Add Developer Branding

Property	Value
description	Apply frontend and admin developer branding.
tags	lib, php, wp, oop
rating

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Overview

Add lightweight developer branding to the frontend and WordPress admin.

The snippet outputs a frontend HTML comment in wp_head, replaces the left admin footer text with a linked credit, and removes the WordPress version text from the right admin footer. Customize the author, company, and URL in the branding helper or OOP constants.

Variants

Procedural

Add Macro

Add wp-add-developer-branding macro.

<?php
/**
 * Add frontend and admin developer branding.
 */

/**
 * Branding data.
 *
 * @return array{author: string, company: string, url: string}
 */
if ( ! function_exists( 'mac_get_branding_data' ) ) {

    function mac_get_branding_data(): array {
        return [
            'author'  => 'Mihai Circea',
            'company' => 'All Phase Media',
            'url'     => 'https://allphasemedia.com',
        ];
    }
}

/**
 * Frontend branding comment.
 */
if ( ! function_exists( 'mac_output_frontend_branding_comment' ) ) {

    function mac_output_frontend_branding_comment(): void {

        $branding = mac_get_branding_data();

        $comment = sprintf(
            'Built by %s @ %s %s',
            $branding['author'],
            $branding['company'],
            $branding['url']
        );

        echo "\n<!-- " . esc_html( $comment ) . " -->\n";
    }
}

add_action( 'wp_head', 'mac_output_frontend_branding_comment', 0 );

/**
 * Admin footer text (left side).
 */
if ( ! function_exists( 'mac_filter_admin_footer_branding' ) ) {

    function mac_filter_admin_footer_branding( ?string $text ): string {

        $branding = mac_get_branding_data();

        return sprintf(
            'Built by %s @ <a href="%s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">%s</a>',
            esc_html( $branding['author'] ),
            esc_url( $branding['url'] ),
            esc_html( $branding['company'] )
        );
    }
}

add_filter(
    'admin_footer_text',
    'mac_filter_admin_footer_branding',
    999
);

/**
 * Remove WP version text (right side).
 */
add_filter( 'update_footer', '__return_empty_string', 999 );

OOP

Add Macro

Add wp-add-developer-branding--oop macro.

<?php
/**
 * Apply frontend and admin branding.
 *
 * @package mac-core
 */

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace MacCore\Services\Core;

use MacCore\Contracts\Service;

final class AddDeveloperBranding implements Service
{
    private const AUTHOR  = 'Mihai Circea';
    private const COMPANY = 'All Phase Media';
    private const URL     = 'https://allphasemedia.com';

    public function register(): void
    {
        \add_action(
            'wp_head',
            [$this, 'output_frontend_comment'],
            0
        );

        \add_filter(
            'admin_footer_text',
            [$this, 'filter_admin_footer_text'],
            999,
            1
        );

        \add_filter(
            'update_footer',
            [$this, 'remove_update_footer_text'],
            999,
            1
        );
    }

    public function output_frontend_comment(): void
    {
        $comment = sprintf(
            'Built by %s @ %s %s',
            self::AUTHOR,
            self::COMPANY,
            self::URL
        );

        echo "\n<!-- " . \esc_html( $comment ) . " -->\n";
    }

    public function filter_admin_footer_text( ?string $text ): string
    {
        $author  = \esc_html( self::AUTHOR );
        $company = sprintf(
            '<a href="%s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">%s</a>',
            \esc_url( self::URL ),
            \esc_html( self::COMPANY )
        );

        return sprintf(
            'Built by %s @ %s',
            $author,
            $company
        );
    }

    public function remove_update_footer_text( ?string $text ): string
    {
        return '';
    }
}