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Change your WP header by asking

A free plugin adds a chat to your WP dashboard. Type “Add our phone number, 555-0142, to the header.” See it first, press the button, undo in one click.

Works on block themes: you'll see Appearance › Editor in your dashboard. How to tell

  • Nothing changes without your OK
  • Undo in one click, or a warning first
  • No account, no password to share

Needs WP 6.3 to 7.1, PHP 8.0 or newer, and an administrator login. One site per install.

The download is a plugin. Turning it on connects your site to cmshands.com and adds 3 small rescue files. Deleting the plugin removes them and everything it stored. What we send

Add our phone number, 555-0142, to the header.

The waiting card: its After view shows the header with 555-0142 after the cart icon, and the Save the change button
From a real run on our test site

Watch it do this on a real site

Steps of this run
The chat box in the WP dashboard with the request typed in: add our phone number, 555-0142, to the header
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You ask

You type what you want in the chat in your WP dashboard. You don't have to say where in the header the number goes, or open the header first.

Add our phone number, 555-0142, to the header.

The waiting card: its After view shows the header with 555-0142 after the cart icon, and the Save the change button

You see it first

It looked at the theme, read the header and came back with a card. Its After view is the header with 555-0142 after the cart icon, in the theme's small text size. Nothing on the site has changed yet.

I'll look at your header first. It's ready for you to review — on a narrow screen the header now wraps onto two rows, with the number after the cart icon.
  1. 2 secondsLooking at your themes
  2. 3 secondsLooking at your theme’s colours and sizes
  3. 4 secondsReading your header
  4. 9 secondsReading your footer
  5. 15 secondsPreparing the change for your OK
  6. 16 secondsPreviewing your header
The same card on a phone: the site name on the first row, then the menu, cart and 555-0142 on the second

Check it on a phone

The same card shows the header on a phone: the name on the first row, then the menu, cart and number on the second. Its Now tab shows the header as it is today, and Code shows the exact lines that change.

The card after the press: green and Approved, its check sentence, and an Undo link
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You press the button

Only now does it change the site. It saved the new header, read it back to check, and the card turned green with an Undo link.

  1. 53 secondsChanging your header
  2. Checking the change
The right half of the test site's header after the change, logged out: 555-0142 after the cart icon

It's on the site

The right half of the test site's header right after, as a visitor sees it. The number sits after the cart icon. The rest of the header is as it was.

Done. I checked afterwards, and it now says "555-0142".
After Undo: a What was put back card with the number's lines in red, then its check sentence
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Undo, if you want

One press of Undo took the number out again. It checked the header and showed what it put back: the lines with the number, in red, are gone.

Undone. I checked afterwards, and it's back the way it was.
  1. 1 minute 2 secondsReverting the change
  2. Checking the change

A real run on our test site, Quillmoor Pottery (WP 7.1.3, Twenty Twenty-Four), Oct 10, 2026. From asking to done, it took 54 seconds.

That's the whole job. The plugin is free: 3 changes to try it, no account. Nothing changes until you press the button.

Needs WP 6.3 to 7.1, PHP 8.0 or newer, and an administrator login. One site per install.

The download is a plugin. Turning it on connects your site to cmshands.com and adds 3 small rescue files. Deleting the plugin removes them and everything it stored. What we send

How to edit the header in WordPress yourself

Checked on WP 7.1, Oct 11, 2026

  1. 1. Go to Appearance › Editor in your dashboard. Only Customize there? Your theme is an older (classic) one: see the note after the steps.

    Appearance opened in the left-hand dashboard menu, with its Editor link outlined in blue

  2. 2. The Design list opens on the left. Pick Patterns, the item under Navigation.

    The Design list in Appearance › Editor: Identity, Styles, Pages, Navigation, and Patterns outlined below them

  3. 3. Pick Header, second in the list. Then click the big preview named Header to open it in the editor.

    Header outlined second in the left-hand list, and the big Header preview outlined beside it: click it to open

  4. 4. A welcome box may pop up: press Get started. Then click the item at the right end of your header. Ours is a cart icon.

    Our header in the editor: Shop, Workshops, About, Contact, an account icon, then the cart outlined, its toolbar above

  5. 5. A small toolbar shows above it. Press its ⋮ (Options) button, then Add after. An empty spot for text opens next to the cart.

