EDIT: Solved! Helps if you actually change the string to be edited in the code.....

 

I hadn't noticed this before, but the admin bar text in the WordPress dashboard now says 'How are you', instead of 'Howdy'. When did this change?

 

Anyway, I have always had a custom welcome script setup to show a more personalised message;

/* Change howdy text */
add_filter('gettext', 'roothost_change_howdy', 10, 3);

function roothost_change_howdy($translated, $text, $domain) {
$blogtime = current_time( 'mysql' ); 
list( $today_year, $today_month, $today_day, $hour, $minute, $second ) = split( '([^0-9])', $blogtime );
if ($hour <= 11){
$greet = "Good Morning";
}
if ($hour >= 12 && $hour <= 16){
$greet = "Good Afternoon";
}
if ($hour >= 17){
$greet = "Good Evening";
}
 if (!is_admin() || 'default' != $domain)
        return $translated;
 if (false !== strpos($translated, 'Howdy'))
        return str_replace('Howdy', $greet, $translated);
return $translated;
}
/* End howdy text */

This has always worked as expected.

 

Fast forward to this week, and I'm rebuilding my framework for a few new sites coming up in the next couple of weeks and noticed this is no longer working.

 

I have stripped everything else out completely, and even tried the snippet on a fresh install of wordpress with the twentyfifteen theme. Still no joy!

 

Presumably the hook, or filter has changed in recent versions.

 

Anybody have a solution?

 

Cheers!!

Edited December 30, 201411 yr by roothost

Glad I could help