Add extra metadata to <head> section

szmigieldesign · March 2015

I've stumbled upon a web service which automates generation of various site icons (favicons) - https://epicfavicongenerator.com/

It works by generating 20 different site icons based on one upload (310 x 310). It includes basic favicon and more modern Apple and Windows (metro) icons. After successfully generating icons, it outputs the zip including all files and a code.txt with all <link rel=""> and <meta name=""> tags which are to be included inside the <head> section.

1. Is there a function that I could invoke in child theme's functions.php to add those meta tags? If so, please provide an example;
2. It might be an interesting addition to hooks section of BeTheme customization (I'm posting this suggesstion to suggestion thread too).

Albert · March 2015

Hey,

yes, it is possible. You can use standard hook in child theme. You can read more about this on http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/wp_head

Thanks!

szmigieldesign · March 2015

In case anyone would be interested in adding code from epic favicon generator service, here's a snippet:


/* CUSTOM ICONS */

add_action('wp_head','my_custom_favicons');

function my_custom_favicons()
{
echo "\n\n".''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
echo ''."\n";
}

echo prints each line inside <head>
remember to use single quote marks wherever there are double quote marks inside the string
use "\n" to force break lines
concatenate break lines with dot, ie "alpha".'beta'."gamma;

szmigieldesign · March 2015

There's probably a more elegant way to do this, but hey - it works!

Albert · March 2015

This is the only way to do this so we're glad to hear that it works

Add extra metadata to <head> section

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