Using WordPress ‘display_header_text()’ PHP function

The display_header_text() WordPress PHP function is used to determine if the header text should be displayed on the website or not.

Usage

if ( display_header_text() ) {
    // Code to display the header text goes here.
}

This snippet checks if the header text is set to be displayed. If it is, the code inside the if statement will run.

See WordPress Developer Resources: display_header_text()
This function is part of the WordPress core and was introduced in version 3.4.0.

In this example, we check if the header text should be displayed. If it is, we output a custom header.

if ( display_header_text() ) {
    echo '<h1>Welcome to My Website!</h1>';
}

Here, we check if the header text is to be displayed. If yes, we display the site’s name as the title.

if ( display_header_text() ) {
    echo '<h1>' . get_bloginfo( 'name' ) . '</h1>';
}

In this case, we’re checking if the header text should be displayed, and if so, we output the site’s name and description.

if ( display_header_text() ) {
    echo '<h1>' . get_bloginfo( 'name' ) . '</h1>';
    echo '<p>' . get_bloginfo( 'description' ) . '</p>';
}

In this example, we show different header text based on whether the header text is set to be displayed or not.

if ( display_header_text() ) {
    echo '<h1>Welcome Back!</h1>';
} else {
    echo '<h1>Welcome!</h1>';
}

In this final example, we display the header text only on the homepage of the site.

if ( is_front_page() && display_header_text() ) {
    echo '<h1>Welcome to the Homepage!</h1>';
}