By default, most WordPress themes display a header text—usually the name of the blog and blog description. This is a nice option for personal blogs. However, I personally believe that displaying your own personal logo will make your blog look even more professional.
In this recipe, we shall learn how we can add a logo instead of the default blog name and slogan on a WordPress theme. The following screenshot shows the logo integration on a default WordPress theme:
For this recipe, you'll need your own logo and a WordPress theme on which you'd like to integrate your logo. I shall be using the WordPress default theme for this recipe.
However, there are a few things to be kept in mind before getting on with this recipe:
Some recent themes don't display blog name and slogan anymore—instead, they display a default logo which can be changed by editing the code or even by defining a new logo in a custom WordPress control panel (which shall be covered in Chapter...