    The cart’s toolbar with its ⋮ button, and the menu open below it: Copy, Cut, Add before, and Add after outlined

  6. 6. Type your number there. It starts at the normal text size. For smaller text, pick a size under Font size on the right.

    555-0142 typed right after the cart and outlined; the Font size box beside it still says Default. Not saved yet

  7. 7. Press the blue Save button in the top right corner. Nothing reaches your site until you do.

    The right end of the editor’s top bar, with the blue Save button outlined next to the ⋮ menu

  8. 8. Open two of your pages in a new tab. Each header should now end with your number. Ours is below, in the small size.

    Our test site’s header after the change, as visitors see it: the menu, account and cart icons, then 555-0142

Older (classic) themes build the header from their own files, with no Editor screen. Change the name and logo in Appearance › Customize › Site Identity, and the links in Menus (some themes add a Header panel there too). CMSHands can’t add to a classic theme’s header yet.

Headers fill up fast. On a phone, ours took 1 row before the number and 2 rows after: the name on top, then the menu button, the icons and the number. So check the phone view before you save.

What it won't do here

Older (classic) themes

A classic theme draws its header from its own files and Customize settings. It can’t change those yet.

The links in your menu

Your menu’s links are stored apart from the header. We haven’t tested changing them, so this page doesn’t promise it.

A new logo

Swapping the logo means uploading a picture, and it can’t upload pictures yet.

Headers made with a page builder

A page builder is a plugin such as Elementor or Divi that lays out pages its own way. It can’t edit a header stored in the builder’s data.

Tracking codes

A tracking code for visitor stats is code, not words or blocks, and it can’t add code yet.

Why it won't wreck your site

Nothing changes until you press the button.

Every change comes as a card that names it. Nothing happens until you press the button or Not now.

You see it first.

Old words in red, new words in green. For layout, before-and-after pictures on a computer and a phone.

One click undoes it.

When something can't be undone, like deleting a page or a plugin, the card says so before you press.

Free to start

No accountWith your emailPaid plan
Changes3 to try it10 every monthComing. Nothing costs money until you choose it.
Questions30 a day100 a day
If it breaksDaily check and crash rescueThe same, plus email alerts

Undo a change within 24 hours and it doesn't count. If you haven't added an email after 30 days, only crash rescue stays on until you add one. A change is one card you approve. A job that touches several pages or plugins is several changes.

Questions

Where is the header in WordPress?

In a block theme it’s under Appearance › Editor › Patterns › Header, where it opens on its own, away from your pages. A classic theme has no such screen: change the name and logo in Appearance › Customize › Site Identity, and the links in Menus. Either way, one header serves the whole site.

Will changing the header change it on every page?

Yes, on every page whose template includes it. On our test site that’s every page except the checkout, which the shop plugin gives a header of its own. Before you press, the CMSHands card says how far the change reaches; ours read “shows on every page”.

How do I remove the header in WordPress?

Delete it from the template your pages use. On a block theme, go to Appearance › Editor › Templates and open that template. Click the header, choose Delete from its ⋮ menu, then press Save. Pages using that template lose their header. We haven’t tested removing a header with CMSHands yet.

What is the header in WordPress?

It’s the band across the top of your pages: usually the site name or logo, the menu, and sometimes search, account or cart icons. In a block theme it’s the header template part, the piece every page shares at the top. Your edits are stored apart from the theme’s own copy, so that copy is still there if you want it back.

Can I undo a header change?

Yes, with one press of Undo on the card. In our test run it took 555-0142 back out, then read the header again to check. The card showed what it had put back, with the number’s lines in red.

Is it free?

To start, yes: 3 changes with no account, then 10 a month once you add your email. Questions are free, up to 30 a day.

Written by CMSHands team.

Try it on your own header

Needs WP 6.3 to 7.1, PHP 8.0 or newer, and an administrator login. One site per install.

The download is a plugin. Turning it on connects your site to cmshands.com and adds 3 small rescue files. Deleting the plugin removes them and everything it stored. What we send

  1. Download the plugin.

    It's free: 3 changes to try it. No account, no card.

  2. Upload and activate it.

    In your dashboard: Plugins › Add Plugin › Upload Plugin (Add New Plugin on older WP). Choose the file, press Install Now, then Activate Plugin.

  3. Press Turn on.

    Press Turn on CMSHands. No account, no key, no password.

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