently answered your question, mind accepting my answer? Thanks! – aendrew Mar 2 '11 at 4:31

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