[Resolved] Change the footer widgets titles from h2 to simple

[Sam]

Hello everyone,

I am developing a WordPress site using GP + GP Premium, I want to change the footer widgets titles tags from <h2> to <p>.

In my child theme i did create a (inc folder) and put the footer.php inside it and changed the tags but it didn’t work.

Thank you so much 🙂

[David]

You can use filters to change the tags, here is a post from Tom:

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/footer-widget-heading-h2/#post-474609

Let me know if this helps.

[Sam]

Thank you David,

That was helpful, but is there any way to change it editing the footer.php inside the INC FOLDER?

Thank you

[Sam]

I did use Tom’s method but it didn’t work …

add_filter( ‘acs-footer-widgets-titles’,’generate_start_widget_title’ );
function generate_start_widget_title()
{
return ‘<p class=”widget-title”>’;
}

add_filter( ‘generate_end_widget_title’,’generate_end_widget_title’ );
function generate_end_widget_title()
{
return ‘</p>’;
}

Am I doing anything wrong here?

[David]

Try:

add_filter( 'generate_start_widget_title', 'db_start_widget_title' );
function db_start_widget_title()
{ 
    return '<p class="widget-title">';
}

add_filter( 'generate_end_widget_title', 'db_end_widget_title' );
function db_end_widget_title()
{ 
    return '</p>';
}

[Sam]

Hey David,

Thank you so much that worked perfect 🙂

[David]

Thats great to hear. Glad i could help

[Martin]

I tried to add this as an Element, but all that happened was the code appeared at the bottom of the page. I created it as a Hook, and checked “Execute PHP”. What do I need to do to make this work?

See https://www.screencast.com/t/LYmna7iJPj5

[David]

Hi Martin,

This article covers adding PHP:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

If you’re not using a Child Theme then the linked Code Snippets plugin is a great alternative.

[Martin]

Got it. I thought since a Hook had an “Execute PHP” checkbox that it would have worked.

[David]

You’re welcome.

[Belinda]

Hello,
Can you please confirm if the following code needs to be added to footer.php or functions.php? I basically need to change titles of footer widgets (like recent comments, copyright statement etc) to <p> from the default <h2>.

Thanks in advance!

add_filter( 'generate_start_widget_title', 'db_start_widget_title' );
function db_start_widget_title()
{ 
    return '<p class="widget-title">';
}

add_filter( 'generate_end_widget_title', 'db_end_widget_title' );
function db_end_widget_title()
{ 
    return '</p>';
}

[Elvin]

Hi Belinda,

See my reply on your topic here:
https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/change-footer-widget-titles-from-h2-to-paragraph/#post-1676750

Thanks. 🙂

[mkjj]

I had to do the same thing for a customer. Found this solution with Google in less than 60 seconds, and it worked perfectly. Great support forum. And such a neat solution. Most themes would need some modification of the original template. As always, GP is much better! Thanks a lot!

[David]

Glad to hear you found it useful!

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